I believe too much power to the teams is risky in large scale agile implementations. Some of the reasons I have describe in When to use SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).... read more →
There is a huge debate in the agile community around the SAFe framework. A lot of agilists seem to pretty much hate it. Ken Schwaber for example: unSAFe at any... read more →
The organization does not have to be huge to have a need for scaled agile decision making. A while back (before SAFe existed) I was working in a small organization... read more →
Many companies have decided to keep the Project Manager role more or less intact while adding the new role of Scrum Master. Is this good? Is this what the founders... read more →
In teams that are still bit too specialized it can sometimes make sense to do something I call Soft Assign. Soft Assign (as I have defined it in this context... read more →
I recently met a fellow Agile Coach. He had invented an elaborate way of bidding on tasks in a sprint as a way of matching what people wanted to do... read more →
Many teams start out with Scrum and over the years they remove stuff - and add WIP limits - and come closer and closer to Kanban. Many teams start out... read more →
Many agile teams have discovered Planning Poker, which is a well known and proven practice. But there is an interesting alternative to Planning Poker that can work very well under... read more →
Traditionally our main documentation issue has often been too much documentation - and being done when we have the least information (at the start of the project). Some agile set-ups... read more →
Most professional project managers are actively handling project risks together with the team. And some of those risks are usually related to the product. But in complex product development I... read more →