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Confirmation Bias: The Most Human of Tendencies Confirmation bias is the tendency to notice evidence that supports our beliefs, preconceptions, and hypotheses, and to miss, ignore, or dismiss evidence that contradicts them. Instead of trying to falsify a hypothesis, we tend to try to confirm it. It’s a human thing to do. |
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Lean, Agile, Lean Agile—What's the Difference? Not everyone is going to embrace agile or lean, and even those who do often disagree on their overall definitions. The truth is that each method has its own individual meaning and benefit to your company. When you combine them, you truly maximize their potential. |
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Why Some Teams Don’t Work There are teams that work well, and other teams that are so ineffective, merely being dysfunctional would be a step in the right direction. Naomi Karten explains the reasons why some teams don't work. The solution isn’t to dispense with teams but to figure out what makes them function effectively. |
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How to Use Gamification for an Agile Transformation In a recent LinkedIn poll, the failure to change organizational culture was voted as the prime cause of preventing an agile transformation. One way to counter this problem is to use gamification, which leaders can use to encourage employees to make the transformation. |
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Configuration Managers: Fighting the Resistance to Change “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” goes the saying. But when it comes to CM, it seems that even if it is “broke,” nobody wants it fixed—except of course, the CM manager. Joe Farah explains why this "resistance to change" is a big roadblock to CM professionals and how to fight it. |
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The Importance of Courage in Agile Teams An important attribute of agile teams is the courage to do the right things. You need courage in making the right architectural decisions, tackling the right stories, and standing up for values and principles you believe in. |
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Culture Shock: A Battle of the Sexes in Software Development The number of women in the field of software development has been on a steady decline for decades and little has been done to buck the trend. The need to ask why this lack of parity exists has passed. Today, groups are working to correct the problem—and not just continue to point it out. |
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Does Agile Work with a Command and Control Leadership? With the popularity of agile methods, especially Scrum, the discussions around collaborative, command and control leadership (C2) styles have increased greatly. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains whether or not being agile clashes with the C2 style of leadership. |
