Are you tired of what passes for conversation and discourse today? Things seem to be getting more and more polarized, unprofessional, and non-collegiate. Much of the thinking seems stuck in a 20th century binary meme-pool, casting everything in the language of ‘good vs evil’ and ‘us vs them’. As 2022 starts up, I was motivated to […]
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There is a growing movement to adopt not just a code of ethics for agile coaching, but to adopt much more of the norms and practices of professional coaching. I published an earlier version of this topic as a LinkedIn article. We need to see more professional coaching in the agile coaching discipline. This means
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In a recent chat on LinkedIn, one of the contributors contrasted the installing of an agile framework with creating one from scratch. As I read that, I was immediately struck with the analogy of cut flowers vs a potted plant. This was in my mind, as my ex father-in-law recently passed away in the UK.
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Recently, I volunteered to make free lunches for over 2,600 school kids. As well as doing good, I felt this could be a fantastic opportunity to observe the theory of constraints in practice. It was, and I discovered some really unexpected insights (for me).
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“The only thing constant is change”. We’ve all heard that phrase. Maybe so much that we tune it out as a cliché. The world around us is constantly disrupting us … everywhere in our lives. “We cannot control what happens to us, but we can control how we respond“. But, how do we respond to
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People often use the terms agile and lean interchangeably, as if they are the same thing. They are not. Others assume that if you are doing one then you are doing the other. This is partly true, although they are quite different concepts that come from different sources. While applying lean principles to agile development
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Too many people still seem to adopt Scrum by going through the motions, like playing a game of soccer at school because its the team sports lesson. Of course, better results are achieved when players are serious about improving their ball skills and team behaviors. They become invested in the outcome. How do we shift
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Another week has passed, and of course there has been continued sniping against advocates for the Scaled Agile Framework. Yes, you guessed right, this is another rant about why some do not like alternative frameworks.
Four legs good, two legs bad Read More »
This week, I passed my Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agilist certification, with a score of 89% (46 questions out of 52 right). Whilst I am happy to have added a better understanding of another approach to scaling agility in large organizations, not everyone shares my enthusiasm.
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Should key terms be written with leading capitals or in sentence case? Should someone be known as a Product Owner or product owner? We are used to so many of the terms we encounter and use day-to-day being capitalized. Articles, courses, and books all scream them. Why is this? Are these really proper nouns or is it
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