What exactly are we Scaling?
Scaling Scrum. Agile at Scale. Enterprise Everything. Everyone is using the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Scaling, Scaling, Scaling. If you’re working in product development, you’ve probably had a few...
View ArticleCommon Mistakes when Scaling Scrum
These days scaling Scrum is a hot topic. How can I use Scrum to deliver a big product with multiple teams? The most common approach I see at my customers is scaling Scrum by adding more Scrum teams...
View ArticleAgile Adoption Canvas
In this little blog I want to share a simple canvas that I use to kick-off agile adoption and answer the following questions: How to co-create an Agile adoption plan with clients? How to get started...
View ArticleWhy the Dutch should be Scaled Agile Rockstars!
What really makes a transformation of your organization successful? Which elements should be in place? Which complicated framework for scaling agile should I choose? I tend to feel disappointed when...
View ArticleWhy I joined Scrum.org
I’ve been working in software for a long time, and for most of that time I’ve been trying to find better ways of delivering working software. I’ve had the good fortune to start my career, in the early...
View ArticleFreeze The Pond Versus Take The Hill – Two Metaphors For Enterprise Agile Change
Organizations who don’t understand why they want to become Agile also often take the wrong path to get there. Agility requires empowering teams and helping them make decisions on their own, learning...
View Article6 KINDS OF AGILE COACHES – WHICH ARE YOU HIRING (OR APPLYING) FOR?
UNFLATTERING WISDOM OF HIND SIGHT As I look back at my many years as an Agile Coach – helping organizations introduce, optimize and scale Scrum, I am amazed and disappointed by the number of...
View Article2017 Waste Loss Challenge: Reduce Your Sabotagile Quotient!
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION So it’s a new year. New Year, new start, yadda yadda yadda… Maybe you are considering some New Year Resolutions so I wanted to invite you to take our 2017 waste-loss challenge by...
View ArticleAgility-As-A-Service: 10 Questions For Choice-Based Agile Enablement
IMAGINE Imagine you have just been asked to build an Agility Enablement Organization for your company. Sounds like fun, but there are some constraints you need to work within or around… There are 100+...
View ArticleSLEEPLESS IN CXO LAND: HOW SMART CXO’S BEAT STRESS WITH STRATEGIC SCRUM
THE (MIXED) BLESSING OF NEXTGEN REWRITES About 10 years ago, I experienced the mixed blessing of being part of yet another nextgen rewrite project. I was guiding a team of about 25 really smart team...
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