Case Studies

One More Step

A fairly new middle manager was struggling to find the best path forward through the tangle of issues he had walked into. He was an outsider to this system coming from a successful career in another industry. (download pdf: 266k)

Dealing with the Unexpected

An Agile coach contacted me to discuss an issue on his team. One of the critical contractors on his team had left the project for another assignment, unexpectedly, on two week’s notice, just before an important release. Ouch! (download pdf: 301k)

Camp Agile

For several years, we’ve worked with a local outdoor and wilderness education provider to investigate whether Agile methods would work outside of software development. The answer, evidently, is yes! (download pdf: 300k)

Articles

The Elephant in the Room: Using Brain Science to Enhance Working Relationships

By Sharon Buckmaster and Diana Larsen, published for Agile 2009 conference and in InfoQ, October 29, 2009. Read Here.

Team Collaboration for Senior Leadership

by Diana Larsen and Pollyanna Pixton, published in Cutter Consortium Agile Project Management Advisory Service, Executive Update Series. Vol. 7, No. 6. March 2006. Download this Article at Cutter Consortium.

So What is Shared Leadership Anyway

by Sharon Buckmaster, Fielding Graduate University, April 2005. (download pdf: 125k)

Using the Retrospective for Positive Change

by Diana Larsen, published in Cutter Consortium Agile Project Management Advisory Service, Executive Update Series. Vol. 5, No. 1. January 2005. (download pdf: 486k)

Prosocial Behavior: Helping, Sharing, and Caring Behaviors

by Sharon Buckmaster, Fielding Graduate University, October 2004. (download pdf: 116k)

You’re Still Needed

by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen, published in Software Development, August 2004. (download pdf: 96k)

Leadership and Gender: Let Me Count the Ways

by Sharon Buckmaster, Fielding Graduate University, May 2004. (download pdf: 112k)

Team Agility: Exploring Self-Organizing Software Development Teams

by Diana Larsen, The Agile Times, February 2004. (download pdf: 64k)

Embracing Change: A Retrospective

by Diana Larsen. Cutter IT Journal, February 2003. (download pdf: 812k)

Exploring the Concept of Resiliency: Getting More of a Hot Commodity

by Sharon Buckmaster and Diana Larsen. A Research Report from interviews with 25 women leaders. 2000. (download pdf: 32k)