by Al Shalloway | Mar 6, 2023 | Article
This article is a copy of a linkedin post by the same name I wrote last week. It seems to have struck a nerve so I wanted to post it here as an article. I had 5 followup posts that are linked to at the end of this article. I don’t see Agile as dead, or even dying. But... 
by Al Shalloway | Feb 15, 2023 | Amplio, Article
It’s not how to be complete or purposefully incomplete. It’s how to disseminate useful information at the right time without overloading people Almost all the challenges I see people discussing on LinkedIn are due to concepts/practices missing in Scrum & SAFe Many... 
by Al Shalloway | Aug 10, 2022 | Agile, Amplio, Article, Lean, Scrum
I tend to think of Scrum as an MVP of Agile. 20+ years ago we knew Agile worked but we didn’t understand why. A few years later, some of us adopted Lean as the base, some others Theory of Constraints. Today, there are several approaches now based on Flow, Lean, and... 
by Al Shalloway | Jul 4, 2022 | Agile, Amplio, Article, Frameworks, Value Stream
Al Shalloway’s article on Cutter’s website outlines how leadership’s focus must switch from hierarchies to the value streams of the organization. Doing this increases innovation and alignment while reducing costs. Read Chinese Translation Read Original Article In... 
by Al Shalloway | Jun 8, 2022 | Agile, Article, Frameworks, SAFe, Scrum, Teams
This paper discusses a different way to deal with complexity than suggesting complex systems are unknowable and that we therefore must see what happens and inspect and adapt in response. It acknowledges that complex systems are, by definition, not completely... 
by Al Shalloway | May 11, 2022 | Agile, Article, Teams
If your Agile coach is telling you to “run experiments” and “fail-fast,” then let me show you how to “learn how to deliver value quickly.” We live in a complex world. But that doesn’t mean we should be navigating as if we’re driving with bumper cars. Most of the time,...