Value Glide — Operating Model Architecture for Executive Teams

So, what is value, really?

If people optimize value or maximize value, it would be nice to understand what value is.  The dictionary definition is open to interpretation. I’d like us to be a little clearer for agility. Let’s talk about what value is not: inputs such as budget, people allocation/assignment  things to do that contribute to the creation of value also […]
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Lean-Agile Contracts

Lean-Agile Contracts

Continuous Customer Collaboration As a transformation coach/consultant, one of the questions that get most frequently when talking to the program and accounts is, Okay; even if we implement some of these agile practices (yes practices, they don’t talk about culture, values, principles, and mindset yet) internally for our technical delivery teams how do we take […]
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Mirror mirror on the wall…

John Coleman does an opinion piece on thus use of scaling patterns or none – views are his own Consider this blog post as background for future posts. It has a lot of detail, and you might need to carve out some time, grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable before reading this. I […]
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Portfolio Kanban: When It’s Time to Scale Up

“Let me introduce you to Portfolio Kanban.” Nader Talai guested the Lean-Agile Management Podcast right before Christmas to talk about scaling Kanban to the organizational or the project portfolio level. In this episode, you will learn how to identify the value stream and map your portfolio flow as a kanban system to apply Kanban end-to-end at the system […]
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Is your service delivery predictable?

Work item arrival rate, work item departure rate, work item ageing are key factors to consider for faster service delivery or project delivery. When we start work as soon as it arrives irrespective of our availability work items age and the number of work items in progress grow resulting in longer lead time which causes dissatisfaction. […]
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Do you believe this chart?

Do you believe this chart?

Diagram courtesy of Nader Talai If a journey was equivalent to a team of teams delivering good stuff together, yet dependent on back-end teams elsewhere, do you believe that leaders acting as coaches would drive enablers & remove organizational impediments to agility? Will frameworks on their own solve our path to agility and ultimately to […]
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How to tell if Faster Organisation is for you

1. How knowable are the steps? What is the mismatch between the conceptual model (plan) and the observed reality? The greater the impact of this mismatch the more appropriate it is to navigate the uncertainty using probes and experiments. Experiment to invalidate your hypothesis, look for weak signals and sense widely.  We crave certainty and create […]
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