by Al Shalloway | May 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Scrum Guide tells us that its roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable. This is fine if you want to ensure you are doing Scrum. Scrum is based on the philosophy that following its roles, events, artifacts, and rules will facilitate Agile. While this is...
by Al Shalloway | May 22, 2022 | Publication, Uncategorized
At a conference years ago Don Reinertsen and I were watching from the back of the room and sometimes making private comments about the presentations. At one point it was clear that there was a pattern of “this or that” – mostly relating to flow or...
by Al Shalloway | May 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was introduced to the term “one’s listening” by Dr. Fernando Flores in the 80s. This “listening” is what’s going on in a person’s head when they listen or read. You’re experiencing this now, likely asking yourself “what the hell is he talking...
by Al Shalloway | Apr 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
This page contains supplemental articles for the Amplio@Teams: The Path to Effective Lean-Agile Teams. Individual articles of Interest Why Lean-Agile Should Be More Predictable Than Waterfall Waterfall Is Never the Right Approach Collections of LinkedIn Posts of...
by Al Shalloway | Dec 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve all heard “the map is not the territory,” but in the Agile space, we’ve made Scrum, a poor map of the territory we call Agile, the territory itself. People strive to adopt Scrum. Imagine the difference between maps of uncharted areas just...
by Al Shalloway | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Engineering is often misunderstood. People see overpasses being built and think that that is engineering. While admittedly that’s an aspect of engineering, building overpasses is mostly manufacturing outdoors. Billy Koen, in “Discussion of the Method:...
