Blog

Strategic Themes - Gradable KRs?

Should SAFe Strategic Themes include gradable Key Results?

Strategic Themes in SAFe represent strategic choices at the Enterprise/Portfolio level that should guide decisions throughout the portfolio. A qualitative Objective accompanied by a quantitative, valuable, and measurable evidence-oriented Key Result connected to a portfolio KPI is a great way to make sure the strategic theme is pointing toward desired outcomes without going into too …

Read more

Professional Scrum Trainer Spotlight w/ Yuval Yeret

I’m featured in the latest Scrum.org Community Podcast PST Spotlight series. Dave West and I talked about my background in DevOps and product development and how I developed my passion for agile and empiricism that has developed over the years. We talked about how I became a PST while introducing Kanban to the Scrum.org community, …

Read more

The Fixing OKRs Live Stream Series

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with livestreaming around Fixing OKRs. This is a topic I’ve been writing and talking about for a while, here in the blog and on the conference circuit. If you’re interested in tuning in to upcoming live streams, you can follow me on LinkedIn or subscribe to my …

Read more

Mapping Flow Metrics in SAFe, Professional Scrum with Kanban, Project 2 Product and Evidence-based Management

Suggested New Year Resolution – Improve Flow of Value!Start with Measuring Flow… but how? There are different flow metric taxonomies – how are they similar/different? In this live stream, I reviewed the PSK, Project 2 Product, SAFe, and EBM flow metrics taxonomies and how they map to each other. I also discussed the bigger picture …

Read more

Deconstructing SAFe Criticism – Focusing on the SPC role

The SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) is a crucial aspect of SAFe’s implementation and scaling approach. In this live stream, I shared my perspective about some of this model’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats from the perspective of a leader of a large-scale agility journey leveraging SAFe. Check out the video, let me know what you …

Read more

🔔 Before You Go, Subscribe To Blog Updates

Did you like this article? Subscribe now to get notified when new articles, resources, and events are published.

We don’t spam!