Start of a new chapter

by Kelly Waters, 19 May 2013 | All About Agile

Hi everyone, Yesterday was my last day at ThoughtWorks. ThoughtWorks is an amazing company with some fantastic people, so I feel very privileged to have worked for them and very grateful that they gave me and my family the opportunity to live in Australia, which was a wonderful experience. However we're back in the UK now and I've gone independent as an interim exec. My first engagement is...
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Agile Project Management for Government

by Kelly Waters, 6 October 2012
Agile Adoption

Brian Wernham has written a new book about leadership skills for the implementation of large-scale public sector projects in months, not years.   It's called Agile Project Management...
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If my blog has helped you, I’m asking if you can return the favour?

by Kelly Waters, 7 August 2012
All About Agile

Hi everyone, Lately I've been thinking about how I can do something to put a little back into society.  I've done things before, but it's about time I did something else. So...
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How Detailed Should Tasks Be in a User Story?

by Kelly Waters, 6 August 2012
Agile User Stories

This is a guest blog post by Joe Woods from VersionOne... When I first started using agile project management, my stories didn’t have enough detail. In my office we use Agile to...
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The Surprising Truth About What Really Motivates Us

Dan Pink’s work on what really motivates us – beyond money for essentials like food and shelter – is really interesting, and this is a great video that explains it all in just...
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Risk Management – How to Stop Risks from Screwing Up Your Projects!

Risk management is the proactive management of things that might screw up your projects, or your business.  The trouble is, at least in my experience, that risks often aren’t...
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Change Management – 7 Common Elements of Change

 In recent years, I have been responsible for leading substantial change in 2 different organisations.  In both cases, the digital divisions I headed up were struggling to meet expectations....
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Your Virtual Executive Coach

by Kelly Waters, 4 July 2012
All About Agile

Hi everyone.  I've been blogging here now for more than 5 years.  I can't actually believe I've been going for so long!  I still intend to write here from time to time, but more...
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10 Agile Bloggers You Should Know About, But Don’t

Mark Mansour from Agile Bench has posted a list of 10 agile bloggers you should know about, but don't.  He very kindly included me and this blog (and linked my new personal blog, kelly-waters.me)....
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Leaders, Are You an Energy Generator, or an Energy Consumer?

One of the most important aspects of leadership is to inspire and engage people in a way that generates positive energy.  In my experience, most leaders certainly have an abundance...
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Do Less

by Kelly Waters, 14 June 2012
Agile Leadership

I recently wrote a post called 10 Things Executives Need To Do Differently (In Agile).  I also presented on this a couple of weeks ago at the Agile Australia conference. Like many...
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One Minute Scrum Master

One of the things I really like about Scrum is how beautifully simple it is.  Actually, the challenge in implementing any agile method is in how it makes you think about how to do...
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Have You Got Agile Kids?

by Kelly Waters, 28 May 2012
Uncategorized

Shirly Ronen-Harel, Danny Kovatch and Avi Kaye have written a really interesting ebook about applying agile techniques at home when bringing up your children.  On the one hand I thought...
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No Bull!

Simon Baker from Energized Work has written a great paper about whether or not twelve years of agile has really changed anything in the world of software development? In the paper,...
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All About Agile: The Book

A little while ago, I mentioned I was in the process of turning my blog into a book.  Well, finally I've done it! I have organised and edited the most popular educational content...
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