Lisa Rich
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9 years 4 monthsLisa Rich has over 10 years of experience as a Business and Technical Analyst in a variety of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. She helps business partners to define overall business needs for enterprise software implementation and enhancement projects. Lisa trains team members in Agile methodology and principles, defining business needs, translating business needs to user stories, and slicing large user stories into smaller, more manageable stories. She is an advocate for Agile principles and methodology, focusing on the mindset shift needed to transition from traditional waterfall development to Agile. With a passion for writing user stories, Lisa believes in putting the user first when defining business needs. She works to change the way business partners look at business needs by helping to break down large abstract ideas into small manageable pieces, allowing for shorter development timelines and fast user feedback.
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Agile Is Not a Process, It’s a MindsetAgile transformation requires more than a change in process; it needs a change in mindset. In order to fully embrace agile and create a productive environment, you have to change how you think about priorities and failure. Priorities are decided proactively, not reactively, and failure is not punished, it is celebrated. Once you make this shift in perspective, you can reap the rewards of agile. |
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Agile Managers: Trust Your Team and Encourage InnovationIn order to fully embrace agile and create an environment where individuals want to work together as a team, managers have to move from a role of dictation to one of direction and mentorship. Instead of making all the decisions, managers need to trust their team members and empower them to solve problems on their own, innovate, and fail—or succeed. |