agile

SAFe ain't all bad

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2019-12-12 06:33

There's as much heat as light generated by conversations about SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). I want to share my views, for whatever they're worth. They can be summed up in one sentence: the best day using SAFe is the day you agree you don't need it any more.

Agile hasn't jumped the shark, it has just escaped the pond.

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2019-10-11 22:11

Boy, Agile Enterprise didn't take long to leap over the hype curve into the trough of disillusionment. Agile software has been hammered for some time, and now it's organisational Agile's turn.

The dysfunctions of transformation

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2019-09-13 09:19

There are classic mistakes being made over and over as large organisations try to "do Agile", "implement Agile", or *shudder* "transform". I'm getting passionate about preventing the harm.

Fractured Agile

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2019-09-02 10:48

Agile seems to go off in many directions. There are multiple flavours of Agile, often driven by one strong personality. Will there ever be a unified vision of Agile quite like there was when the Agile Manifesto was written?
Actually I'm sure there wasn't. I can guess how the conversations went that day. Agile has always been thus, and always will be?

Now we have [last updated 3/9/19]

how much nice is too much?

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2019-07-14 09:58

How much nice is too much?

Agile continual improvement

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2019-05-05 21:01

Pursuit of improvement can hurt innovation. Agility is not how fast you can go, it is how fast you can change. So endless optimisation through continual Improvement can misdirect you

Doug Tedder is one of a group of ITSM writers who write good sense. He writes:

Firing people is always a last resort.

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2019-02-07 21:24

Firing people should always be a last resort, not an instrument of culture change.

My changing mind

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2019-01-27 07:58

It's lucky for me that I don't get the kind of attention which would lead to people comparing my current posts to my old ones. There is nothing worse than having your own words quoted back to you a decade later. And this blog has been going 12 years, so my views have certainly changed over that time - not drifted slightly, but shifted majorly. Here are some examples:

Agile Procurement

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2018-11-02 23:28

Agility of procurement is a major issue for many organisations. Especially as we try to increase our agility in working, it is often the procurement department that we run into like a brick wall. E.g. from personal experience it can take months to hire a consultant or contractor, which makes it impossible to work.

Syndicate content