by Al Shalloway | Jan 21, 2022 | Agile, Article, Frameworks, SAFe, Scrum
First, I am not an expert in sensemaking in the academic sense. As a practitioner/consultant in the knowledge work arena, I am writing this. Nothing in this article is intended to attend to domains outside of knowledge work, although I am sure some of it does. Weick,... 
by Al Shalloway | Jan 19, 2022 | Agile, Agile@Scale, Article, Frameworks
This article is intended for those people who are considering SAFe because it has a laid-out method. While SAFe does help many companies at the start it has some gaps and is overly complex. This is why many companies start well with SAFe only to stagnate after a... 
by Al Shalloway | Dec 2, 2021 | Agile, Agile@Scale, Article, Frameworks, Risk, SAFe, Scrum
When you start a project, creating or enhancing an existing product, or most any significant work I hope you attend to some risk issues: how do you know if this will result in value? what happens if the market changes? does your company have the skill set to implement... 
by Al Shalloway | Nov 18, 2021 | Article, Frameworks
The above quote is the opening line of Manifest for Agile Software Development. It did not say “we uncovered better ways” and here’s our answer. To be living the Agile Manifesto one has to go beyond it – by definition. Consider this list:...