SAFe Uncertainty Matrix: Using the Stacey Matrix in Scaled Agile
Apply the Stacey Matrix to SAFe decisions so you can match planning, coordination, and leadership approach to the real level of uncertainty.
Tag: export-nov-2018
Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Agile)
Agile is fundamentally about managing risk through short feedback cycles and empirical control — reframing agile for executives who think in terms of risk management.
Guest Post - Is starting with Kanban really easier than with Scrum?
The debate: is Kanban really easier to adopt than Scrum? The start-where-you-are principle vs the discipline required to actually change behavior with Kanban.
· AgileLean/Kanban approach to Teams
A lean-Kanban approach to team organization: focusing on flow, eliminating hand-offs, and designing teams around the work rather than around functional specialties.
- · Kanban
My thoughts on how Kanban and TOC Critical Chain relate
How Kanban and Theory of Constraints Critical Chain overlap and complement each other — both address bottlenecks and WIP, but from different angles. A practitioner comparison.
- · Flow
Lowering Work in Process (WIP) in the Real-world
How to reduce WIP in brownfield/legacy systems that already have high in-flight work — practical patterns including the freeze, no-new-work, and limit-later approaches.