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The Cynefin Framework
What does the word ”Cynefin” mean? The word “Cynefin”, pronounced ki-neh-vin, is a Welsh word that cannot be directly translated into English. However, it is commonly translated as ‘habitat’ or ‘place’...
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Scaling Scrum to the Organisation
Here be dragons! The greatest challenges to adopting Agile at scale are organisational. Therefore any scaled implementation needs careful attention to communication, culture and change management. As...
View Article“Best” Practice
Best practice, the application of a single and consistently best method, can be a useful concept. Unfortunately I see this concept commonly applied incorrectly: Incorrect labelling of a “best...
View ArticleRetrospectives – What makes a retro good
Why are retrospectives important? They provide the opportunity for a team to look back and see how they can improve. Retrospectives can be a catalyst for organisational change as well as team change....
View ArticlePeople aren’t Resources
“Resource planning” or “Resource Management” or “Resource blockers” I hear these in stand-ups, or project meetings and even on CSM (Certified Scrum Master) training. People who know me watch me cringe...
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Adventures in Europe
Denmark trainees Shortly after joining Scrum Sense in February this year I started my journey to become a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). The process includes co-training with other CSTs around the...
View ArticleHere Be Dragons – Scaling Agile
I gave a talk at the global Scrum Gathering in Berlin and two weeks later this revised (and improved?) version at the regional Scrum Gathering in Cape Town. Scaling agility in any organisation requires...
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Scrum Sense merges with agile42
Scrum Sense, the foremost agile consultancy in South Africa, will merge with agile42, a leading international agile consulting organisation. agile42 is headquartered in Berlin and already operates...
View ArticleManaging Flow
My next blog post is about “Managing Flow”. So many organisations I work with have benefited from using this technique to improve how they do what they do. I also felt it timely, since this is a key...
View ArticleAre incorrectly applied KPIs the root of all evil?
We have all heard it before “show me how you measure me and I show you how I behave” (I think the original quote is from Eliyahu M. Goldratt). It’s been quoted and requoted so many times it’s hard to...
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