Agility ·
COVID-19 and Agile: Uncertainty, Complexity, Flow
COVID-19 made agile principles obvious to everyone. What the pandemic revealed about uncertainty, complexity, empiricism, and flow in how organizations work.
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Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership: written from 15+ years in the field.
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Running the Spotify Squad Health Check Remotely
A pandemic-era take on running the Spotify Squad Health Check virtually: Kahoot integration, facilitation tips, and extending it to tribes and ARTs.
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Flow ·
Professional Scrum with Kanban: Agile for Humans
A podcast conversation on the Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course: why it exists, what it teaches, and what applying Kanban inside Scrum means.
Read more →Please don’t come to my Implementing SAFe workshop
The wrong reasons people sign up for SAFe SPC certification, and what you should actually expect to get out of an Implementing SAFe workshop.
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User Stories don’t belong in the Marketing Backlog
User stories are a poor fit for marketing backlogs. What marketing work items should look like, and how to build a backlog that actually delivers.
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Improving SAFe thru Professional Scrum
SAFe implementations often under-develop team-level Scrum discipline. How Professional Scrum training and coaching strengthens the foundation SAFe sits on.
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