Adverse effects of juggling work. — Businesses strive to make money. It’s a survival instinct for staying in the business. That often makes idle time evil, placing a big emphasis on utilisation. But it’s important to recognise that overburdening is a type of waste too, just like idle time. Overburdening is known as Muri (無理) in…

Let’s start with a little background. Agile was coined by 17 software developers, to address the problems the software world was facing. Today, organisations that have seen its positive impact in IT are aspiring to adopt it on a larger scale. However, there are large-scale hurdles ahead of its adoption. …

Learning is an investment and knowledge is a valuable asset gained through training, experiments, and exploration. However, if knowledge is not effectively managed and shared, it can become a burden rather than an asset. IDC estimates that Fortune 500 companies lose $31 billion from not sharing knowledge within their organization…

Predictability is not the point, responding to change is. As you say in your article, "The problem is the world is unpredictable". Agile embraces that : - Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. Things get ugly when welcoming changing requirements…