I presented at this month’s Agile Bazaar meeting on September 25th in Cambridge, MA. The presentation is about how to scale Agile titled Big Agile – From Team to Program

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George schlitz and I presented a webinar hosted by the Project Maganament Intstitute (PMI) Information Technology and Telechom SIG.  The actualy recorded webinar is going to be available to the IT&Telecom SIG members here.

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Event: Agile2008, August 2008
Location: Toronto, Canada
Presenters: Giora Morein and George Schlitz

George Schlitz and I presented at the recent Agile2008 conference in Toronto on how to leverage Ambassador Models to enable highly effective distributed teams.

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Event: Microsoft Effective Agile Open House
Location: Herziliya, Israel
Presenter: Giora Morein

I would like to thank all who participated in the Microsoft Effective Agile Open House event today in Herziliya in Israel. Here are the presentations.

Agile Kickstart (pdf)

Effective Distributed Agile Teams (pdf)

My experience is predominantly within large, Fortune-class companies.  It is possible that many of my observations apply on to organizations that have grown to tens of thousands of people over many, many years.  I do not know if many of the same ailments apply to smaller companies – although with the exception of the odd start-up, I suspect that the same commitment-issues plague us all.  more »

I know that I might take some heat here, but I’m tired of hearing how Agile is just a mindset, a way of thinking: a collection of principles that should govern how we go about our business. That’s just not good enough. Not for me! Don’t get me wrong – I am a firm believer that to reap the success and benefits from the Agile process, individuals need to embrace these principles. However, embracing the Agile principles alone does not an Agile project make – nor should it imply some type of road to success. These principles need to be embraced hand-in-hand with the Agile practices. more »

I have heard many coaches provide various descriptions and metaphors in answering the question: “What is the Role of the Agile Coach?”. Shepard. Guide. Facilitator. Expediter. Sounding-board. Change-agent. Illuminator?  Mostly I tend to agree with how coaches view themselves and their role. Sometimes, however, I hear things that trouble me. One view that has grown in popularity — but one I simply cannot get behind — is the notion that the role of the coach is to “…help organizations discover new questions to ask”. So is the role of the Agile Coach truly to help identify questions?

Sorry — I’m just not buying it. more »