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Backlog Refinement Workshop Tool

Sometimes, we see things from our own perspective… and as a result we see things in a myopic way.

Even worse, we stop wondering … we stop asking … ‘what if…’

We are too close to the ‘elephant’!

We need to stand back farther to see the ‘elephant’ … see the whole thing!

We need to see how others see it.

Apply Divergent Thinking …

and Emergent Thinking!

We sometimes need to frame or re-frame things … see what emerges…

These two tools — Divergent and Emergent Thinking — are indispensable for backlog refinement workshop …

And when we chunk down a big thing into smaller things …

And when we chunk up small things into a big thing.

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/ZU6jVd0N/too-close-e280a6.mp4

We should be like small children … always enamored of anything new to learn or discover.

More ideas — short but sweet ideas — found in over 60 topics in my new book, ‘SAFe (6.0) Is like …’ … available on Amazon… it has reached ‘# 1 New Release’ several times!

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