Team Dynamics

“Who Moved My Cheese?”: Rethinking RACI

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Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable about how people respond to change. In the story, characters react very differently when their “cheese”—a metaphor for success, security, or position—disappears. Some resist, some fear, and some adapt and move forward. Beneath its simplicity lies a familiar tension: the quiet anxiety that someone might take our … Read more

July 7-8: Certified Scrum Product Owner Course with ScrumInc

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On July 7th and 8th, in New York, there was Certified Scrum Product Owner Course delivered by two co-trainers:  Avi Schenier, representing Jeff Sutherland’s company ScrumInc  and Robin Dymon, CST from Innovel. The class (size of about two scrum teams) was engaged in heated discussions, practical exercises and games.   I had the honor of attending and participating in the course and was … Read more

July 7 – LeSS Talks: Framing a perspective: LeSS, Nexus, Scrum @ Scale, SAFe

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This event was about comparing and contrasting the following four known scaled agile frameworks:  For LeSS (Craig Larman’s and Bas Vodde’s)  For Nexus (Ken Schwaber’s)  For Scrum @ Scale (Jeff Sutherland’s)    For SAFe (Dean Leffingwell’s) The discussion was very engaging but conclusive and many topics remained to-be-discussed in a future. Below, please find the … Read more

Managing Performance by Extrinsic “Motivation”

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“The idea of a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good. The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise.” -Edward Deming, “Out of Crisis” This article took … Read more

May 11 – LeSS Talks: Coordination and Management in Large Scale Scrum

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Tweet First, we covered basic dynamics of Scrum (roles, artifacts, ceremonies). Then,  we shifted gears to ‘activities on a typical project’ and the group 20, or so, did a “brain dump” of all possible activities they could think of at the moment.  Then, we removed redundancies, cleaned up the board  ….played “Who Stole my Cheese?” game, … Read more

SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the recipe?

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Tweet IMPORTANT: >>> References (bottom of page) Some time ago, there was a webinar recorded by VersionOne: How to use SAFe® to Deliver Value at Enterprise Scale Q&A Discussion with Dean Leffingwell).   If you fast-forward to about 23 min, 20 seconds into the recording, you will hear the following statement: “…We don’t typically mess with your organizational structure because … Read more

From LeSS Toolbox: Causal Loop Diagrams to visualize System Dynamics

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Introduction: When it comes to scaling, there is a common misconception that “bigger always means better”.  This misconception is also traceable to agile arena, where companies look for ways to expand their agile practices beyond a single organizational domain (e.g. many teams, numerous departments, multiple lines of business, etc.).  Usually, it is an existing (inherited) … Read more

Global SCRUM GATHERING® Orlando 2016

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It was a great event, with more than 1200 people attending from all over the world.  Tons of great presentations and collaborative sessions.  Below, are some captured moments with my peers and colleagues – the people that made my personal experience at the gathering so rich and memorable.  The coaches and trainers of Scrum Alliance have always … Read more