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The 10th Principle
Early this year, SAFe hinted — in one of the SAFe Partners’ calls, of which I’m a member of under my company, Applied Lean Agile
Learn and try
Lean Agile’s strength over waterfall is ‘Fast Feedback’… for fast learning. As you learn, you get to see some insights. Try those !
Swarming
This blog item is dedicated to my students in SSM class of Oct 12-13, 2019! Clogged workflow? WIP at maximum? Work not flowing?; clogged at
SAFe Requirements Model
Are you aware of the SAFe requirements model? Yup, there is such a thing — a one-glance look of the over all picture of the
Step Back to See the Big Picture
Sharing this eerie photo … Fireman hat’s shadow touching the top of one of the twin towers… eerily looking like smoke coming from one of
Break Time
Celebrate … downtime is good!
Lack of Trust
They put booms on the highway to deter usage of lane ..,
Focus on Expanding What Is Possible
Saw this online… caught my attention… it correlates directly to Scrum– the art of the possible… and the scrum team’s focus on expanding what is
Empirically Managing an Iteration and the Work Remaining
I still remember in my days as Civil Engineer, I used the PERT/CPM — Program Evaluation and Review Technique/ Critical Path Method — to manage
The Product Backlog Estimate
The estimate is in Points — a measureless thingy to gauge the team’s effort to define, build, test, and potentially deploy a thing of value.
Emotional Quotient
Here is a quote from Warren Buffet… something for the team as they go through their retrospective. Always assume positive intent.
Got an Idea…What’s Next
Do this… You cycle through it until you are done. Be innovative… never stop investing new ways of solving problems. Hence the SAFe ‘Innovation and
Daily Communication
The Daily StandUp (DSU) is a way for the team to communicate at least once a day. It is not a status meeting;instead, look at
Train Everyone
A person must know what it is that they must do… then do it well… with training. SAFe is role-based… and as such, SAFe offers
SAFe — Then and Now
Today, I was going through my old books… scanned a book on SAFe published in 2011… here is how SAFe looked like then: Here is
Definition of Success
Inside Bill’s Brain — the newly released Netflix special — is one of those rarest of films: anyone could watch and come out better after
Waterfall in an Iteration
Have you ever wondered and thought, ‘hmm… this story…we Design/Define, Build, Test, Deploy within the iteration…looks like waterfall… in a micro scale!’ In that context,
Celebrate
Celebrate small wins!
Maturity Takes Time
A lot of years, dedication and effort lead my daughter to this pointe. Likewise for the maturity level of agile teams and trains. Maturity —
The Case of a Missing Big Picture, Part II
It begins with an idea with a hypothesis. Once approved to go further, it gets broken down into huge chunks — the big bones of
The Case of a Missing Big Picture
Have you been in a Program Increment (PI) Planning wherein things — a lot of things — were being discovered and discussed … and you
Respect
Respect for people and culture. One of the five core values of Scrum and one of the pillars of the house of SAFe. Do your
Stretch Objective
In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), there is such a thing as ‘Stretch PI Objective’ that can be set forth by the team during Program Increment.
Planning
Here are some visuals for PI Planning, iteration Planning, Portfolio Planning… even applicable to backlog refinement!
Visualize Everything
Iteration Goals are stepping stones (key results) towards the achievement of the intent of the Program Increment (PI) … the Objective. The OKR. Visualize it.
Know thy Capacity
To know the capacity of a team for a particular iteration is important to determine how much load it can do for that particular iteration.
User Story Breakup
Did you know that Acceptance Tests can help break up stories? To be continued…
Are you Smarter than Sixth Graders?
Last night was the curriculum night for my daughter’s school; she is a sixth grader. I was amazed as to how much learning they were
Destiny
Here is a quote for the team… team of agile teams, lean agile leadership, everyone: ‘Destiny is in our hands. If we don’t succeed, it’s
