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Patterns Podcast News: The second installment of the Patterns (video) Podcast is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/TKaw08tBgyE  Ben Woznicki and I discuss #NoProjects.  #NoProjects reimagines the classic organization of work... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Tame you Work Flow Week 12: Chapter 13—Portfolio Prioritization and Selection in PEST Environments

Those that control work entry, control the health of a team, and at a product level, the health of the organization. Messrs. Tendon and Doiron discuss portfolio and work entry... Read More

Rediscovering Productivity

I have not worked outside of my home office since mid-April. There are lots of benefits to this change. My commute is really short, I run a lot more, I... Read More

Who Owns Work Entry?

How work enters an organization or team is almost always a touchy subject because for many it is the root of the pressure on teams to do more than they... Read More

Agile Teams In A Waterfall Environment: Reactions

The idea of an agile team toiling away trying to be agile in the face of a waterfall organization evokes a huge amount of passion.  Tony Timbol, called to share... Read More

Does Agile Deliver Value? Yes And You Can Prove it!

I participated in a panel discussion recently that had to wrestle with the question of why companies use agile. There are lots of good reasons, including improving delivery performance, increased... Read More

Directive or Non-directive Coaching: Why Everyone Needs To Know

The discussion of whether a coach is using a directive or non-directive coaching approach is not an academic discussion. As a person that has held internal and external coach positions,... Read More

Agile Coaching Styles: Directive and Non-directive Coaching

The word coach is used so indiscriminately that the meaning is hard to discern. Saying you are a coach still sends a signal, but the signal is at the mercy... Read More

Agile Coaching Techniques: Styles of Coaches

I was recently asked if agile coaches needed to exhibit flexibility. Unfortunately, the answer which should be ‘of course’ had to be, “it depends” because the word coach in agile... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Tame you Work Flow Week 7: Chapter 6 – Introduction to Throughput Accounting and Culture

This week we tackle Chapter 6 of Tame your Work Flow,  Throughput accounting ties a number of threads together for me. The big one is the linkage between getting value... Read More