The Curious Case Of The Einstellung Effect And Agile
The Einstellung Effect explains some of the dynamics seen in the growth and popularity of Agile, and why the Agile is Dead movement may have missed the point.
Failure Is Not An Option
Before reading this post, I encourage you to have a go at this quick puzzle to test your problem solving. Go on, you won’t regret it! How did you do? I’ve used this challenge numerous times in various talks and workshops and I find that the majority of people follow the same pattern. They only test their hypotheses by guessing …
The Science of Kanban – Conclusions
This is the final part of a write-up of a talk I gave at a number of conferences last year. The previous post was about the science of economics Scientific Management Revisited Is scientific management still relevant for product development then? As I have already said, I believe it is, with the following clarifications. I am making a distinction between …
The Flow Experiment
I put together a small simulation for the SPA Conference this year which seemed to go well, and which I re-ran at the London Limited WIP Society, and hope to run again. You can download the materials, and this is a short write-up of how it works so people can run it and experiment with it themselves. Overview The basic …