SmoothApps

05/11/2021

Check out this new "virtual whitepaper" site that we co-created " Scrum Successfully with Nexus™ using Atlassian Software!"
Contact us if you need help getting your Nexus set up! https://smoothapps.com/contact-us/

Are you currently practicing , using Atlassian tools, and need to scale the value of 3 to 9 teams? Do you struggle with cross-team dependency and organization?

Fringe Technology, SmoothApps and Scrum.org have collaborated on a comprehensive site, "Scaling Scrum Successfully with Nexus™ using Software", that will walk you through steps to unify your team to one Nexus and show you how to easily configure your own Atlassian Jira and Confluence products to enable your .

Go to our free learning site at https://bit.ly/nexuswithatlassian to explore one source of truth for your teams!

12/23/2020

We would like to wish our friends, clients and partners a very Merry Christmas!!

12/09/2020

Build the company you would love to work in,
Be the you would love to work for,
Be the member and partner you would love to work with,
Be the trusted advisor you would love to hire,
And as Gandhi said...

Be the that you wish to see in the world!

09/22/2020

We have just released Part 2 of our series, so please watch, comment and share!

Why is servant leadership so difficult for some executives in large companies? Why is transparency required for the team, but does not seem to apply to executives? Have you seen this in your company?

Learn more about the struggles that large companies face adopting agility and what managers and executives can do to exemplify the values and principles needed for an effective !

Why is servant leadership so difficult for executives in large companies? Why is transparency required for the team, but does not seem to apply to the execut...

09/17/2020

Watch and share our new video!

Sometimes principles are lost in large company cultures. Why do they struggle so much with ? What challenges have you seen when working in or with a large company? Comment below and let us know!

Are the principles of Agile being lost in large companies? What are some things that they struggle with that makes them lose focus on empiricism? Find out mo...

09/08/2020

In our new video series, Ravi Verma, SmoothApps CEO, discusses the most important questions for management when going through an Agile transformation.

In the first video, we learn that agility means different things to different people.

After watching this video, what is the most important outcome you would like to achieve as a result of ?

https://youtu.be/0VQQ2XZoEuI

In this series, we discuss the most important questions for Agile management when going through an Agile transformation. Agility means different things to di...

09/07/2020

Happy ! Today we celebrate the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of .

09/07/2020

Do your Sprint Reviews suck? If you missed the DevOps webinar last month on how to make them suck less, this is your chance to participate!
Ravi Verma, SmoothApps CEO, will be speaking on this topic at the North Dallas Agile Product Owners Meetup webinar this Wednesday, Sept 9 at 6:30pm. Register today!
http://ow.ly/vJCk50BgYh4

Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 6:30 PM: Have you found yourself face-palming in cringe-worthy Sprint Reviews that degenerate into finger-pointing and food-fights? What are the top reasons why this happens? Would y

08/26/2020

Transitioning to the world can be difficult for many managers. As an Agile Manager, or someone aspiring to be, where should your focus lie? What role should you play in order to become a more effective Agile manager?
SmoothApps CEO, Ravi Verma, addresses these questions in this new video! https://youtu.be/nNYUX_V_pkU

Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and SHARE this video!

Transitioning to the Agile world can be difficult for many managers. They may be focused on items such as tasks, product backlog, epics and major releases, b...

08/19/2020

Do your suck? Join us tomorrow, Thursday, Aug 20 at 11am to learn from our experiences with 10 clients on how to make your sprint reviews better! http://ow.ly/AFMb50B1IDn
This is a continuation of our last webinar on Sprint Reviews so don't miss it!

Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 11:00 AM: Have you found yourself facepalming in cringe-worthy Sprint Reviews that degenerate into finger-pointing and food-fights? What are the top reasons why this happens? Would

08/18/2020

Thanks to everyone who considered last week's Sprint Review question. Here is our perspective on a that communicates the essence of a . To learn more, watch this webinar http://ow.ly/Nh9T50B1DMH and share the biggest adjustment you will make to improve your next .

08/06/2020

Are you feeling saucy? Join SmoothApps CEO, Ravi Verma, and Steve Tallant tonight at 6pm to explore the pasta-bilities of effective Sprint Reviews in the Agile-DevOps Meetup Webinar "Al Dente? 7 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns & How To Overcome Them With Spaghetti"

Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 6:00 PM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83660283505Al Dente? 7 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns & How To Overcome Them With SpaghettiAbstract: Have you been frustrated by unhelpful Sprint Revi