Coach's Corner

Bella Trenkova

Nov 8, 20238 min read

"I am uncoachable" - How to Work With Difficult Clients

A few years ago, I was brought in as a Coach by a client with a budget and a team for a modernization project. They wanted to...

Chuck Kroll

Oct 25, 20238 min read

The Agile Evolution, It Is More Than Process

Many people in IT are very aware of the Agile process of Scrum, XP, Kanban, and many others. In the early years of Agile, we were very...

Bella Trenkova

Jul 14, 20225 min read

The Yin and Yang of DevSecOps - The 3 Gotcha-s of a Successful DevSecOps Transformation

The post explores the not-so-much-spoken-about flip side of DevSecOps.

Bella Trenkova

Jul 6, 20202 min read

Remote Agile Games:: Intro

As an Agile Coach, I can't stress enough the importance of teams engaging in fun, not-necessarily-product-development-related activities -...

Bella Trenkova

Jul 6, 20202 min read

Remote Agile Games:: Flip the Stickies

This is a variation on the classic "Flip the Pennies" game, which we played in my Intro to Agile class many years ago.

Bella Trenkova

Jul 6, 20202 min read

Remote Agile Games:: Puppets and Puppeteers

The game and its funny characters to illustrate a couple of the key Agile tenets - distributed decision making and team self-organization.

Bella Trenkova

Apr 9, 20204 min read

When TechDebt Is More Than "Tech" Debt

In addition to TechDebt, Agile teams must watch out and burn down ProcessDebt and SocialDebt.

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