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Today, we dive into Chapter 1 of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. I am mentioned in the first paragraph of the book. Being mentioned... Read More
Today we begin the long-anticipated re-read of Great Big Agile, An OS for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton. The book was published by Apress in 2019. The 356 pages (335... Read More
Collaboration is not easy. If we start with the premise that collaboration is important, even critical, why does it often fail to emerge or wither on the vine? This is... Read More
We began our re-read of Tame your Work Flow by Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron, on Saturday, May 23rd. The world has changed a lot as we worked our way... Read More
I recently interviewed several successful technical entrepreneurs. Most have created multiple successful organizations. They have shared several common threads. One of the most basic of those threads is the need... Read More
Today we tackle the whole of Part 7 which is Chapter 21 and the Epilogue. Next week we will complete our re-read of Tame Your Work Flow with concluding remarks. ... Read More
Guest Post by Diane Davidson The future of Finance was already changing from your typical accounting, auditing, and control functions, and that was before the pandemic hit in March. The... Read More
A few logistical comments before we dive into chapter 20. After this week we have three weeks left in this re-read including our customary debrief. When we decided on Tame... Read More
Getting the work you commit to getting done in an iteration or sprint is not constrained to a conversation about Scrum or Scrumban. Timeboxing is common in almost all work... Read More
Over the years I have gravitated towards the idea that work entry issues are the single clearest indicator of problems in an organization. My first job after getting my Bachelors’s... Read More
