by Martin Burns | Mar 3, 2014 | Review
Reviews of SAFe based on knowledge rather than supposition are increasingly supportive that it has positive intentions, and useful practises. While there are still genuinely held concerns, some of these are based on risks rather than certainties, and assert...
by Martin Burns | Feb 23, 2014 | Exploration
Critising SAFe for ‘scaling agile’ is missing the point. It’s about using means that Agile has developed to improve Product Development Flow in an existing context of significant complexity factors Chris Matts gives a great summary of this context:...
by Martin Burns | Feb 20, 2014 | Announcements
I’m delighted to announce that I’m speaking at Booster Conference in Bergen, 12 March 2014. As I missed the CfP for full presentations in moving jobs and countries, I will be giving a Lightning Talk, looking at some interesting parallel challenges in...
by Martin Burns | Feb 3, 2014 | Exploration, Patterns
To be capable of effectively directing work and leading improvement, management need to have a reality based deep understanding of how value is created and what impediments exist. Often, management will talk about the importance of having engagement from their staff....
by Martin Burns | Jan 30, 2014 | Exploration, Patterns
Management is Non-Value-Add activity. Why do we fund it? To create, sustain and improve a Run Time Environment for Value Add activity. Traditional management is seen as the work of co-ordinating or directing others in a system to achieve best outcome against defined...
by Martin Burns | Jan 27, 2014 | Exploration
In many, if not most, circumstances, insisting that a team must come up with a custom method is harmful. At best, it is a false expectation and at worst designed to create a dependency on consulting skills. For many, if not most, teams, a recipe based approach is...
by Martin Burns | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog, Exploration
[blockquote author=”The Hedgehog Song, The Incredible String Band” float=”left”] Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, But you never quite learned the song, she sang. I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, That you never...
by Martin Burns | Dec 4, 2013 | Announcements
Apologies for the recent lack of posts. This is because in January, I will be moving to Sweden to join Håkan Forss at Avega in a Lean Coaching role. Right now, I’m in the middle of trying to cleanly close out my current role, while working on all the logistics...
by Martin Burns | Nov 7, 2013 | Announcements
As of 6th November 2013, I’m certified as a Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant. The SAFe Program Consultant Training and Certification course is for internal agile change agents and external consultants. It provides the tools to implement agile programs...
by Martin Burns | Oct 12, 2013 | Learning
I’ve been watching SAFe™ develop for quite some time, since I was defining Agile Transformation at a UK Retail Bank, and had sketched out something very similar, only to discover that what I was reaching towards was already well elabourated and tested against...
