Patterns: Explore These
Good practices that are well tried and found repeatedly successful, but have more contextual variability.Expect to apply customisation to most of these.
Focus Your Retrospective on the Wildly Important
Set an intermediate challenge, whose achievement will tell you that you’re winning. And then improve like hell towards it.
read moreThe Empowerment Revolution Will Not Be Enforced
Cultivate decentralisation by inviting autonomy instead
read moreColocated Teams, Distributed Organisations
Non-colocated teams can work; it’s just harder, particularly with newly formed teams or inexperienced people.
read moreNow Is Not The Time for #NoProjects
Why 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 moreAgile Beyond Software Development
CIOs increasingly look to Agility to deliver its benefits wider in their responsibilities.
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.
read moreThings Look Different From Scale
At large scale, many of our finest arguments fade into noise.
read moreQuickStart WSJF Prioritisation
Jumpstart your prioritisation sessions. It’s a big step up on HiPPO, offering enough fidelity without getting lost in analysis.
read moreRecipes, Patterns and Experiments in SAFe
SAFe’s content has a range of strength of recommendation, but this is implicit and only weakly articulated. It needs to better define what is mandatory, and what is customisable.
read moreThe Two Sniff Maturity Test
When joining a new team, ask to see evidence of their tests and customer interactions, and use the way they respond as a quick maturity assessment.
read moreDon’t Hire for Talent
By focusing on today’s talent and skills, you are mortgaging your future by stunting the critical capability you will need for tomorrow. Hire for potential and the growth capability to get there.
read moreFocus Your Retrospective on the Wildly Important
Set an intermediate challenge, whose achievement will tell you that you’re winning. And then improve like hell towards it.
read more
The Empowerment Revolution Will Not Be Enforced
Cultivate decentralisation by inviting autonomy instead
read more
Colocated Teams, Distributed Organisations
Non-colocated teams can work; it’s just harder, particularly with newly formed teams or inexperienced people.
read more
Now Is Not The Time for #NoProjects
Why 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 more
Agile Beyond Software Development
CIOs increasingly look to Agility to deliver its benefits wider in their responsibilities.
read more
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.
read more
Things Look Different From Scale
At large scale, many of our finest arguments fade into noise.
read more
QuickStart WSJF Prioritisation
Jumpstart your prioritisation sessions. It’s a big step up on HiPPO, offering enough fidelity without getting lost in analysis.
read more
Recipes, Patterns and Experiments in SAFe
SAFe’s content has a range of strength of recommendation, but this is implicit and only weakly articulated. It needs to better define what is mandatory, and what is customisable.
read more
The Two Sniff Maturity Test
When joining a new team, ask to see evidence of their tests and customer interactions, and use the way they respond as a quick maturity assessment.
read more
Don’t Hire for Talent
By focusing on today’s talent and skills, you are mortgaging your future by stunting the critical capability you will need for tomorrow. Hire for potential and the growth capability to get there.
read moreFocus Your Retrospective on the Wildly Important
Set an intermediate challenge, whose achievement will tell you that you’re winning. And then improve like hell towards it.
read moreThe Empowerment Revolution Will Not Be Enforced
Cultivate decentralisation by inviting autonomy instead
read moreColocated Teams, Distributed Organisations
Non-colocated teams can work; it’s just harder, particularly with newly formed teams or inexperienced people.
read moreNow Is Not The Time for #NoProjects
Why 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 moreAgile Beyond Software Development
CIOs increasingly look to Agility to deliver its benefits wider in their responsibilities.
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.
read moreThings Look Different From Scale
At large scale, many of our finest arguments fade into noise.
read moreQuickStart WSJF Prioritisation
Jumpstart your prioritisation sessions. It’s a big step up on HiPPO, offering enough fidelity without getting lost in analysis.
read moreRecipes, Patterns and Experiments in SAFe
SAFe’s content has a range of strength of recommendation, but this is implicit and only weakly articulated. It needs to better define what is mandatory, and what is customisable.
read moreThe Two Sniff Maturity Test
When joining a new team, ask to see evidence of their tests and customer interactions, and use the way they respond as a quick maturity assessment.
read moreDon’t Hire for Talent
By focusing on today’s talent and skills, you are mortgaging your future by stunting the critical capability you will need for tomorrow. Hire for potential and the growth capability to get there.
read more