Blindly following (or ignoring) the PI timebox
The SAFe rule that features must fit in a PI timebox is a proxy for deeper principles. When to respect it, when to flex it, and how to size features.
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Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership: written from 15+ years in the field.
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Time to close the curtain on the Agile Theater
Agile Theater (going through the motions without the substance) is everywhere. Time to demand real agility instead of agile-flavored project management.
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Spotify Squad Health Check Beyond the Squad
Practical ways to run the Spotify Squad Health Check at leadership, tribe, and cross-team levels, including facilitation patterns for larger groups.
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Sometimes it's safer to take a guided tour rather than explore on your own using a tour book
Guided tour or guidebook? Why criticizing SAFe's prescriptiveness misses the real question: what problem are you actually trying to solve?
Read more →SAFe Invitations 3/3: Open Space Agility + SAFe
Part 3 of the SAFe Invitations series: combining Open Space Agility with SAFe for a genuinely invitation-based transformation: an experimental mashup.
Read more →SAFe Invitations 2/3: Vote of Confidence
Part 2 of the SAFe Invitations series: using a management workshop and a vote of confidence to build buy-in before the SAFe QuickStart PI begins.
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