Operational Practices: Streamlining Workflows for Continuous Improvement

NKD Agility helped SLB unify build and release processes across 90 teams in 13 countries, boosting team ownership, efficiency, and engineering …

NKD Agility helped SLB unify 800+ engineering teams by consolidating DevOps systems, standardizing processes, and improving visibility, collaboration, …

Mentoring program for developers and teams to master Agile, DevOps, Kanban, and evidence-based practices, fostering engineering excellence and …

Using data, metrics, and feedback to drive continuous improvement in teams and processes.

Explains how technical leaders can break down organisational silos and enforce better branching, team structures, and architecture to improve software …

A weekly one-hour mentorship for engineering teams to improve code quality, delivery predictability, and team culture through practical, …

Getting Started with the Definition of Done (DoD). Every team should define what is required, what criteria must be met, for a product increment to be …

True organisational resilience means improving technical health, like testing, automation, and architecture, beyond just surviving incidents or …

Managing and reducing technical debt to maintain sustainable development velocity.

Martin is in EST for 6 months and available for hands-on consulting in North America. This month’s spotlight: How tracking estimation accuracy is …

The foundation of Agile: clean code, automation, and test-first development.

Measuring the time from work initiation to customer delivery, helping teams monitor workflow efficiency and improve value delivery.

The Scrum Master is an accountability in Scrum, responsible for enabling the effectiveness of the Scrum Team and fostering continuous improvement …

Ensure fast, reliable development with Continuous Integration (CI). Merge code frequently, detect errors early, and maintain a healthy codebase.

Optimising how often software is deployed to enhance feedback loops and value delivery.

Applying software engineering principles to ensure scalable and reliable systems.

A **Shift-Left Strategy** brings testing, security, and compliance earlier in development, reducing defects, accelerating feedback, and improving …

Drive high-quality software development with Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD). Define clear, testable acceptance criteria before …

Driving software design through automated tests for better quality.

Enhance forecasting in Agile and Scrum. Use empirical data to predict delivery timelines, manage risk, and optimise value delivery.

Managing the development, maintenance, and governance of software applications throughout their lifecycle.

One Engineering System (1ES) is a strategic standardised, integrated framework designed to streamline software development by unifying tools, …

Automating builds, tests, and deployments with Azure Pipelines.

Balancing risk and speed when getting software into production.

Test First is a practice that defines success before implementation. It supports manual and automated testing, with a strong preference for automation …

Delivering working, valuable software at the end of each iteration, ensuring value is incrementally added to the product.

Evidence-Based Management (EBM) is a strategy for improving an organisation’s ability to deliver value by making decisions based on evidence, not …

Visualising workflows to identify inefficiencies and optimise value delivery.

An Internal Developer Platform streamlines development processes, enabling teams to build, test, and deploy applications efficiently within a …

Optimising the throughput of work across the value stream to improve speed and reduce bottlenecks.

Automating software testing to improve quality and accelerate feedback loops.

Ensure software quality and reliability with Automated Testing. Detect issues early, reduce manual effort, and accelerate delivery.

Ensuring continuous delivery of incremental improvements to users and stakeholders.

Continuous Delivery is the practice of frequently delivering small increments of valuable product directly to real users, enabling rapid feedback, …

Ensuring backlog items meet a clear, actionable standard before sprint planning.

Using hypothesis-driven approaches to test ideas and validate assumptions in agile workflows.

Platform Engineering is the practice of designing, building, and maintaining internal platforms that enable developers to deliver value independently, …

Agentic Software Delivery is a strategy for continuously achieving business outcomes through the deliberate integration of autonomous AI agents, human …

Approaches to planning incremental and iterative software releases.

Tracking the time taken to complete a unit of work from start to finish.

Setting up and configuring software, hardware, and systems for optimal performance, using tools and automation.

A strategic approach to improving the flow of value through an organisation, optimising efficiency, reducing waste, and aligning work with customer …

The Agile ideal: teams with all the skills needed to deliver end-to-end value.

Azure DevOps is a product from Microsoft that provides tools around CI/CD, collaboration, and agile project management. Other names are Team …

Throughput is a delivery metric used to inspect how much work is completed per unit of time, enabling analysis of flow efficiency and system …

The process of delivering usable working software products to customers, including planning, development, testing, and deployment.

Adapting based on evidence, not assumptions, through inspection and transparency.

Enable seamless collaboration with Asynchronous Development. Improve efficiency, flexibility, and delivery across distributed teams.

The art of unlocking potential in teams and leaders through guidance rather than directives.

A specialized product operating model for organizations adopting agile methodologies. It integrates agile practices with product management principles …

Improve clarity and readiness with Backlog Refinement. Ensure work is well-defined, prioritised, and ready for execution.

Team performance is a systemic indicator of how well a team consistently delivers value, reflecting its collaborative and technical delivery …

Master Agile Planning to balance flexibility with predictability. Align teams, optimise delivery, and drive value continuously.

Maximise team alignment and adaptability with the Daily Scrum. Inspect progress, adapt plans, and ensure focus on the Sprint Goal.

Continuous Improvement is the ongoing practice of relentless reflection and adaptation, driven by empirical evidence, aimed at consistently enhancing …

Manage Agile projects effectively with Azure Boards. Track work, optimise planning, and improve team collaboration.

Strategies for iterative and continuous value delivery to customers.

Leverage Artificial Intelligence to enhance decision-making, automation, and innovation in Agile, DevOps, and software development.

Guides and discussions around setting up, installing, and configuring tools, software, and platforms.

Minimising waste while maximising learning in product creation.