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 | Feb 24, 2022 | AgileAdoption, Article, DAVSC, Frameworks, Teams
I have found that the biggest difference between experts and those with less competence is mostly what they attend to. That is, experts attend to certain things and ignore others. Less competent people are often unaware of what an expert considers important &... 
by Al Shalloway | Feb 16, 2022 | Agile, Article, Frameworks, Scrum
The biggest difference between Scrum Guide Scrum and the effective Scrum that results in this workshop is not so much the practices you’ll do as it is how you will look at how your teams create value. The workshop presents a simple model based on Flow, Lean, and... 
by Al Shalloway | Feb 12, 2022 | Article, Frameworks, Scrum
People struggle with Scrum because they haven’t been adequately prepared in their initial training. Many teams are required to do Scrum, and they are trapped in it. People struggling with Scrum are disrespected by many Scrum proponents who don’t take... 
by Al Shalloway | Jan 24, 2022 | Article, Frameworks, SAFe, Scrum
There are many concepts that can improve both Scrum and SAFe. While both approaches are quite different, it is perhaps surprising that most of the concepts listed here would be useful to both. A short synopsis for many of these will be presented here along with links...