Introduction to Vertical Slicing and Horizontal Slicing Agile is all about delivering value incrementally and iteratively. Gone are those days where teams develop and deliver features once in 3-6 months. Teams in these modern days, plan just enough, develop small increments and continuously deliver small features which can be used by the users. But one…

Introduction One of the most important principles of agile is to Inspect and Adapt. Agile helps teams with multi level opportunities for inspecting and adapting. While in every cadence there is an opportunity for the product to increment there is also an equal opportunity for people and process to increment. Sprint retrospective is one of…

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates Introduction Why Release Planning Matters You know that feeling when you are just waiting for something big to drop  a new app, a fresh update, maybe even a game, and then, it’s finally…

“Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it.” – A quote I read on my school’s ‘Thought of the day’ board on my way to daily morning assembly. We live in this crazy world, obsessed with freedom, autonomy and the thrill of venturing into the unknown. We…

What is an Agile mindset? Why should organizations encourage an agile mindset? More importantly, how to cultivate an agile mindset? We will explore this and more in this short blog. Most people do what they have been doing for years without changing any pattern – why break something that works? They are resistant to new…