That’s not Agile! So what? A common phrase we hear at our coaching clients or in Agile and Scrum training classes is “But that’s not Agile!”  As Agile and Scrum coaches our answer is “So what?”  Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer shares perspectives on the defenses and disconnects that this phrase causes. What is Agile?

We would like to address the concepts of Aligning Business with IT.  Do you think that Agile and Scrum are just for Information Technology or “I.T.”?  Agile approaches are actually about doing work differently.  Many adopting Agile or Scrum do not understand that these approaches are all about Business people and I.T. working together regardless of traditional roles.  Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach shares perspectives on the perpetuating myth that Agile or Scrum is just “for I.T.”.

The word ‘quality’ is not in the Agile Manifesto.Quality is not only implied, it’s integral to the values or principles of the Agile Manifesto.

One of the more popular reasons the Collaboration Leadership Team hears that their customers want to adopt Agile or Scrum is to increase quality.  This is something Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach addresses in this post based on recent customer interactions.

If Everything is Priority by Definition Nothing is PriorityKeeping with this month’s theme of Managing Changing Priorities, Minnesota’s Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach offers tips on using Agile and Scrum to help order overloaded plates.