About a month ago I was speaking at DevExperience in Iasi, Romania, and I had the absolute pleasure to meet Georgiana Ghiciuc – an inspiring and charismatic lady, the founder of Beaglecat, and her team. We had a nice conversation around the impact of Lean and Agile on the IT sector and business in general. With Beaglecat’s kind permission, I am…
We are excited to partner with the Software University (http://softuni.bg) in offering the Agile Software Development training. Targeted at young IT professionals, it will offer a solid foundation for using Agile methods in a working environment. Read more about it and register at https://softuni.bg/trainings/1351/agile-software-development-may-2016.
This is a game I created for one of our Scrum training. For a one-day training, it is a bit lengthy and resource-consuming. However, it might be a great way to refresh your team’s Scrum knowledge while also creating a team building effect and having a lot of fun (and eventually, good food :)) together. The simulation is essentially a…
Innovation is a buzzword for large IT companies today, as corporations are faced with increased competition by startups and emerging players in their markets. Smart companies invest in training their people in new methods for customer-centric product creation and set up intrapreneurial programs to create a startup culture and boost innovation. These programs are all good and bring a positive change in…
We are happy to invite you to a 1-day training “Introduction to Agile Concepts”. When: 29 January 2016, 9:30 – 17:00 | Where: Sofia, 93 Haydushka gora Str. | Price: 149 EUR | Language: Bulgarian | Target Audience: Project or Team Managers, team members who want an introduction to Agile To register for the training or for more information, send us an…
Last week I was attending 2 events that were somewhat related to Agile, and I want to share a quick recap of the most important points I got from them. ISTA ISTA is a conference that has been targeting primarily software (quality) engineers and the topics in the past years were predominantly technical. Therefore, I was very surprised to discover…
One of the fundamental paradigms in Agile is around self-organizing teams. It is a concept that creates both enthusiasm and frustration in leaders and employees, and the reason is that people usually have very different mental images of what a self-organizing team actually is. In this blog post, I want to comment on a few statements that I sometimes hear…
This year PMDAY Bulgaria is focusing a lot on change and transformation, and they are also living it! The format will include a lot of interactive workshops, and Agile is also a topic of interest. Let’s meet there and talk about change and the challenges and opportunities it brings. Check out my session and the other great speakers and workshops…
Good knowledge of Scrum rules is necessary but by no means sufficient for being a good ProductOwner (PO). This role is extremely important for the project and for the product overall since a job well-done could turn your company into a leader in the business while otherwise sending you behind all your competitors. This implies a lot of additional requirements…
There is a lot of talking about Agile especially in the IT industry, and I hear many people saying: it’s the currently fashionable way to approach software development and it will eventually pass. Let me share some of my thoughts on why I don’t think Agile is just a hype. The evolving concept of Agile First of all, let’s look…