The Agile Paradox: Necessary evil or evil necessity of having managers?

The Agile Paradox: Necessary evil or evil necessity of having managers?

“Ninety-five per cent of changes made by management today make no improvement.”

Dr. Edward Deming – “The New Economics” 1994

It is no secret that Deming often chided upper managers as being the cause of bottlenecks, revenue…

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Is a Holarchy more conducive to Agile, or is just a bunch of malarkey?

Is a Holarchy more conducive to Agile, or is just a bunch of malarkey?

Last year Zappos made big news by announcing that they would get rid of job titles, managers, and the infamous functional hierarchies.  For as this article from Quartz outlines:

During the 4-hour meeting, Hsieh talked about how Zappos’ tr…

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Earned Value Management Revisited: The unknown past and future of this useful technique

Earned Value Management Revisited: The unknown past and future of this useful technique

Reading some of the posts I have been writing recently, it has dawned on me that it has been a while since I’ve posted articles…

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