“Done” Means Live: Real Value in Software Delivery
Discover why “done” means live in production—not just code complete. Learn to deliver real value, close feedback loops, and drive outcomes that …
Agentic Agility champions autonomy, accountability, and purposeful action. We empower you to optimise your systems of work, advocate pragmatic, evidence-based practices, and challenge conventional thinking—driving adaptive, resilient organisations.
Discover why “done” means live in production—not just code complete. Learn to deliver real value, close feedback loops, and drive outcomes that …
Worried about cloud migration chaos? Discover why a hybrid approach beats “lift and shift” and how to align teams for a seamless, risk-free …
Explains why true Scrum requires real team agency, not just self-management in name, and how lacking agency leads to ineffective, ritualistic Agile …
Comprehensive reference outlining Kanban principles, practices, and metrics for optimising workflow, value delivery, and continuous improvement in …
Learn how to automate legacy systems by shifting organisational mindset, adopting DevOps practices, and making incremental improvements to boost …
Learn essential strategies for transitioning from monolithic systems to microservices, including planning, team alignment, managing complexity, and …
Learn how to modernise legacy systems by balancing stability and innovation, managing technical debt, and adopting gradual, sustainable improvements …
Explore practical strategies for overcoming legacy system challenges, addressing technical debt, compliance, integration, and guiding effective …
Explains how the Definition of Done evolves in Scrum, aligning team practices with organisational standards to ensure consistent quality, compliance, …
Scrum Masters are most effective when they combine leadership skills with technical, business, and organisational mastery to support teams, Product …
Explores how Scrum Masters and Product Owners balance leadership, authority, and team autonomy to ensure accountability, effective self-management, …
Measuring individual cycle time in Kanban misleads teams, hides real bottlenecks, and harms flow. Focus on system-wide metrics like PCE, WIP, and …
Learn how to overcome scaling challenges in product development by reducing technical debt, improving team alignment, and building sustainable, …
Explores how organisations can scale teams to boost innovation while avoiding bureaucracy, focusing on empowerment, streamlined processes, and agile …
Explains how simplifying complex software and committing to change enables continuous delivery, highlighting the need for cultural shift, resilience, …
Learn effective strategies for scaling agile across multiple teams, managing dependencies, avoiding common pitfalls, and maintaining agility as your …
Learn how unmanaged technical debt can hinder growth, and discover strategies like sustainable architecture, DevOps, and automation to scale …
Effective scaling depends on strong leadership—empowering teams, removing bottlenecks, and decentralising decisions to enable sustainable …
Continuous delivery is achievable for any software, regardless of complexity. Success depends on investment in automation, quality, and process …
Explains why the Scrum Master role requires experience and competence, debunking the myth of a "junior" Scrum Master and highlighting the need for …
Adding more teams doesn’t guarantee faster delivery; effective scaling requires reducing dependencies, aligning goals, and minimising coordination …
Explores why scaling technology alone isn’t enough, highlighting the need for engineering cultures that support collaboration, DevOps, and continuous …
Learn how to achieve sustainable, resilient organisational growth by focusing on simplification, value delivery, and effective agile …
Explores why scaling product development requires system improvements, not just more developers. Covers alignment, technical debt, and feedback loops …
Argues that the Scrum Master role requires proven mastery and real-world experience, not entry-level skills or certifications, and should be earned …
Explains how audience-based deployment and testing in production enable faster feedback, safer rollouts, and higher software quality by targeting real …
Explains how identifying and validating unrealised value, understanding user needs, and rapid feedback loops can enhance product development and …
Value in software is only realised through delivery. Frequent releases validate assumptions, reduce risk, and enable rapid feedback, adaptation, and …
Explores how lean governance reduces unnecessary processes, enabling organisations to stay agile, meet compliance, and foster innovation without …
Explains how focusing on isolated improvements in governance can harm overall organisational success, and offers strategies for integrated, …
Real user feedback is essential in product development to validate assumptions, guide improvements, and ensure your product delivers real value to its …
Explores how effective leadership drives cultural change, supports agile practices, and fosters collaboration through vision, automation, learning, …
Explores how adapting software architecture to changing demands drives long-term success, highlighting incremental change, team investment, and a …
Learn how frequent product releases help businesses lead markets, adapt quickly to change, boost user engagement, and deliver continuous value in a …
Explores how Azure DevOps shifted from slow, two-year releases to rapid, continuous delivery, highlighting the benefits of fast feedback, agility, and …
Explains why promoting code through multiple branches slows delivery, increases risk, and suggests GitHub Flow or Release Flow as simpler, safer …
Scrum teams must deliver working software to real users every Sprint; true progress is measured by delivery to production, not just by completing …
Explains how the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling effective product delivery, fostering team success, and ensuring each sprint produces a …
Explores why prioritising quality and stability over speed in delivery management leads to better long-term outcomes, even when facing tight deadlines …
Explores why fixed best practices don't suit complex continuous delivery, highlighting adaptive approaches like audience-based delivery, testing in …
Explores how increasing deployment frequency, stable environments, and fast feedback loops improve software delivery, reduce time to market, and align …
Explains how feature flags enable safe, incremental software releases, support continuous delivery, and use user feedback to improve features before …
Explores how automation boosts software development by reducing errors, speeding up deployments, and ensuring consistent, high-quality releases in …
Explores how automation in testing, deployment, and validation streamlines development, reduces technical debt, and builds confidence for teams and …
Explores how frequent code deployments improve code quality, reduce technical debt, enable faster feedback, and support iterative, user-focused …
Excessive handoffs in software development create delays, reduce quality, and harm team morale. Learn how eliminating handoffs boosts agility, flow, …
Explains the difference between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done in Scrum, highlighting how clear, measurable criteria ensure …
Explores how understanding and optimising organisational systems can drive engineering excellence, improve value delivery, and foster a culture of …
Learn how to track, manage, and optimise product development costs by empowering teams with financial awareness, key metrics, and continuous …
Explains how managing technical debt and distinguishing it from poor quality can boost product efficiency, reduce costs, and support sustainable …
Explores how automation in software development reduces human error, improves reliability, and streamlines workflows, using real-world examples and …
Learn how agile metrics like innovation rate, product index, usage index, and version adoption help identify waste and improve ROI by focusing on …
Explores how optimising systems, reducing technical debt, and strong leadership improve engineering quality, productivity, and innovation while …
Learn how quality, technical expertise, and regular reviews in software development can maximise ROI and ensure your organisation delivers lasting …
Empowering teams with financial insights boosts ownership, informed decision-making, and ROI by aligning daily work with business goals through …
Explores how hypothesis-driven engineering helps teams maximise product value by testing ideas, measuring outcomes, and learning from failure to guide …
Learn how to fund product development by thinking like a venture capitalist—run small experiments, validate ideas, manage risk, and balance data with …
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Explores the limitations of traditional budgeting and explains how flexible, value-driven approaches like Beyond Budgeting can improve agility, …
Explains how automation in continuous delivery improves software reliability, reduces risk, and enables faster, safer deployments through consistent, …
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Bistech
Lockheed Martin
Ericson
Hubtel Ghana
Xceptor - Process and Data Automation
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Healthgrades
Boxit Document Solutions
Alignment Healthcare
Trayport
NIT A/S
Big Data for Humans
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
Emerson Process Management
MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.
Washington Department of Enterprise Services
Ghana Police Service
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Washington Department of Transport
Royal Air Force
Freadom
YearUp.org
Boxit Document Solutions
Trayport
ALS Life Sciences
Philips