Biases – how do you overcome them?
The list of biases that sound very familiar to many of us: Representative bias leads to a snap judgment on a question based on its apparent similarity to an earlier matter.Cognitive dissonance leads...
View ArticleNetwork structure – 11 lessons learned
1. Autonomous & multifunctional teams Having all necessary skills in one place allows you to have hyper performing teams able to handle complex tasks. This can be achieved if such environment is...
View ArticleExternal provider
When do you use external service provider? I tried following: To provide commodity infrastructure services – in progress, think will work Commercial offerings without mixing in people from your company...
View ArticleConstraints On Effective Product Development
Organising yourself as a network of multi-dependent teams helps to solve following constraints and increase effectiveness of product development Functional Teams People from different functional areas...
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#75 out of 100
Although i am not acting as Agile coach or trainer but surprisingly listed here – 100 Top Agile Blogs in 2015. Happy and proud to be among great people of agile community. It will definitely encourage...
View ArticleNetwork structure – it works
It was a long journey of trying to understand what organisational structure is best for dynamic growth, experiments, agility and change. Value structure – showing benefits of different type of...
View ArticleScale A => Scale B
Experience shows that approaches that worked for Scale A will not work for Scale B and you need to change practices you apply, way to organise work, communicate and etc. You might say it’s obvious, but...
View ArticleDanger of simplification
“Where simplifications fail, causing most damage, is when something nonlinear is simplified with the linear as a substitute.” (from the book –...
View ArticleGuilds and Community inside a company. Can it work?
How Guild works: 1. Conduct Guild days on a weekly basis across whole product development organisation. Agenda and format is random and should be always adapted to the context: conferences, trainings,...
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Question on errors and randomness?
Is it possible to build an organisation which benefits from uncertainty, errors and randomness? How small should be the teams? What should be minimum process? What is the level of...
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Planning vs Plan
We always want to know future especially when it’s related to delivery of complex software projects. I personally failed in making plans almost always in my career, but improved myself in planning:...
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Answers and Questions
Giving answers and suggestions is very tempting especially when you join a team temporarily as there is obvious time constraint and normally you are there for a reason. Answers can be easily...
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Philosophy of management
Found this picture earlier in the internet and stumbled upon it recently. Statements that are very difficult to argue with. This could be a good starting point for everybody who wants to be Scrum...
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How do i manage?
What manager does? Their main focus is not on people performance and their efficiency, not about rules or KPIs. These are tools that are selected or built with your team. Instead their focus is on...
View ArticleExpectations are bi-directional
Expectations are set not only for employee, but for employer also. It’s easy to ignore dealing with simple jobs, but very important not to forget while working with knowledge workers. Why? They are...
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Good – Cheap – Fast
Good. Cheap, Fast! We all know that only two things can be picked, but always tend to forget that and spend lots of time and effort to have all three. That is why it’s perfect decoration for a...
View ArticleHow APIs can help?
APIs help to identify value. API discussions are very valuable when you think about organisational structure. Think about your organisation while reading hints below: Decoupled UI, different interfaces...
View ArticleValue structure
Forget old company structure – it doesn’t support growth! By the way did you notice that clients, customers or users are never represented in organizational structure? It is like company exists for...
View ArticleAllies within the company
“A problem shared is a problem halved”. When it comes to working your way through the challenges that you face every day, it’s a great help to be able to draw on a network of supportive individuals...
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Hints by Niccolo Machiavelli: outsource
….Army that defends the country can be of three types: own, allied, hired or mixed. Allied and hired armies are useless and dangerous as you can’t use them as solid foundation, such armies can be as...
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