July 8, 2022 ICON Agility Services was awarded a 2022 Top Workplaces honor by The St. Louis Post Dispatch and STLtoday. All winners were featured in a special section on Sunday, June 26, and online at STLtoday.com. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey that measures 15 culture drivers …
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Apr 15, 2019 Let’s consider a common request from Agile Transformation teams and PMO offices: Have you assessed the Agile maturity of your teams? This seems like a reasonable ask—after all, the teams are the ones responsible for creating the shippable software every two weeks. But do team-based metrics tell the whole story? Now consider this: …
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Dec 13, 2022 The best way to overcome obstacles of adopting the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is to approach the adoption process in a systematic and disciplined manner. This typically involves the following steps: Identify the key stakeholders and decision makers who need to be involved in the adoption process, and make sure that they …
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Nov 21, 2022 Making a resume can be stressful! You may ask yourself “What should I show? What are important objectives and critical results that a company recruiter wants to see?” There are certainly things that I look for in resumes and like to see emphasized. Always remember, resumes aren’t everything, but they are a way to …
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Nov 18, 2022 During every engagement someone on the client’s side wants to know “what are we getting for all this money we are paying?” The question is a legitimate one. The money paid is crystal clear. There is a desire to measure the value delivered from this investment. Let me also note that there …
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Nov 11, 2022 Ultimately our clients want to deliver great products and services to the market. They want to grow their customer base and improve loyalty of their current customers. They want to deter competitors from playing in their space by always having a pulse on the market, leveraging their position, understanding their weaknesses and …
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Nov 4, 2022 Have you ever gone into an interview over-analyzing your strengths and weaknesses? The feeling that makes you ask yourself “What do I need to showcase to set myself apart from other agile talent?” Typically, interviews can be nerve racking. They are full of rapid fire questions, including the old school burning question …
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Nov 2, 2022 Every organization trying to achieve business agility has unique needs and one thing always remains constant – companies new to agile transformations highly benefit by beginning the journey with seasoned, experienced agile coaches who can guide them on their way. Training employees is always crucial, but It’s important for your organization to partner …
Oct 26, 2022 According to SAFe®, A release train engineer (RTE) is a servant leader who facilitates program level processes and execution, drives continuous development, manages risks and escalates impediments while also acting as a full time chief scrum master for a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). But what does that mean – how does the RTE spend their time daily? …
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Oct 25, 2022 The Risks of Trusting an “Agile Imposter” Many organizations are finding themselves in an “agile imposter” situation. They may have made a huge investment in training and coaching, they are using all the lingo, and they are performing the well-known processes and ceremonies. However, they are not getting the intended outcomes and …
