You Can’t “Cherry Pick” Agile Projects
When you are first adopting agile techniques in your organization a common strategy is to run one or more pilot…
Scott Ambler
Lean Data Governance Strategies
The goal of data governance is to ensure the quality, availability, integrity, security, and usability within an organization. The way…
A Lesson for Data Pros – Agility is for Everyone
Over the years, I’ve learned that for agile teams to succeed, everyone – from team members to those who interact…
Features of an Effective Disciplined Agile Coach
I am often asked what makes a Disciplined Agile (DA) coach effective. The features to look for in a DA coach include:…
The Agile Enterprise Coach
When your organization chooses to transition into more agile and leaner ways of working, you quickly discover that this effort…
Disciplined Agile Data Management
The Disciplined Agile (DA) process decision framework provides light-weight guidance to help organizations streamline their information technology (IT) and business…
A Disciplined Agile Mindset for Data Management
There are very few organizations left these days that haven’t adopted agile and lean strategies within some – and very…
Best Practices for Agile Documentation
Introduction Ideally, an agile document is just barely good enough, or just barely sufficient, for the situation at hand. Documentation…
How Enterprise-Level IT Professionals Can Be Agile
Many people mistakenly assume that enterprise-level activities, such as enterprise architecture or reuse engineering, need to be performed in a traditional and even…
The Cultural Impedance Mismatch
Scott Ambler reminds us that both object technology and the agile development paradigm are here to stay, and he provides…