The 2018 Singapore FinTech Festival is in full swing, and SoftEd is there. We're excited to be a part of the world’s largest platform for the global FinTech community. The five-day festival has attracted participants and exhibitors from all over the world and features a series of exciting events…
At the recent Agile Tauranga conference held on October 26, SoftEd agile trainer, facilitator and coach, Andy van der Gugten ran an interactive workshop titled 'Agile Fundamentals'.   Andy's presentation delved into the background, guiding principles and evolution of the agile approach and why it…
One of the big topics people have difficulty digesting when being introduced to agile is the concept of focus. We all have so much to do − too many projects to work on, too many meetings to attend, too many emails to attend to. It is challenging to impossible for some to imagine a world where we…
When you manage your requirements and manage your people, the tasks will manage themselves. Getting the requirements right sooner will save the team shed loads of time, money and stress.   The thing is that for any given product you will never get the requirements “right” or have every requirement…
Many teams I work with are already employing the agile basics, including working with user stories and kanban boards, but the most universal agile practice I see is the daily stand-up or scrum meeting. What’s surprising is the amount of complaining I hear about how ineffective these meetings can…
The term ‘Safe to Fail’ seems to be thrown about as if it is an easy thing to achieve.   It isn’t always safe to fail. Adam Boas put it beautifully at Agile Australia 2018 where he referred to “Defined Safe Boundaries over Motherhood statements about safe to fail”. (Boas, 2018)  So why do we need a…
This basic game is designed to help players understand the concepts involved in release and iteration planning. It covers how to plan for new features, minimise defects, monitor velocity, re-plan and the impact of technical debt.   You will need:  The facilitator's guide The team instructions…
Have you ever played an outfield position in baseball or softball? As an outfielder, your primary responsibility is catching pop flies.   When you hear the crack of the bat, there’s a moment of panic as you try to figure out where the ball is headed. For young players, their first instinct is always…
SoftEd has been named in APAC CIO Outlook magazine's Top 10 Agile Consulting/ Services Companies for "their finesse in delivering cutting edge agile services in 2018".   With over 25 years of experience, SoftEd has supported some of the world's largest and most innovative organisations to adopt new…
Some years ago I sat down with Jerry Weinberg hoping to persuade him to travel from the USA to Australia and New Zealand, to speak at a SoftEd conference. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm to have someone of his calibre come “down under” was not met with similar enthusiasm on his part! Jerry was already…
Last week I gave a talk for business analysts in Sydney on “documentation for agile teams”  My talk did not really contain anything too radical, but it did draw a reasonable crowd, with 80 business analysts making time to come after a full day of work.   So why did 80 people turn up when, being…
I am excited to hear that many of my clients are venturing into projects that include digital transformation, intelligent automation, machine learning and other artificial intelligence capabilities. I am passionate about these topics and how these capabilities deliver value to our end users.   If…
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