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In this podcast episode, co-hosts Andy Cleff and Troy Lightfoot discuss the misconceptions about Little’s law, the differences between what Dr. Little created and what is often taught, and how Little’s Law can be useful in practice today by understanding […]
I’m old enough to remember the SAT Analogy Questions, you? PRESCRIBED ROADMAP : AGILE TRANSFORMATION ::marching band : jazz quartetFolks, there is no sheet music. There is, however, a lead sheet. The post Sheet Music for Your Agile Transformation? appeared […]
Far too many Agile Assessments just tell you where you are. And if they dare to give you guidance on where to go next, they do so using outdated “Organization as Machine” approaches. While that may be ok if you’ve […]
No doubt about it: There is a high rate of failure in the world of agile transformation. Ironically, could it be that organizations are unwittingly undermining their odds of success by using non-agile approaches? (e.g., follow this roadmap, use this […]
If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend the book: “The Progress Principle.” The authors’ explored the question: “What really makes people happy, motivated, productive, and creative at work…?” Plot spoiler alert: the title is a dead giveaway on what […]
Authors note: The examples in this post are from a client who is using a mix of Scrum, XP, and Kanban in SAFe. You can apply any of these concepts to any framework, it’s framework agnostic! Also shameless plug I […]
Bring up the topic of “technical debt” to a software engineer, a product owner, a stakeholder, or heavens above, the gold owner. What happens? Do you get frowns? Smiles? Nervous fidgeting? Technical Debt is such a loaded, misused, and misunderstood term. I imagine in […]
Hawthorn, Goodhart and Friedman Walk Into an Agile Team Room – What Happens Next Will Amaze You… Velocity is one of the most commonly used agile team metrics. Teams (and their stakeholders) often focus on “improving velocity” without either a […]
A lot of companies experiment with ways of measuring and visualizing how their teams are doing (KPI’s; ROV’s, NPS, etc.,) looking for areas where there are opportunities for improvement. The general idea being ya can’t improve what ya don’t measure. […]