Transparency | Glossary

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Definition

Transparency is one of the most important core values of Agile. It is critical regarding Organizations adopting Agile. It refers to the ‘openness’ of communication between the members of the team, and a free flow of information between the senior and junior members of the team. Scrum involves aspects like Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings.

The  more quickly an organization adapts to Transparency, the more chances  will raise for it’s success regarding Agile. A lack of Transparency in the long run, can hurt an Agile team,as well the organization overall. Without Transparency:

  • Product Owner may lost trust
  • There might be office politics
  • Team Morale can go down
  • Estimating future work can be an issue
  • Team’s true velocity can’t be known.

Further Reading

  •  “Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum” (book), by Mike Cohn.

The Power of Servant Leadership | Book Series

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Overview:

This book is authored by Robert K. Greenleaf, the former AT&T Executive and the one who coined the term Servant Leadership 30 years ago. This book emphasizes on the Servant Leadership – presently an emerging Leadership Approach, and the one which puts on people serving each other, including employees, company, and customers.

This book is a collection of Greenleaf’s 8 essays on Servant-Leadership, and deep insights on the practices of Servant-Leadership and continual refinement of the same. Additionally, there are several essays focused on the issues related to the spirit in performing work, commitment to the vision and completeness of project goals.

You will learn:

  • How to develop Servant-Leadership in employees
  • Leadership challenges that we face today
  • Important aspects of the emerging Leadership Paradigms

Authors:

Robert K. Greenleaf

Published In:

1998