I can’t say that I agree at all with Dave Snowden’s approach to communication. The guy is rough around the edges, a “perpetual curmudgeon” in his own words. And that is describing it kindly. He does have some good ideas on decision making though. Continue reading “The Cynefin Framework reference”
Reblogged with permission from Jem D'jelal, the original author of this content, as a contributor to blogagility.com. Originally published on LinkedIn February 2, 2017.
Jem D’jelal Coaching individuals & teams to find “better” ways of working.
God it’s hard, isn’t it?
Learning about something you’re so passionate about, something which fills your being with such energy & conviction that all you want to do is share it with others.
And because of this love, this attachment, this fire in your stomach…it’s awfully hard to see it another way.
After all, you began this journey because you believed that the world, it needed to change.
People’s voices needed to be heard, happiness shouldn’t be a luxury afforded to the few but an essential for all of the work force.
It’s all good stuff, it all comes from a beautiful place of positivity, doesn’t it?
And so, it is ironic, that we have this gift that we want to offer to others, only that we’re not offering it, are we?
If it was truly a gift, when we offer it to people, we’d be impartial to the outcome.
Are you impartial to the outcome?
I know for a long time, I haven’t been.
“We have to do it this way!”
Otherwise we are not “being” agile.
Take the gift! Take the gift!
Ahh man.
Autonomy, self organisation, empowerment, well collaborated people….being connected to their work wth a deep purpose – why the hell would you not want this gift!
Being attached to an idea only results in misery.
You can still be passionate about something, really appreciate what it is, what it does – but to be attached to any framework, principle, practice, that creates a problem.
Recognising you are attached & being aware of your attachment is the start to getting better.
Better at being a coach, better at being a human being.
Coercion, force – these can appear when we’re attached to the outcome of a conversation with the people that we’re trying to help.
“Oh yes, that sounds like a job for LeSS”
“That’s definitely the context for SAFe”
“It’s got Scrum written all over it”
“Of course we MUST bring the agile principles in here”
<Enter your attachment here>
All of the things above, in some shape or form contain great ideas for experiments – awesome empirical wisdom which we’re lucky to have available as change agents.
Just that, the first step to a conversation when trying to help create change should begin with more ear work, then tongue work.
And when you find out what your clients needs are, remember that *not* attempting to “be” agile is also an option.
Sometimes the tools & practices are all what that person wants, and that should be respected.
S_Fe is not Agile. S_Fe is not even Scrum. – Mike Beedle
In response to Mike Beedle on LinkedIn. Mike is wrong about the SAFe of course. And not just because of his childish method of attack. Facts, evidence, experiments, my experience and dozens of business case studies back up the experiments of the SAFe. Mike sounds a lot like project managers that swear the PMBoK/waterfall works better than agile for large scale “projects” with high complexity, significant uncertainty, many dependencies and new knowledge to be obtained to deliver the product. Project management works in those scenarios (fantasy). But not as well as Agile (reality). Read the studies (Chaos Report, Standish Group; State of Agile, VersionOne; others). A sea change is in play — right now. Customers want predictability, results — and truth. Not endless “Change Requests” and contract modifications for more time, more money and more people. One truth about the Agile Manifesto is that it is great guidance as a value system and principles for software development. The big problem is that it [Agile Manifesto] is STATIC. Relentless improvement drives us to go beyond yesterday. Study the Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise and come to your own conclusions. Evolve or join the museum with the other artifacts of the information age.
Continue reading “Truths about the SAFe”
A new SAFe Scrum master course was announced for Oklahoma!
Studying up on Lippitt / Knoster change models I learned about from Construx videos. Steve McConnell of course being one of the greatest software development thought leaders is the presenter. Interesting how these change theories are baked into some of the Agile frameworks and mindsets like the SAFe / Agile Manifesto. As a coach, these are useful strategies on how to build our approach to managing change (like fear, unknowns, budgeting/money, et cetera).
Get a Grip on Managing Change – Michael Nanfito
Agile Transformations – Change Model – Construx
Reblogged with permission from Jem D'jelal, the original author of this content, as a contributor to blogagility.com. Originally published on LinkedIn December 15, 2016.
Jem D’jelal Coaching individuals & teams to find “better” ways of working.
You can be the judge of that.
Because we REALLY put that question to the test.
Continue reading “Jem D’jelal: Are recruiters too dumb to learn agile?”
I read a parenting article a few months ago about family dinner table discussions with your kids. It was great stuff. The recommendations centered around three questions. 1. What was the favorite part of your day? 2. What was the least favorite part of your day? 3. Is there anything else that you want to talk about? Amazingly, just like in the Scrum ceremony these questions generate amazing discussion (collaboration) with the family. My three children have become accustomed to the ceremony now. So, it is even more fun playing the experience through. Anything that I can do to bring my family closer together as a unit is premium! Sound familiar?
Try it out and report your findings here on my blog or at Microsoft LinkedTwo.
