I must have been in a state of flow the past two days (in the zone)... just having one stream of thought... As a result, for the past two days, I kept forgetting which day is ...my mind just preoccupied with one stream of thought ... Have you had experienced a state of flow whilst sprinting?
What can I say... I love both Scrum and Chess ... I can draw parallelism between these two in terms of my state of consciousness when I am scrimmaging with teams or playing tournament chess. For both, I always achieve a state of 'flow' ... which has the following characteristics: I am working to accomplish clear tactical and strategic goals I get immediate feedback I must use significant skills to achieve my goals I am in control of my work and game and I have in my power to accomplish my goals I can concentrate on my goals I become…
Have you seen "Brain Games", a series on TV? My family and I love watching each episode. We get to participate too -- they got some things TV audiences can participate in. Each episode reveals the power of the brain. There are plenty of episodes covering various things that we encounter in "Lean Agile Transformation"; things like Cognitive Bias, False Assumptions, and even Context Switching. Figure-1: Context Switching slows down things One episode showed how context-switching slows down things: First, the show's host asks unsuspecting volunteers to say the colors of a bunch of words listed in front of them…
Flow. It's all about flow... a continuous flow of value on the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP) is essential in SAFe. Ideas trickle down from the portfolio funnel down to portfolio backlog. Program work is pulled from the portfolio backlog ... pulled work to the program level goes through the Continuous Exploration (CE)... with the product manager on the center surrounded by collaborators. Product manager steers the train with prioritized features ... sequenced the right way. Note that, sometimes, work goes directly to the program-level without coming in from the portfolio-level funnel of ideas/epics; these could be technical debt, refactor, etc.…
