09/01– LESS TALKS: Resilience of Organizational Design to Help You Through Tough Times & Beyond

  Upcoming LeSS Training: From Wolfgang Steffens From Gene Gendel Additional recommended assets: 05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A) 02/27 – LESS TALKS: Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, with Evan Campbell SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the recipe? (please, make sure to reference to … Read more

Clarification Of Top-3 Misused [Frequently] Words

Let’s provide some clarification for the top-3 (there is really no official data to back this up, other than a gut feeling) misused, and frequently abused, words: “agile”, “scaling”, “enterprise”. Agile – if this word cannot be seamlessly substituted with some of its direct synonyms (adaptive, light-footed, lithe, nimble, fast-reacting), it is likely that it is … Read more

AUGUST 19-21: CERTIFIED LESS BASICS (CLB) COURSES | VIRTUAL

Reviewing Before Class Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) (video) “The Contract Game” (22-44min), by Craig Larman (video) “Team Output Owner (TOO)” – why “Scrum” fails at your organization, by Michael James (video) LeSS Structure Getting Started System Thinking – what is it? What is System Modelling in LeSS class? (video) Debriefing Systems Modeling (video) Lean Thinking – what is it? Proper … Read more

Exposing Uncomfortable Topics: Errors and Omissions with Scaling @ Smarter Enterprise Lean Agile – LeSS Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa Toronto, ON

Download Materials Upcoming LeSS Training: August 19-21 (group discount: group_disc) All other Additional assets recommended: 05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A) 02/27 – LESS TALKS: Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, with Evan Campbell SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the recipe? (please, make sure to reference … Read more

19-21: CERTIFIED LESS BASICS (CLB) COURSES | VIRTUAL

  Reviewing Before Class Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) (video) “The Contract Game” (22-44min), by Craig Larman (video) “Team Output Owner (TOO)” – why “Scrum” fails at your organization, by Michael James (video) LeSS Structure Getting Started System Thinking – what is it? What is System Modelling in LeSS class? (video) Debriefing Systems Modeling (video) Lean Thinking – what is it? … Read more

08/17 – LESS TALKS: Focus on Customer Centric Products and Services, Not Transformation, with Tim Abbott

  Download materials Synopsis: With all of the hoopla around Enterprise, Digital, and Agile Transformations, it’s easy to forget that customers want great products and services. The teams that work together to learn customer needs and satisfy them for enough customers generally win. We’ll talk about how productization and service orientation is creating massive societal … Read more

AUGUST 15-16: CERTIFIED LESS BASICS (CLB) COURSES | VIRTUAL

Reviewing Before Class Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) (video) “The Contract Game” (22-44min), by Craig Larman (video) “Team Output Owner (TOO)” – why “Scrum” fails at your organization, by Michael James (video) LeSS Structure Getting Started System Thinking – what is it? What is System Modelling in LeSS class? (video) Debriefing Systems Modeling (video) Lean Thinking – what is it? Proper … Read more

AUGUST 11-13: CERTIFIED LESS BASICS (CLB) COURSES | VIRTUAL

System Modeling Exercises Reviewing Before Class Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) (video) “The Contract Game” (22-44min), by Craig Larman (video) “Team Output Owner (TOO)” – why “Scrum” fails at your organization, by Michael James (video) LeSS Structure Getting Started System Thinking – what is it? What is System Modelling in LeSS class? (video) Debriefing Systems … Read more

August 05-07: Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Courses | Virtual

August 05-07 Class Relevant Assets: less.works site  – please, study it at your own pace LeSS Onion (experiments included) LeSS learning resources (books, graphics, articles, and more) LeSS case studies (mine is second from the bottom) My site for additional LeSS references (a lot, with videos) Irony and satire slides that I shared in class System Modelling with CLD (Examples) … Read more

What is “UNDONE” Department And How To Eradicate It? @ Agility 2020

Download materials Additional Upcoming LeSS Training (group discount: group_disc): 08/05-07 (12:00 PM EST) Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) 08/15-16 (10:00 AM EST) Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Additional assets recommended: 05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A) 02/27 – LESS TALKS: Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, with Evan SAFe: Market … Read more