One question that I receive more frequently is how agile software development works with an offshore team. I get this questions from either people already doing agile and thinking of building out a team, or those that are very much involved in outsourcing and are thinking of crossing to the […] Read more »
Why India outsourcing is Doomed
Indian IT outsourcing has become a commodity business with no innovation and nothing to offer other than questionable rate savings. This not an attempt to write a scientific paper or predict future. This simply an opinion I have formed based on 15+ years of working with various providers in India and all over the […] Read more »
Jury panel as a well organized scrum team
Two weeks ago I had to fulfill my civic duty and serve on a jury. It was a civil case, not interesting, and as boring as a case might be. One thing, however, did occur to me. The jury trial process is a perfectly organized and well run scrum team. […] Read more »
Role of a manager in an agile or scrum environment
You are a team manager and your organization just decided to switch to scrum or any other agile methodology. You hear words agile and thinking to yourself – what am I going to do? What is my role as a manager in this new agile world. I no longer need […] Read more »