The topic of “Can we have multiple Portfolios?” comes up fairly regularly in training courses, what are some of the implications and challenges associated with mutliple Portfolios within AR...
Over the last few years of studying and implementing Lean Portfolios I’ve come to develop a few, completely unofficial rules to act as guides
One key principle within the Scaled Agile Framework is to Organise Around Value, but this is easier said than done. In this free Webinar Series, Brian Tucker, Rune Christensen, and Odile Moreau...
Scaled Agile Inc. have just announced SAFe 6.0, the latest version of the Scaled Agile Framework.
The changes realign their core values and rephrase a key principle amongst many other tweaks and...
The Program Board is generated during PI Planning and is used by the teams to visualise delivery and coordinate collaborations during a PI. This article looks at the Program Board's use during PI...
Serious gaming to encourage and nurture an agile mindset, beyond just software and product delivery teams, using jargon-light agility cards.
The Program Board is generated during PI Planning and is used by the teams to visualise delivery and coordinate collaborations during a PI. This article looks at the Program Board's use during PI...
Fulfilling the Vision of Stefan Bengtsson - Chalmers as a World Leader
Portfolios should set Work-In-Process limits on what they do to ensure that the organisation focuses on getting things done.
This post looks at factors that influence how those Work-In-Process...
The Program Board is generated during PI Planning and is used by the teams to visualise delivery and coordinate collaborations during a PI. This article looks at the Program Board's setup and...
Activity Spaces provide one powerful description of the Common Ground of Essence. Although useful just by name, there is a detailed description of each Activity Space in the Essence Standard. This...
The Activity Spaces are an often-overlooked aspect of Essence. These 15 descriptions of types of common activities that all software development teams will do are often overshadowed by the specific...
Welcome to the amalgamation of a short series of articles on crafting effective, well-formed objectives as part of the SAFe® Program Increment (PI) / Big Room Planning activity. We have seen a lot of...
Arguably, the most important aspect of any development endeavor is the Stakeholders - the people for whom we are creating the solution. Yet, how often do you see teams focus more on the product than...
Essence is one of the most exciting innovations in software engineering today - but what exactly is it? Unsurprisingly for something so powerful, with so many different use cases, Essence is often...
Our industry loves a fad - and in particular, we love to discover the Next Big Thing in development approaches.
Each time we are promised a new (or improved) framework or playbook that will solve...
In a recent LinkedIn article by Dr Ivar Jacobson, (replicated here to raise visibility), Ivar explores how the Essence standard can be used powerfully to make even existing methods better so that...
In a recent LinkedIn article by Dr Ivar Jacobson, (replicated here to raise visibility), Ivar explores the various use cases of the Essence standard as they can be used powerfully by software...
Scrum and its hybrids are the dominant approaches used by Agile teams today. However, despite Scrum being a seemingly simple framework, many teams struggle to apply Scrum well and fail to achieve the...
The Scaled Agile Framework's recommended approach for prioritisation within the Portfolio is to use Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), but there are some challenges when trying to run WSJF at the...
The following blog provides a set of free, downloadable agile coaching cards that can be used by Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and teams working in many different contexts. These cards have been...
In this series of posts we wil explore the Events that either perform, schedule or track the activities that affect the Lifecycle of an Epic. This second post looks at how the events that run the...
In this series of posts we wil explore the Events that either perform, schedule or track the activities that affect the Lifecycle of an Epic. This first post looks at the activites that the Portfolio...
Epics have a lifecycle, they don’t magically appear fully formed. There is work to be done to progressively elaborate a business case and if the Epic is approved then there is further work to...
If you try find a definitive description of ‘The Spotify Model’ you will most likely end up frustrated. There are some old videos and blog posts, and lots of internet articles claiming that it isn’t...
Epics have a lifecycle, they don’t magically appear fully formed. There is work to be done to progressively elaborate a business case and if the Epic is approved then there is further work to...
Epics have a lifecycle, they don’t magically appear fully formed. There is work to be done to progressively elaborate a business case and if the Epic is approved then there is further work to...