Our practices, beliefs, attitude, and mindset are rooted in and guided by our values and principles. When we change our values and principles… our practices,
Risk and Grow
So true! Did you know that turtles stick out their necks to move forward? Experiment… always look for the minimum viable experiment… see how it
So true
Always keep this spirit: keep learning… keep turning your ‘failures’ into learnings… and keep investing these into the future.
Coaching
The squirrel was in deep thought — about a problem… and the boy — the squirrel’s friend — knelt down to the squirrel’s level… and
Jira
Jira is really killing the Agile world… an Epic in Jira is a Feature in Agile. In Agile, an Epic is decomposed into Features! Really
Continuous Learning Culture
One of the seven competencies of SAFe 5.0 is Continuous Learning Culture.
Bright Spots
The road to Transformation to Agile is ‘Dark’…lots of unknown matters. Nonetheless, success happens… like when teams eventually get what a ‘Sprint Goal’ is …
Kanban or Scrum
So… should a team be Kanban or scrum? Let the team decide… then adapt from there. I see the beauty of both. In SAFe, it
For Laughs
Context… is everything; your assumptions could be wrong…
LPM 5.0
How do you formulate an enterprise strategy? There are various inputs to the formulation of an enterprise strategy. SAFe has prescribed as what you see
LPM 5.0
How do you formulate an enterprise strategy? Think about it… To be continued…
SSM 5.0
SSM 5.0 is very cool! The flow of content is better than its predecessor. Great job, SAI. I, however, noticed that the predictability ratio calculation
Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! Year of the Rat. In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth and surplus.
Program Board
Program Board — visual Program Board that is — is indispensable during Management Review at the of day 1 of PI Planning. By looking at
Visualize
We think in pictures… not in words! When I say the word ‘Cake’ you think of a picture of a cake… not the word spelled
SAFe 5.0 — Essential SAFe
The program-level and team-level are now combined into one level — the essential-level. This combination created an unintended bad consequence: the program-level roles and the
Did You Know?
Did you know that stories of type ‘Enabler’ do not have a user voice? Unlike a story of type ‘User’ — of which takes the
Continue To Experiment!
“What really matters is, companies that don’t continue to experiment, companies that don’t embrace failure, they eventually get in a desperate position where the only
SAFe POPM 5.0
After teaching my first SAFe 5.0 class, overall, I’m pleased with the improvements over previous SAFe POPM course versions. The flow does not start on
SAFe POPM 5.0
The course, SAFe POPM 5.0 is good but could be better. Program Predictability Measure is missing. It has the PI Objective’s planned BV value assignment
System Demo
System demo by the teams to business owners, to me, is like when my daughter’s ballet ensemble students perform to parents and guests to showcase
Coaching
Helpful things to help you along your ‘change’ journey. Guidance — sometimes, we need guidance along the way. For example, Sherpas — a member of
Coaching
With the rational mind and the irrational mind both in agreement to move forward in the same direction… movement towards the ‘goal’ is expected…correct? Not
Coaching
A person is moved not just by emotion (irrational mind) alone… the rational mind could rein things in… and vice-versa. That’s why change is hard…
Coaching
We all have the irrational side of our brains… the emotional side. Even though we think about something… and scripted the critical next move… appealing
Coaching
Have you heard of the term, ‘analysis paralysis’? That’s when we over think/analyze things and as a result, we cannot move forward to the direction
Coaching
Sometimes, even though people already know the concepts — having gone through SAFe classes — they still are at a lost as to how to
Evolve
Which events a story can evolve? Program Increment (PI) planning Backlog refinement Iteration planning These events trigger conversations, that could potentially reveal more information… that
SAFE 5.0
What is your Feature’s Definition of Ready (DoR)? Without DoR, you’ll have features half-baked going into PI Planning… resulting in very vague work and hard
SAFe 5.0
Where to start? 1) go to https://www.scaledagileframework.com/ Immediately on the website you see the SAFe 5.0 Framework… there are several tabs… and lots of clickable
