Lean Thinking, Experience and Experiments
in Enterprise Knowledgework and Services
Recent Recipes
Canonical good practices that consistently work in nearly all large scale knowledgework contexts.
“Big 5” dangers for your software company
The definition of “big 5” is traditionally the 5 most dangerous african animals to hunt on foot.
For software development I have defined it as the 5 greatest dangers of running your software company.
The Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock of Teams
Once a software delivery system grows beyond about 20 people, program-level structure emerges and requires management for system-level optimisation for collaboration and trust.
read moreReduce the law of least resistance – a little bit different approach to change management
So how can we handle others when we want them to change their behaviour? First and foremost, we should revise our approach.
read moreRecent Patterns
Good practices that are well tried and found repeatedly successful, but have more contextual variability.
Multi Modal Delivery with SAFe 4.0
SAFe 4.0 provides the constructs to integrate workstreams across multiple organisational units and methodologies into a single Solution Delivery.
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Things Look Different From Scale
At large scale, many of our finest arguments fade into noise.
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QuickStart WSJF Prioritisation
Jumpstart your prioritisation sessions. It’s a big step up on HiPPO, offering enough fidelity without getting lost in analysis.
read moreRecent Experiments
Ways of working that should work, but context may render them ineffective. Some have been tried, some are suggestions based on thinking only.
Bi-Modal Delivery is Inevitable. Get Over It.
GIVEN: Big Bang change is ineffective & painful
WHEN: We deliver integrated capabilities during transformation
THEN: Bi-Modal is inevitable
Coffee Rules for Curating Collaboration
Two simple, concrete changes that use coffee to build and engrain good collaborative habits.
Learning Proposal: Leading the Software Intensive Value Stream
Can we prevent the next generation of IT disasters with core learning of some key principles by would-be CIOs?
read moreRecent Writing
Speaking at Lean Agile Scotland 2017
I’m delighted to announce that once again, I’m speaking at Lean Agile Scotland — the conference that started local and is growing to global stature.
read moreWhy Do Smart People Resist Positive Change?
I’m increasingly convinced that all transformation initiatives should only be staffed and impact those who have actively and consciously opted into the change.
read moreScaling Self Selection
Team self-selection is a growing ‘opt-in’ approach to building successful Lean/Agile teams, with resulting reports of increased effectiveness.
Are there lessons we can learn from this in our wider Organisational Transformation approaches?
read moreMulti Modal Delivery with SAFe 4.0
SAFe 4.0 provides the constructs to integrate workstreams across multiple organisational units and methodologies into a single Solution Delivery.
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