Hello everyone! Great news from Scaled Agile, Inc. (SAI) — the maker of SAFe. Read the image below. In that light, please go ahead and
Testimonials, Companies, Classes, and Registrations
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BDD and Acceptance Criteria
With Behavior Driven Development (BDD), a typical list-based Acceptance Criteria is dumped and replaced by Tests… using Gherkin ‘Language’… which has the ‘Given… When… Then’
Test First
Create acceptance criteria… it is part of the requirement…it clarifies the requirement… it amplifies the requirement… it drives the development.
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker — a professional ballet and high-budget show wherein each participant knows his/her role, what he/she needs to do, and he/she does it well.
Customer Centric Desirable Products and Services
Pizzeria Omaggio just exudes quality of food and you can sense a pride of workmanship in their people… their service and product — their food
SAFe … Playing Catch-Up?
Two things I’ve seen as new in SAFe 5.0: 1) Customer Centric + Design Thinking 2) Organizational / Business Agility These are already in ‘Disciplined
Strong ‘Why’
Blockbuster Blackberry Borders Kodak … many more These were strong companies with intelligent people … all went on downward spiral… they did not have a
Thanksgiving Series…
Inside ‘Georgetown Cupcake’ looking out… Sunday afternoon, December 1, 2019. There is a Christmas season feelings and that aura that comes with it … Where
Thanksgiving Series…
Long line to get inside this famous ‘Georgetown Cupcake’ Road leading up straight to Georgetown University… the lovely O Street. Wisconsin Street.
Thanksgiving series…
At Georgetown, Washington DC
Thank You
Thank you, everyone!
There Are Two Sides Of A Bridge… And The Bridge Is…
Last night, my wife, son, daughter and I watched the movie, Frozen II. We had a great time; the movie theatre was nice (gigantic screen–IMAX;
Thanksgiving
Be thankful…
What Is The Focus of Team Backlog Refinement
Look at the upcoming stories — these could come from: the program level (i.e. team’s part of a feature/enabler, team’s own context (i.e. refractors, maintenance,
General George S. Patton Quotes For All
For those product managers and product owners who are still telling teams on how to do things: ‘Don’t tell people how to do things, tell
SAFe Is Like A Huge Production Play
In SAFe, just like a huge production play like ‘The Nutcracker‘, each participant must know his/her role, know what he/she must do… and to do
The Power of Intent
Today, I tried to connect together a series of Bose speakers. I followed the instructions that came with it. For some reason, despite following the
Slow Down…
Here is a suggestion to leaders of companies transforming to Lean Agile: Slow down… you might be moving too fast that your teams can barely
Kanban … everywhere
Chick-fil-A… McDonalds… Firestone… Panera … where else?
Simplicity… is Essential
Mazda applied the 10th Principle of the Agile Manifesto! ‘Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential.‘ — Agile Manifesto Principle #10
The Power Of Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance criteria not only serve as a way to confirm one’s understanding — via conversations and collaborations with others — of the work on hand
The Snowball Effect
Start with a small win. In ‘Sales’ they call this first small win the ‘icebreaker sale’. Toastmasters call their first speech as ‘icebreaker speech’. Want
FAB becomes BAF
Features and Benefits (FAB) is what we are all familiar with. With SAFe 5.0’s customer centricity, this FAB is now BAF… Benefits and Features. Makes
Program Board
Scrum Masters of teams to populate the program board!
SAFe is Goals Driven, Not Prescriptive
SAFe is goals driven and not prescriptive. A goal-driven approach makes SAFe flexible and easy to scale. Companies scale agile based on factors that deliver
A Goal With A Strong Why
A goal with a strong ‘Why’ will not only pulls you forward but also pulls you through difficult times. Make your ‘Iteration Goals’ and your
