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- quotable_quotes_list.old
- for product developers. In fact, reducing risk is so centrally important to product development that i... of our communications” — Alistair Cockburn, Agile Software Development. * “ ... if we have managers ... implifying Application Development, in a Dozen Lessons * “Excellent firms don’t believe in excellenc... ” — Erik Seidel * “I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. Th
- thinking_in_bets_-_annie_duke
- he short run. When I consult with executives, I sometimes start with this exercise. I ask group memb... s of the previous year. I have yet to come across someone who doesn’t identify their best and worst re... Exercise - bias He was not only resulting but also succumbing to its companion, hindsight bias. Hi... here they got lucky with the result, or a well-reasoned decision that didn’t pan out. No sober perso
- enterprise_lean-agile_coach_course
- . Context is SAFe as that is where Alex is from so there anti-patterns you hear about in this Traini... Complex Adaptive Systems * Organization as a sociotechnical system * Process as a system of ena... g techniques * Coaching in ‘Gemba’ * Problem-solving tools * Building the rollout roadmap * C... Books ===== - N Taleb. Fooled by Randomness (also any other books in “Incerto” series). - D Kahne
- so_you_want_to_setup_a_business_as_an_agile_coach
- ====== So You Want Set Up a Business as an Agile Coach? ====== You’ve been coaching for a few years, ... dependent Agile Coach. A small business of one person - you. You start looking around to see what it t... omain and label it with ‘under construction’, get some business cards… you’re a consultant now.” Since... ring is the (Agile) consulting services of one person. If you have a different context, this article
- what_kind_of_questions_should_we_ask_if_we_are_hiring_a_coach
- conversation?" The following sections talk about some questions I’ve used in the past to help me unde... cover the thinking process, the framework, the person you are talking to has. Probably the easiest qu... n’t really have the level of experience needed. Also would like to see some enthusiasm in the discussion. Here are some more specific questions that I ha
- how_do_we_overcome_i_win_you_lose_type_thinking_to_open_organization_to_learning
- osing if things don’t follow their thinking; that someone else will win. So while everyone will talk about "establishing a learning culture", the behavior... it on working with probabilities and less about absolute positions. This workshop will work through a... re out ways to get better. This thinking should also support that and, if we have scheduled retrospect
- what_are_the_changes_in_culture_that_need_to_happen_with_agile
- ggest obstacle to implementing a Agile approach. Some wit once said "if you think agile is simple, ju... gement, finance, budgeting, HR, architecture, and so on. Someone once asked me "what kinds of changes are we talking about?" The chart below captures some of the changes we see. Of course, "your mileage
- this_is_lean_-_resolving_the_efficiency_paradox_-_niklas_modig
- ====== "This is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox" - Niklas Modig ====== ====== Review and Note... t lean is about "flow efficiency" as opposed to resources efficiency in how work gets done. Flow effic... tifying a need to satisfying that need, whereas resource efficiency focuses on efficiently using the resources that add value within an organization. What
- hans_samios_how_to_work_personality_issues_without_sounding_like_a_marriage_guidance_counsellor
- ====== Hans Samios - How to Work Personality Issues Without Sounding Like a Marriage Guidance Counsellor? ====== This idea has been floating around in my head for some time and so decided to pull together a proposal for the Agile 2016 Conference. This session was ac
- what_inbuilt_biases_do_we_have_that_impede_good_decision_making
- re aware, or have at least heard of the idea that sometimes our brains operate in such a way that we m... manager / knowledge worker. Our work shouldn't be so hard: it is all about figuring out what the custo... rselves in the process. Or if you are a "Lean" person the aim is to deliver value with the "the shortest sustainable lead time". Sometime the problem is caused by the fact that your
- how_do_we_run_our_first_sprint_retrospective
- ddition in most cases should be an energizing (if sometimes exhausting) event. Everyone on the Team s... helpful, and a beneficial change of pace, to have someone else facilitate the meeting so the Scrum Master can participate as a “normal” Team member during... ill shows potential to be) successful, or whether something else needs to be tried. As much as possib
- devops_for_the_agile_enterprise
- Materials will change. For example, there is a personal view “helping Mary and Ralph solve their problems” to drive some the exercises. From introduction: “In this two-day course, you’ll ... s. This includes understanding the full- spectrum software delivery ecosystem, where Agile transformat
- what_is_a_user_story_ssa
- e following format: * "As a <user_role> I want some <capability> so I can get some <business_value_or_benefit>." Some examples: * For a storefront application - "As a shopper, I
- under_what_conditions_is_full-time_equivalent_fte_resource_planning_effective
- r what conditions is Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) resource planning effective? ====== Traditionally whe... os of Projects we will pull together a detailed resource plan of our people with the idea being that w... FTEs) and then allocate them to work on Projects so that, for example, a person is allocated 25% to one Project, 30% to another, and the remainder (to 10
- what_is_the_benefit_of_having_a_cadence_of_meetings_etc
- mplementation), quarterly Portfolio Planning, and so on. There are a number of reasons for this resistance: * Leadership cannot be at all places at on... ime? How do I get my meeting scheduled?” * Philosophical: For example, “We don’t have anything to do... s other Trains / Teams?” Most organizations have some level of cadence (for example, yearly budgeting