Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited, from way back in 1955, talks about the concept that an entrepreneur who starts and … More
Category: agile
Don’t Over-Automate
There’s a lot of value in automating things in your life — making things automatic or easy to keep happening. … More
To Get to the Point, you need to Know the Point
It sometimes feels like you need lots of words/pages/slides to look/sound credible, but great communicators go through the hard work … More
It’s Tempting, but DO NOT skip Planning and Premortem
So many leaders or teams quickly move too quickly (or skip entirely) the early parts of a new project/initiative, failing … More
Continuous Quality: Enforcing Quality with DevOps Pipeline Gates
At the recent 2019 Capability Counts conference, hosted by the CMMI Institute, I presented a session related to Enforcing Quality … More
Interview with Tom Cagley re: Scaling Agile
I recently chatted with Tom Cagley on the Software Process and Measurement Podcast (SPaMCAST) about some of my experience helping … More
Books, Podcasts, and Conferences related to Designing Great Organizations
Here’s a list of books, podcasts, conferences, frameworks, methodologies, models, and other resources related to designing and building great organizations … More
Are you Running in the Right Direction?
Early in my career, I was a leadership development conference (through Lockheed’s great Engineering Leadership Development Program), where we played … More
How Opinionated are your Tools?
Organizations must intentionally determine how opinionated their collaboration tools (business systems) should be, to align with their culture and business … More
Serving Government Customers with SAFe Concepts
I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It’s a great event that … More