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Did You Know?
Did you know that stories of type ‘Enabler’ do not have a user voice? Unlike a story of type ‘User’ — of which takes the
Continue To Experiment!
“What really matters is, companies that don’t continue to experiment, companies that don’t embrace failure, they eventually get in a desperate position where the only
SAFe POPM 5.0
After teaching my first SAFe 5.0 class, overall, I’m pleased with the improvements over previous SAFe POPM course versions. The flow does not start on
SAFe POPM 5.0
The course, SAFe POPM 5.0 is good but could be better. Program Predictability Measure is missing. It has the PI Objective’s planned BV value assignment
System Demo
System demo by the teams to business owners, to me, is like when my daughter’s ballet ensemble students perform to parents and guests to showcase
Coaching
Helpful things to help you along your ‘change’ journey. Guidance — sometimes, we need guidance along the way. For example, Sherpas — a member of
Coaching
With the rational mind and the irrational mind both in agreement to move forward in the same direction… movement towards the ‘goal’ is expected…correct? Not
Coaching
A person is moved not just by emotion (irrational mind) alone… the rational mind could rein things in… and vice-versa. That’s why change is hard…
Coaching
We all have the irrational side of our brains… the emotional side. Even though we think about something… and scripted the critical next move… appealing
Coaching
Have you heard of the term, ‘analysis paralysis’? That’s when we over think/analyze things and as a result, we cannot move forward to the direction
Coaching
Sometimes, even though people already know the concepts — having gone through SAFe classes — they still are at a lost as to how to
Evolve
Which events a story can evolve? Program Increment (PI) planning Backlog refinement Iteration planning These events trigger conversations, that could potentially reveal more information… that
SAFE 5.0
What is your Feature’s Definition of Ready (DoR)? Without DoR, you’ll have features half-baked going into PI Planning… resulting in very vague work and hard
SAFe 5.0
Where to start? 1) go to https://www.scaledagileframework.com/ Immediately on the website you see the SAFe 5.0 Framework… there are several tabs… and lots of clickable
Design Thinking — Synthesis
In SAFe 5.0 terms …in Design Thinking specifically… Information flows from various collaborators in ‘Diverge’ state… synthesis is when ‘Converge’ state occurs: when synthesizers —
Stumped
There are times that a User Story stumps you… there are unknown areas that needs to be researched… before it can be completed…so what to
SAFe 5.0
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PI Business Objective Value
Team PI (Program Increment) Business Objective Value could be viewed from various perspectives. Here are the different perspectives for consideration when assigning team PI business
SAFe 5.0
I’m feeling the power of SAFe 5.0!
SAFe 5.0
Bye ‘Stretch Objectives’ Hello ‘Uncommitted Objectives’! SAFe makers recognized that a lot of people got tripped by the word ‘Stretch’… so they’ve replaced it with
SAFe 5.0
Specialized Agile Teams of all kinds coming up! Agile Finance Team Agile Compliance Team Agile Marketing Team Agile Human Resources (HR) Team Agile … Team
SAFe 5.0
Happy New Year, 2020!!! Very excited on SAFe 5.0!!!
SAFe 5.0
This cartoon reflects what I’m doing right now …
SAFe 5.0
More on the Organizational Agility’s three dimensions: Lean Thinking by People and Agile Teams: create an enterprise-wide Lean Agile Mindset Lean Business Operations — remove
SAFe 5.0
Let’s look at the three dimensions per competency… Organizational Agility (AO): Lean Thinking People and Agile Teams (LT PAT) Lean Business Operations (LBO) Strategy Agility
SAFe 5.0
The seven competencies Organizational Agility Continuous Learning Culture Lean Agile Leadership Team and Technical Agility Agile Product Delivery Enterprise Solution Delivery Lean Portfolio Management Since
Boxing Day…
This is a popular holiday — December 26 — in Australia and other commonwealth countries…
Christmas Countdown
Christmas Eve mass…
