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- thinking_in_bets_-_annie_duke
- t there are exactly two things that determine how our lives turn out: the quality of our decisions and luck. Learning to recognize the difference between th... bets is all about. Pete Carroll was a victim of our tendency to equate the quality of a decision with... ith this exercise. I ask group members to come to our first meeting with a brief description of their b
- quotable_quotes_list.old
- rder we try to incentivize performance, the worse our problem becomes.” — Donald G. Reinertsen * “In product development, our problem is virtually never motionless engineers. ... es ownership" -- Unknown * “When you visualize your pain and gather data about it, it’s much easier t... communication but to manage the incompleteness of our communications” — Alistair Cockburn, Agile Softwa
- this_is_lean_-_resolving_the_efficiency_paradox_-_niklas_modig
- lean is about "flow efficiency" as opposed to resources efficiency in how work gets done. Flow efficie... ifying a need to satisfying that need, whereas resource efficiency focuses on efficiently using the resources that add value within an organization. What is... you focus on flow efficiency you also improve resource efficiency in many cases because work which res
- how_do_we_overcome_i_win_you_lose_type_thinking_to_open_organization_to_learning
- hat I 100% win, or that I 100% lose. How do we encourage truth-seeking instead of posturing? What we ne... taphor to more accurately assess positions and encourage less posturing. By thinking in terms of bets, ... riments, you will be able to improve how you and your organization makes decisions and conducts experiments. Of course in many ways this is all a lead up. In the fina
- enterprise_lean-agile_coach_course
- ====== Enterprise Lean-Agile Coaching Course ====== More advanced course on being an enterprise coach. Context is SAFe as that is where Alex i... SAFe environment ====== Background ====== From course: “The Enterprise Lean-Agile Coach Course is a three-day, full-immersion experience for consultants,
- what_inbuilt_biases_do_we_have_that_impede_good_decision_making
- or have at least heard of the idea that sometimes our brains operate in such a way that we make poor de... that we are a poorer manager / knowledge worker. Our work shouldn't be so hard: it is all about figuri... fastest possible time, preferably without killing ourselves in the process. Or if you are a "Lean" pers... Sometime the problem is caused by the fact that your brain is getting in the way. Not only is it hard
- under_what_conditions_is_full-time_equivalent_fte_resource_planning_effective
- what conditions is Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) resource planning effective? ====== Traditionally when ... s of Projects we will pull together a detailed resource plan of our people with the idea being that we can predict how people will work to deliver Projects.... In order to ensure that we have the best use of our people (that they are being well or fully utilize
- what_kind_of_working_agreements_should_we_set_up_for_the_team
- dy, fire, aim”. * By being proactive we can set ourselves up to deal with team issues in a calm way, before we find ourselves in a situation where we cannot, for example, control our emotions. * The process of creating working agr... is a subject that we can and should talk about. Our aim is to create high-performing Teams (or groups
- devops_for_the_agile_enterprise
- Icon (Mark Rix) material and with be releasing a course based on this shortly. There are a couple of di... exercises. From introduction: “In this two-day course, you’ll gain an understanding of the role of De... f DevOps, Icon’s DevOps for the Agile Enterprise course explores the role of DevOps in the context of t... ns of DevOps * Define DevOps in the context of your enterprise * Describe the benefits of DevOps an
- what_are_the_changes_in_culture_that_need_to_happen_with_agile
- that while this is pretty simple, the result in your complex organization, when adopted is far from si... ork effects" - small changes that ripple through your entire system and impact "everything" from govern... rt below captures some of the changes we see. Of course, "your mileage may vary". You will find that some these are bigger deals in your environment, while
- how_do_we_run_our_first_sprint_retrospective
- ====== How Do We Run Our First Iteration (Sprint) Retrospective? ====== ====== Premise ====== At the ... ss is being made. The first thing we need to ask ourselves is "what areas do we need to look at to focus on our improvements?". In general, Teams can consider po... reasons for doing it this way: * We want to encourage a general Team level of risk taking but we wan
- how_much_coaching_do_we_really_need
- on how to work specific situations that arise in your transformation as a result of their wider experie... have a full time coach you have effectively “outsourced” the “help” aspects discussed above. For exam... do you need continuous pressure from an external source, or do you have a sense or urgency already that... he pressure on. Let’s face it; we were desperate. Our clients were complaining about the quality of our
- what_events_should_we_put_in_place_for_iterations_or_sprints
- The following notes gives you some ideas of what your calendar looks like for a Team would look doing a... etings still make sense. Use what makes sense in your situation. * If you are starting out with a new... up specifies "max" time for the meeting. This is your time box. You don't have to use all the time. Its... up shows a standard two week Iteration (Sprint). Your Iteration (Sprint) might be longer / shorter. Adj
- i_am_going_to_wait_for_the_training_anti-pattern
- process in that they: * Wait for a scheduled course or workshop, * Attend the course or workshop irrespective of whether they need the materials or not, * During the course they engage infrequently and / or not at all (e... certification (if there is one), * Attend the course or workshop, but then do not use the materials
- turn_the_ship_around_-_a_true_story_of_turning_followers_into_leaders_-_david_marquet
- For example, "Here’s an exercise you can do with your senior leadership at your next off-site. Identify in the organization’s policy documents where decisio... k the worries and begin to attack them." * Act your way to new thinking. For example "Starting condition: you’ve had a discussion with your leadership group and identified some sort of cult