In team refinement sessions, conversation and collaboration are key. As a Scrum Master, I’ve witnessed hundreds of hours of refinement sessions. What I observe, across a wide range of teams, is often a member of the team (most likely a business analyst or product owner/manager) gathers requirements from a team on the fly, sharing their […]
This page has been created following attending this meet-up Interpreting Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs) with Mark Grove We all work in a flow fashion, and we know optimising flow leads to higher throughput. Why is this important? If valuable work is flowing through a system, optimising flow could lead to the delivery of value sooner. […]
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Flow Metrics Explained
When I think about measuring agility, flow metrics instantly spring to mind. We ultimately want to measure our time to market, which is our delivery rate. I.e. how quickly can we take an idea and get it into the hands of a customer? Several metrics help paint this picture, this page is designed to give […]
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5 Thieves of Time
In her book Making Work Visible, Dominica DeGrandis explains how to optimize workflow for both yourself and your team. She explains the power of limiting work in progress to drive things to completion. There are 5 Thieves of Time Too much Work in Progress (WIP) What is it? Reasons we have it: Why it matters? […]
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Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose
The topic of Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose came about in the Alamy Product and Technology teams channel when I prompted if there were any agenda items for an upcoming COP session. Head of Technology posted: It is often said that the way to get great outcomes from any business is to give individuals – Autonomy, […]
I ran through an exercise today in the Alamy COP I had used in the past and learned from Mark Summers at Beliminal. It was designed to help teach a format around generating change experiments relating to common (processes, relationships, tasks etc.) tensions in organisations. Introduction In change management, it is totally normal and even […]
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Thoughts on Predictability
In the business opener for the Q1 PI Planning event, I thought predictability was a key indicator for us to collectively focus on across Q1 and beyond. I spent a lot of time reflecting on what the Enable Q4 plan looked like vs the reality that transpired throughout the quarter. In essence, I know software […]
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Kanban Deep Dive
kan = “visual” ban = “card” What is Kanban? Kanban has become known as an agile methodology, however, its origins stem from a time when the term ‘Agile’ hadn’t even been coined. It was first inspired in Japan in the 1940s. Taiichi Ohno, who is deemed the father of Kanban and Lean Manufacturing, saw that […]
A few months ago my husband decided to grow some Japanese Sakura trees. He went through both the stratification and germination steps and about 5 weeks ago the seedlings were ready to be planted. Maybe it is because I have been working from home and walking past the pots a good few times everyday, or […]
Having worked for my current employer now for almost 12 years it’s safe to say I’ve grown up with the organisation. I started my journey at Vertu Motors as their sole front end developer within the IT department, working on their website and internal systems such as the CRM/deal optimiser system. Overtime I focused more on […]