goal – Lean Agile Guru

Apr

11

2021

Two Types of People, Both Must Focus on Their Journey

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Over the years, I have come across two types of people: those who look for "step-by-step instructions" and those who don't. There is nothing wrong with either one... in fact, I found myself in one of those types, not at the same time, at some point in my life... even today as I write this article. Have you been in this situation: Continue reading

Sep

13

2020

By Clarence Galapon

Goals and Objectives

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Day 166. Make your sprint or iteration goals unambiguous! Focus on those to know exactly the priority of things and what to spend time on and what you can drop. Find those time-wasting activities and efforts ... streamline these so you can make it home for dinner. Manage Work In Process (WIP). Too much WIP lengthens your Lead Time (commitment to completion time). Utilization of any resource — including your team — must be 80% or less! Asking people to take on ‘overtime work... work longer hours’ to reduce Lead Time is a step in the wrong direction ... it…

Nov

02

2018

By Clarence Galapon

Goal-Setting: two key things to keep in mind

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We have covered iteration goals and PI objectives... but forgot to put forth two key things to the forefront ... it has been on the background because it is assumed that these are common sense. I have seen folks setting their goals using a lot of sentences describing it. And they leave it at that. They forget two important things: 1) to keep the goal in one short sentence. The intent should be clear and short. It is easy to remember. Easy to revisit as often as you need it to be. 2) to set the target date of its…

Oct

20

2018

By Clarence Galapon

Eyes on the Goal !

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Would you like a more meaningful conversation during Daily StandUp (DSU) meeting (team level) ? During weekly ART Synch (program level)? One word: Goal ! During DSU, instead of being focused on telling the team on what you have done yesterday, what you will do today and tomorrow... try this: Keep your eyes on the goal for this iteration / sprint ... then tell everyone what you have done yesterday, what you will do today and tomorrow to advance the achievement of the current sprint / iteration's goal. Include in the conversation any impediment -- to the goal -- that…