ability to deliver - No Kill Switch

4 months agoin ability to deliver, effectiveness

Dynamics (energy flow) of a work environment

I love diving deep into how/when & why work is getting done. Into the differences between environments of high velocity & insane productivity VS ones where the air seems to have a consistency of a gel, slowing everything down…

5 months agoin Agile, ability to deliver, software development

Why pools are better than deadlines in a disciplined delivery of value?

I'm sure you know how deadlines work: collect the requirements/expectations & grok through them (understand them)estimate the effort needed to deliver the outcome, quantify risks, "guesstimate" unknown unknowns, ...... and "collide" what you've got with current commitments & team…

2 years agoin software delivery, engineering culture, ability to deliver

Why some software factories don't fly? About organizational A2E

TL;DR Many engineering organizations postpone their most ambitious plans due to cost constraints for so long that they start to believe that it's only money that limits their capabilities. When they eventually get funds, they learn (in a painful…

4 years agoin agile, ability to deliver

Jesus-Driven Development

What's the most popular Agile method these days? FDD? Nah, no-one ever has seen a living FDDer - this method has been made up so there are at least 3 Agile methods on the list ... XP? Another fake - it's…