Per my previous post I am trying different methods and approaches to how I can increase productivity and maintain my self. Currently I am undergoing the "wake up early" experiment. I'm getting up at 4.30 every morning for 21 days to see how that impacts on my productivity and mindset. Day 1 - continued The …
Self Experimentation – Experiment 1
I'm always researching and learning about new and interesting ways to look at life, the universe and everything. Lately I have been focusing on personal head-space and how to increase your ability to think more clearly, as well as provide the clarity of thinking that I want. At the moment everything seems to be pointing …
Levers for change in delivery
Do you struggle to deliver on time? Do you wonder what you can do about it? Here are some thoughts, ideas and approaches that I have tried over time to great success. Traditional: Extend deadlines Reduce Scope (Requirements to be delivered) Increase team size, but only at the right time (don't forget that when work …
What is an MVP?
MVP is a term that is bandied about quite freely. I think it is also poorly understood and thus poorly used. It does not mean Phase 1 or any other thing except MVP. To me MVP stands for: Minimal - the smallest, leanest, least amount of activities that can provide value - usually in the …
Making it Real – part 3
This is the third part of my post about my presentation at LASTMelbourne on 29th June 2017. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here. These are the final 5 factors to consider with a transformation. 6. Technology; make the toolsets enablers of the people and the process. Ensure that they are actively supporting the …
Making it Real – part 2
This is the content of my session that I presented at LAST Melbourne on 29th June 2017. Make it Real to Make it Right - how to think about creating a meaningful and sustained transformation within an organisation. The talk covers 10 key areas for consideration when aiming to transform. The focus is on building …
Make it Real to Make it Right
The title is from Gojko Adzic and his work "Specification by Example". I think it is such an essential phrase that applies in almost every area of delivery, but I found it resonates with me for my work in Transformations. This is the slide deck for the presentation that I have just delivered at LAST …
Learning to Fail
"Fail fast Fail well" "Fail fast, fail well" is a well used mantra for continuous improvement practices. However we have discovered that people and teams do not know "how" to fail! This makes it hard for them to fail well. Traditionally failure is seen as a bad thing, something to avoid and or deny, and …
Learning to THRIVE
With all transformations there has to be an overarching point to the transformation. For me that point is not about money or productivity or improvement to a process. For me the point of any transformative approach has to be about the people and the teams they create. The model that I have focused on is …
The Road to Automation
My main focus in life is to find head space for people and teams and organisations. I honestly believe that there is so much white noise in our lives that we struggle to find time to think and thus to innovate and grow. The goal is to lower the cognitive load of the "day to …
Deliberate Practice
I'm reading Angela Duckworth's "Grit" at the moment (https://angeladuckworth.com/) and it is really resonating with me - particularly as I reflect on our coaching and transformation practices. We sometimes struggle when the teams we are transforming enter the montage - you know...that bit in the movie where all the hero's hard work happens, training sessions, …
Designing Your Testing Experiments – CukeUp AU 2016
In November I was once again involved in the CukeUp AU conference. I spoke about testing using the mindset of conducting experiments. The slides from my session are here: designingyourtestingexperiments There is a lot of talk in modern teams about experimentation. Classically an experiment is a very structured series of activities designed to find something out. Sounds a lot like testing and is in direct alignment with the concepts around TDD, BDD and ATDD. This session will discuss how we design testing experiments that are valuable and provide the right insights to the right people, at the right time. What is an experiment? Why do we experiment? How is testing and experimentation aligned? How do we structure testing experiments? How we do learn and adjust based on the findings – pass or fail!
Working with Walls
BVCs, TOWs and POWs are very important tools in the agile world but what exactly are they? BVCs are Big Visible Charts, TOWs are Things on Walls and POWs are Plain Old Whiteboards – information radiators all. Why are they valuable tools? Because everyone can see them, study them and ideally understand them. By making …
Scaling agility
scale the values and principles and the practices will sort themselves out
Transforming an organisation is not the same as transforming a team
How do you approach an organisation wide agility transformation? It may seem overwhelming and it seems like there is no clear way to start. The best advice, just start! First, make some audacious assumptions! The best thing about assumptions is that they can be changed, can be proven true or false and allow you to …
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Going agile agilely
When doing an agility transformation the best tip is to use all the patterns and practices from agility, systems thinking and roadmapping to help you achieve a successful outcome. Make sure that before you start the transformation you are thinking about the end state, that allows you to generate a cohesive plan for the transformation …
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