Events

05/12 – LESS TALKS: Meet Diana Larsen: “How do limits empower your Agility?”

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On 05/12, a visionary pragmatist, Diana Larsen is co-founder, Chief Connector and a principal coach, consultant, and mentor at the Agile Fluency® Project spoke to Large Scale Scrum Meetup of NYC.  Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; Five Rules for Accelerated Learning.   She co-originated … Read more

05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A)

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Tweet A great talk today (this is round 2), with Dave Snowden (round 1  was on 04/20), who took on some provocative and pretty powerful questions.  All points that Dave made were strong. Here is one that resonated really strong (the quote in blue below is semi-transcribed/paraphrased, starting from about 4 min 20 sec in … Read more

April 29 – May 1: Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Courses | Virtual

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Class April 29-May 1 System modeling work in class. Note: the below graphics are not conclusive decisions or ‘best practices’. They are just an example of brainstorming, based on each teams members’ experience. Next virtual LeSS Training: 5/06-08 Certified LeSS Basics 5/20-22 Certified LeSS Basics  

Classic Anti-Patterns During Scrum Events

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Below, are some more commonly observed anti-patterns, seen in Scrum. The list in is not conclusive. Overall Sprint | Daily Scrum | Sprint Planning | PBR | Sprint Review | Retrospective During a Sprint Too many people (beyond 3-9 recommended in Scrum) consider themselves as ‘team members’.  Entire functional groups (component teams) that belong to … Read more

April 20-22 & 22-24: Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Courses | Virtual

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Class April 20-22 System modeling work in class. Note: the below graphics are not conclusive decisions or ‘best practices’. They are just an example of brainstorming, based on each teams members’ experience.   Class April 22-24 System modeling work in class. Note: the below graphics are not conclusive decisions or ‘best practices’. They are just … Read more

How to Identify “Agile Masquerades”? What Alternatives Could We Offer Instead?

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My (Gene is here) great opportunity to present at Agile Coaching and Beyond meetup, of Bucharest, Romania on April 21st, 2020.  Many thanks to Amir Peled for having me on the podium. Great crowd and questions. Presentation Materials Some of the most salient points in the presentation: Are you relying on quality talent to assist you … Read more

04/20 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Rewilding Agile

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Tweet David Snowden divides his time between two roles: founder Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge and the founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Complexity at the University of Wales. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy, organisational decision making and decision … Read more

April 15-17: Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Course | Virtual

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Another engaging and highly interactive Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) virtual class is complete.   People attended from many corners of the map: NY, NJ, FL, MO, IL, NC, Peru, Bangladesh.  The students engaged in a highly interactive collaboration, with questions and exercises, using Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) technique, exploring the following topics: Agile Big-Bangs, Internal Contracts, Local Optimization, … Read more

Exploring the Role of the Product Owner & Scrum Master through LeSS

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The role of Product Owner and Scrum Master are very clearly defined in the Scrum Guide. But the guide does talk about these two roles in a context of complex organizational settings, where products are large and many people are involved in product development. What happens then? Presentation Slides Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) has some … Read more