Is your Agile organization stuck in second gear, hampered by low velocity, messy code and technical debt? Perhaps you should start a coding dojo and work on improving your coding skills? Imagine a band that never rehearses, only performs concerts. Its members get more used to do what they do […]
Teamwork
The Manager’s Dilemma
A Framework for Managers in an Agile Organization Written by Vadim Feldman, Softhouse. Based on interviewing Ola Sundin, Agile and Lean coach at Softhouse, about his ideas for the mangers framework and Vadims on experiences in introducing the framework at a customer. “When an organization decides to become agile, they […]
Thorough Preparation creates an Effective Team
The story of a group of software developers who formed a team, travelled to Denmark and found joy working on an agile software project. In the spring of 2009 Softhouse was contacted by a Danish client looking for a development team with skills in web technology. The client develops electronic […]
Teamwork is like music to my ears
When I was growing up in middle-class Sweden in the 1980s, the radio show Melodikrysset – which roughly translates as Melody Quiz – was the silliest thing I could imagine. Little did I suspect that it would become the cornerstone of my family’s existence today. Or that I would be […]
Long-Distance Scrumming
Janne Peltonen, certified Scrum Master at Finland-based company Qvantel, knows from his own experience how to make distributed projects more productive and less problematic. Qvantel has an offshore development center in Hyderabad, India, and offers near-shoring services for its customers in Scandinavia. Hence, it is crucial to find a […]