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Is SAFe really agile

Is SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) really agile?

Holistic perspectives: Series 1 These series of articles might create some controversies among the agile fraternity. But I still attempt to express my views on this so that it might benefit the same fraternity and/or the leaders who are in the need for bringing change or transformation in their organizations. In this Series 1, let’s […]
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The original Lean “versus” Agile for knowledge work – or is it “and”?

I wrote recently about why you think your organization wants agility. I also wrote about comparing the Kanbans (including Toyota Kanban), Kanbaning your Scrum, and I started a series on comparing the patterns (or none) for dealing with multiple teams (to be continued this week).   Today I wish to reflect on Lean Vs Agile. I’m referring to Lean Manufacturing vs Agile. Lean […]
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Spot the difference original kanban and lean kanban

Spot the difference – The original Kanban, The Lean Kanban method, Professional Scrum with Kanban

Professional scrum with Kanban came out in February 2018, and it can be found at https://www.scrum.org/resources/kanban-guide-scrum-teams. The Lean Kanban method is described in the Essential Kanban Condensed Guide, that’s at https://leankanban.com/. The original Toyota Kanban has been around for a little longer (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQxvkXSiuA), not to be confused with Kaizen as per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wot9DFzFRLU or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6rRHqb5MV0. This video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5izyN66PTxs in two minutes the original […]
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Kanbaning your Scrum

Kanbaning your Scrum

What does the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (at https://www.scrum.org/resources/kanban-guide-scrum-teams) say about work in progress limits? “Kanban (n): a strategy for optimizing the flow of stakeholder value through a process that uses a visual, work-in-progress limited pull system. ….. Optimizing flow requires defining what flow means in a Scrum context. Each Scrum Team must create its […]
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Improvement Board

I was helping a client last year after working with the departmental transformation leader who was sceptical about how the lean and agile approaches can help the department to improve. He set me a challenge to work with one of their teams. Photo by Bruno Nascimento on Unsplash I didn’t know that he picked their most agile team […]
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