Forming a non-software team around a value stream

I’ve spoken in previous posts about how at my previous customer I was working with non-software development teams, helping them interface with the development teams in order to increase collaboration.

A fantastic side effect of this coaching was that the non-software teams recognised the importance of having cross-discipline teams being aligned around value delivery, rather than in their specialist silos.

This post outlines an experiment where we created a cross-discipline team, focused on delivering an FS marketing strategy without changing the organisational structure.

Joy Sheng, CK-12 Foundation
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Agile Coaching Financial Services Teams in an eCommerce website

In my previous post, I spoke about how I was embedded as an Agile Tester in a team delivering Financial Services (FS) improvements to an ecommerce website.

This post builds on that experience by talking about my time there as an Agile Coach working with several FS teams helping them not only to interface with Agile development teams, but also increase agility in their own working practices.

Now, this is an Agile Coach!
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Agile Testing a Financial Services project in an eCommerce site

I’ve just finished up a role as an Agile Coach in an eCommerce enterprise helping their Financial Services teams adopt a more iterative approach to value delivery.

Before that, I was embedded in one of their development teams as an Agile Tester.

This post is a summary of our adventures as developers building relationships with our colleagues in Financial Services….

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