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July 7 – LeSS Talks: Framing a perspective: LeSS, Nexus, Scrum @ Scale, SAFe

March 25, 2017July 7, 2016 by Gene

This event was about comparing and contrasting the following four known scaled agile frameworks: For LeSS (Craig Larman’s and Bas Vodde’s) For Nexus (Ken Schwaber’s) For Scrum @ Scale (Jeff Sutherland’s) For SAFe (Dean Leffingwell’s) The discussion was very engaging but conclusive and many topics remained to-be-discussed in a future. Below, please find the … Read more

Managing Performance by Extrinsic “Motivation”

October 8, 2016May 31, 2016 by Gene

“The idea of a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good. The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise.” -Edward Deming, “Out of Crisis” This article took … Read more

2016 Big Apple Scrum Day Coaching Clinic | NYC

March 9, 2018May 17, 2016 by Gene

Tweet 30 people were served at NYC Scrum User Event – Coaching Clinic!!! Lots of fun and interesting discussions. Questions & Discussion Topics with Coaches: “Removing the noise” Growing agile advisory practice Picking up after failed agile transformations Transition from waterfall to agile Scrum at enterprise organization Scrumming in agency setting How to get good practice … Read more

May 11 – LeSS Talks: Coordination and Management in Large Scale Scrum

August 5, 2016May 11, 2016 by Gene

Tweet First, we covered basic dynamics of Scrum (roles, artifacts, ceremonies). Then, we shifted gears to ‘activities on a typical project’ and the group 20, or so, did a “brain dump” of all possible activities they could think of at the moment. Then, we removed redundancies, cleaned up the board ….played “Who Stole my Cheese?” game, … Read more

SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the recipe?

December 26, 2024May 7, 2016 by Gene

Tweet IMPORTANT: >>> References (bottom of page) Some time ago, there was a webinar recorded by VersionOne: How to use SAFe® to Deliver Value at Enterprise Scale Q&A Discussion with Dean Leffingwell). If you fast-forward to about 23 min, 20 seconds into the recording, you will hear the following statement: “…We don’t typically mess with your organizational structure because … Read more

From LeSS Toolbox: Causal Loop Diagrams to visualize System Dynamics

November 8, 2018April 27, 2016 by Gene

Introduction: When it comes to scaling, there is a common misconception that “bigger always means better”. This misconception is also traceable to agile arena, where companies look for ways to expand their agile practices beyond a single organizational domain (e.g. many teams, numerous departments, multiple lines of business, etc.). Usually, it is an existing (inherited) … Read more

Global SCRUM GATHERING® Orlando 2016

April 12, 2021April 20, 2016 by Gene

It was a great event, with more than 1200 people attending from all over the world. Tons of great presentations and collaborative sessions. Below, are some captured moments with my peers and colleagues – the people that made my personal experience at the gathering so rich and memorable. The coaches and trainers of Scrum Alliance have always … Read more

April 16 – LeSS Talks: Discovery of System Relationships with Causal Loop Diagrams

March 25, 2017April 13, 2016 by Gene

Weinberg-Brooks’ Law “More software projects have gone awry from management’s taking action based on incorrect system models than for all other causes combined.” (Source: https://less.works/less/principles/systems_thinking.html) Today’s session was about Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD). You may read more about CLDs here. We discovered why the behavior of a large development group (a system) not understood or … Read more

APRIL 6TH-8TH: CERTIFIED LESS PRACTITIONER COURSE WITH CRAIG LARMAN | NYC

November 8, 2016April 7, 2016 by Gene

Please, join Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Meet-Up group in NYC

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March 29th -LeSS Talks: Agility at Scale: Component vs. Feature Teams in LeSS

March 25, 2017March 30, 2016 by Gene

Thanks to everyone who joined the event and participated. Some great and challenging questions! Some Kodak moments are below. Apologies for having most of images facing the wall, next time we shall have more facing our great audience :). https://www.meetup.com/Large-Scale-Scrum-LeSS-in-NYC/events/229733065/ https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Adventures-with-Agile/events/229733284/