08/19-Agile Experts Club – Exposing Uncomfortable Topics: Errors and Omissions with Scaling

Other relevant assets: SAFE: MARKET SHARE INCREASE. RAPID GROWTH. WHAT IS THE RECIPE? Candid, Unscripted Conversation About SAFe, with Roman Pichler Candid, Unscripted Conversation About SAFe, with Bob Schatz  Candid, Unscripted Conversation About SAFe, with Mike Cohn Candid, Unscripted Conversation About SAFe, with Tom Mellor  Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, … Read more

Transformations Gone Wrong: Erin Perry, JP White and Gene Gendel

My good-old friends Erin Perry and JP White have invited me to their regular Vlog session. The topic was  Transformations [Agile], Gone Wrong.  Both, Erin and JP have a lot of experience on the subject. So, the three of us had a nice discussion.  We discussed mocked-up transformations, copy-paste frameworks (and their market share capturing success), credibility/reliability of home-grown-my-own “operating models” … … Read more

12/06-LeSS Talks: Using Product Canvas in LeSS Product Definition

LeSS NYC Meetup – JOIN NOW,  to hear about future events! 2021 LeSS Training Schedule  Relevant Assets: Getting Started with LeSS Adoption LeSS Adoption Journey Map Product Definition & Exploration Workshop Template EBG Consulting, INC: Product Canvas (pages 1 & 2 ) LeSS Training Experience Report: Product Definition, DoD & Team ‘Blueprint’ Exercise “What is … Read more

Should Teams Use Kanban, Instead of Scrum or LeSS?

Register: Sunday, September 19, 2021. 12:00 PM EST: Can Kanban be used with/instead of LeSS or Scrum? WHO is asking and WHY? “Can Kanban be used in conjunction with LeSS (or instead of LeSS)?” – this is the question that we hear all too often. Since LeSS is Scrum (nb: organizational design impact of LeSS is … Read more

LeSS Review

General Overview LeSS History *Economics* of Agile Transformation & “Triple Taxation”  What LeSS is NOT (certainly!) What is LeSS?  What is NOT LeSS? Avoiding: “Agile Layered Cakes” and “Layered OKRs“ Avoid: Budgeting Fake Velocities Avoiding “Double Blind” Dates Avoiding “Bad SQL: Role Relabeling”  and   Terms Relabeling” Avoiding: “Agile” Framework: Version 348.54345345435… Informed Consent: Inverted Organization LeSS … Read more

09/07– LESS TALKS: The Six Enablers of Business Agility, with Karim Harbott

Materials used Synopsis: “In over a decade of supporting large-scale agile transformations, one thing has become abundantly clear; focusing on processes, practices and frameworks alone is a recipe for failure. Yet that is exactly where many organisations spend 99% of their energy. While it is important to focus on these ‘ways of working’, there are … Read more