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25 articles in Agile In Practice

28th Feb 2024

Agile Lessons From The Kitchen

"The Bear" meets agile methodology. McKenna Agile Consultant finds surprising connections between the Chicago

19th Jan 2023

Agile Prioritisation Techniques – WSJF is a Skill, Not Just a Tool

Learn how we use WSJF to bring objectivity to prioritisation, build alignment between stakeholders, and implement consis

24th Jun 2014

Agile Team Health Check

We've been thinking a lot recently about how to work out if an Agile team is healthy. By healthy I broadly mean hap

2nd Dec 2021

Being Agile in Practice – Part 1: Healthy Backlogs

If you don't have a clear, well-formulated backlog of work, you’ll likely end up with a whole host of challenges. L

15th Dec 2021

Being Agile in Practice – Part 2: Stable Teams

Stable teams are needed to execute the work that you’ve identified. Committing to this stability is the key to achieving

15th Dec 2021

Being Agile in Practice – Part 3: Deliver Often

The ultimate goal of any development team is to deliver value to their customers. With that in mind, what’s stopping so

10th Jan 2022

Being Agile in Practice – Part 4: Technical Excellence

Part 4 of our Being Agile in Practice series focuses on Technical Excellence. Nick McKenna shares his expertise and top

10th Jan 2022

Being Agile in Practice – Part 5: Speed to Decision

In part 5 of our Being Agile in Practice series, we share some tips and tools that agile leaders can implement today to

10th Jan 2022

Being Agile in Practice – Part 6: Mastering Agile in Practice

Here's the final instalment of our Being Agile in Practice series. Take a look at this post for all of our top tips

14th Mar 2016

SAFe® 4.0 Program Consultant

Our principal trainers, Nick McKenna and Aaron McKenna have both passed the exam to each become a SAFe® Program Consulta

4th Nov 2015

SAFe® Planning In Action - Agile Yorkshire And Beyond

McKenna Consultants are taking our SAFe® Planning In Action tour to Agile Yorkshire and beyond in the coming months. Fin

13th May 2024

Streamlining PI Planning in FMCG Manufacturing

Discover insights from our Toronto PI Planning event with a global FMCG company. Business-focused planning across all pl

26th Mar 2015

The Basics Of SAFe

SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is a method for organising large-scale agile programs within large organisations. It has b

28th Sep 2016

Tips For Working With Distributed Agile Teams

Global competition creates distributed teams. We explore how remote collaboration impacts agile consulting and software

5th Oct 2016

Using Management 3.0 with SAFe

At McKenna Consultants, we have been experimenting using Management 3.0 techniques with some of our customer who are imp

9th May 2014

What Do I Do When My Team Goes Agile?

Agile methods are pretty clear about what ScrumMasters, developers, testers, UX designers do on a team, but a lot of oth

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