Agile Team – Lean Agile Guru

Sep

27

2020

Don’t Compare Teams

Agile Team, team

Day 178. This is true not just in life but also with Agile Teams ! Each team has each unique team members, unique challenges, unique environment, etc.

Sep

24

2020

By Clarence Galapon

Specialty Roles in SAFe

Agile Team, Member, specialty role

Day 177. Did you know that in SAFe, there are two specialty roles in an agile team? Continue reading

Feb

26

2020

By Clarence Galapon

Superstar Is Not Needed

Agile Team, leadership, lean agile leadership, mindset, Superstar, Teams, Transformation

Superstar is not needed; we need the whole team to work together as one unit... not dependent on one person — the superstar — for favorable results/outcomes. This axiom applies at the upper levels: at program level, large solution level, at portfolio level...and also at the enterprise level. Dependency on a superstar is not good... having a single point of failure is not good. Even if we have more than one superstar, the saying, ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ still applies. There was a time when the USA Dream Team — the men’s basketball team…

Sep

16

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Destiny

Agile Team

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 our own fault' -- Elon Musk We swim or sink together. Culture of shared responsibility is here.

Jan

09

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Is your Daily Standup (DSU) with Sense of Purpose?

Agile Team

This is not a trick question... really ask yourself ... and your teammates ... do they find DSUs meaningful, make them alive, motivated, with sense of purpose? To be continued... October 15, 2022: My new book, "SAFe Is Like ...", is now available on Amazon. You will get a FREE SIGNED COPY if/when you register, pay, and complete a class by the Lean Agile Guru.

Sep

01

2018

By Clarence Galapon

The Ability to Pivot as Necessary, is a Characteristic of an Effective Lean-Agile Team

Agile Team, Dynamic, Lean Startup, Persevere, Pivot

The huge ship Titanic can pivot -- like any other ship for that matter -- but in that ill-fated night, it was necessary for it to pivot ... fast! Too slow...It sank ... it was not Lean and Agile enough to pivot fast enough in order to avoid collision with a huge iceberg. Tragic. Apple Inc. long time ago was 90 days away from being insolvent; Steve Jobs returned to Apple... made pivotal moves, fast enough to avoid insolvency, and as a result, Apple Inc. was profitable again... and still is profitable today, and, in fact, on August 2, 2018, …