Karl Scotland – Using Agility Strategically
Karl Scotland – Using Agility Strategically
I’ll be at Agile2011 again this year presenting a couple of sessions. Here are the details if you’d like to come along and take part. Flow Games When: Wednesday 10th August, 11:00-12:00 Stage: Hands-on Learning Venue: LA Olympus Session Type: Workshop Audience: Introductory URL: http://program2011.agilealliance.org/event/a29c520db5d7bf4649bb9538adc6d1cf Designing a Kanban System for the Enterprise When: Thursday 11th August , 13.30-15.00 Stage: Enterprise …
I previously wrote about the Ball Flow Game I ran at the Scrum Gathering in Amsterdam. I’ve updated the game quite a bit since then and its stabilised into something I’m finding very useful when I work with Kanban teams to help them understand some of the concepts behind Kanban Thinking. I hope this write-up enables others to use and …
I’ve recently been using a newer language to describe the model I apply when introducing Kanban to teams, which has been generally working well. I now talk about: Studying – understanding the current system structure Envisioning – creating a common mental model of the system Limiting – bringing the system under control Sensing – having an awareness of the system’s …
This year the LeanSSC are running a series of conferences which have been created to give local audiences more convenient access to similar and related content without the need to travel extensively. While each event will have its own unique flavour and presenters, the similarity in timing allows for some overlap, and we are encouraging people to choose the event …
After Limits to Success and Shifting the Burden, we now come to Tragedy of the Commons. I live in the seaside town of Brighton in the UK. On the rare weekends when we have hot weather it is popular to go down to the beach. Everyone gets in their cars and drives into Brighton expecting a quiet, relaxing day on …
Following on from a look at the Limits to Success system archetype, lets now look at the Shifting the Burden archetype. I like my coffee in the morning. In fact I usually need a good cup of coffee before I start to feel human. Some days I like a coffee to start the afternoon as well, and occasionally I’ll have …
In March this year I gave this keynote at the Rally Agile Success Tour in London. This is a video of the talk, followed by a write-up. The slides can be downloaded from here. People don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. Simon Sinek says that this is the fundamental reasoning behind what he refers to …
Some info about a couple of conferences coming up I’m particularly looking forward to. At both, I’m going to be talking about Visualising System Archetypes, which will build upon my recent posts about Systems Thinking and Systems Archetypes to explore how visualisation patterns can show, understand and deal with different patterns of system behaviour. Here’s the abstract: Many organisational challenges …
In a previous post I introduced the idea that Kanban can play a role in Systems Thinking and understanding System Archetypes. In this post I’ll describe system archetypes in some more detail, and describe the Limits to Success archetype. Balancing Feedback Balancing feedback will stabilise a system’s behaviour. For example a thermostat is a balancing feedback system where the temperature …
A couple of weeks ago I got involved in another conversation about the appropriateness of the software development community’s use of the name Kanban. This comes up every now and again, and I usually sympathise and try and talk more about the higher level system, as in the Toyota Production System. This time, however, I had a different thought. While …