If I asked you, “Will the new mobile app features be ready for the trade fair in March?”, what would you say? In many organizations I help, the answer is a hesitant “We hope so.” When I dig deeper into their data, I find that their teams meet their Sprint Goals about 50% of the […]
“We have Scrum Masters, but I’m not sure what they actually do all day besides setting up meetings and asking people what they did yesterday?” I hear this often during due diligence or organizational assessments. I have also caught myself asking this question during my own time as CTO. CEOs and investors look at the
“We implemented Scrum six months ago, but we aren’t shipping any faster. In fact, it feels like we are spending half our time in meetings talking about why we can’t work. Should we go back to the old way?” I hear this frustration often from CEOs and investors. They buy into the promise of Agile:
I recently had a discussion with a friend who is in the trenches of founding a startup. They are currently building their MVP, and he asked me a direct question: “Do I need a fractional CTO?” My answer was immediate: “No, not at this point.” But this conversation prompted me to reflect. If an early-stage