Jan 27, 2022 Agile transformations in organizations have been occurring since before the Agile Manifesto made clear what many of us saw as gaps in our management. As we have seen over time these transformations continue to grow and evolve throughout any organization’s history and as methodologies and frameworks change and adapt. There will be […]

Or “Is there value in assigning Business Value to PI Objectives?” Dec 14, 2021 Every now and again you start a discussion with fellow Agile coaches and find that there are widely differing opinions about what makes sense. This happened to me recently. The subject was SAFe’s practice of assigning Business Value (BV) to PI

Nov 15, 2021 Making team members a priority is the key to promoting productivity in an agile environment. After all, the fifth principle in the Agile Manifesto states that projects should be built around motivated individuals. In our blog post on motivating agile teams, Jim Camden stresses that providing support through empathy, encouragement, and feedback can go a

Sept 23, 2021 I cannot begin to tell you how frustrating it is to be in a contentious team discussion when we realize that we are either four names for the same thing or one definition applied to four disparate terms. It would be so much better if we were all talking about the same

Jun 11, 2020 How can Shared Services team members—such as security, infrastructure, and end user training—effectively participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning? I’ve developed the following tips over the past 7 years of helping people adopt the The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe). I usually share them online and with colorful handouts. The PI Planning event enables 5-12 teams on