(responding to Marvin, but wanting to take advantage of Mary's comments). There is a fundamental challenge and opportunity that Scrum provides that is often...
Mary, Ok... this resonates with me. The whole notion of any methodology driving "Job Descriptions", career planning, advancement/promotion and integration with...
Hello, MarvinToll.com. On Saturday, January 1, 2011, at 10:31:01 ... It could be. Do you think that a "Successful Large Enterprise" with its "rigorous Job...
Hello, MarvinToll.com. On Saturday, January 1, 2011, at 10:20:53 ... Obviously not, since there are plenty of robust self-organizing teams doing Scrum. What...
(building on Alan's comment about Scrum adoption as BCUF) I really think there is a lot we can learn once we recognize that all these great concepts we've...
I struggle also with "self-organizing", mostly because it seems clear that you can't have too big of a team and have effective self-organization around roles,...
Hi, Ok, the US Army is funny hatting Design Thinking. Eg google on "banach army design thinking" They're looking for design, adaptable, agile thinking doing. ...
... I think it depends what you mean by "self-organizing". Self-organization in the context of Scrum seems akin to self-organization in the context of a chess...
Hello, Peter. On Saturday, January 1, 2011, at 1:42:56 PM, you ... Yes, it is clearly possible to define "self-organization" in such a way that a Scrum...
Hi Peter, Great post. I don't want to add too much other then the observation that you have come at the question of "what works" from a particular perspective,...
Hi Peter, ... That's funny. I've never thought of Scrum as having strict rules. Useful principles yes, rules no. ... I don't know who is to blame, perhaps some...
Hi Paul, ... [Alfvin, Peter] I certainly have my perspective/lens, but I couldn't disagree more with your characterization of it. Since I feel like we've been...
Hi Peter, Perhaps language is serving as a barrier. My main point is that irrespective of how we characterise a perspective, all models are wrong or incomplete...
Hi Ron, ... And therefore the answer to the question Marvin posed might change from your previous response of "Obviously not" to "Yes" if this is the...
Mary, Generally I'm not a very agreeable guy... however, your words {[] are mine} reflect my thoughts: <quote> The best companies we have seen - large or small...
Ron, Do you consider it ironic that I shy away from pre-defined roles... but am an advocate of pre-defined Architecture and Design? Perhaps a principle...
Hello, MarvinToll.com. On Sunday, January 2, 2011, at 9:14:44 PM, ... No. It does often seem to me that you continue to seek reasons why your SLE is right not...
This year's Agile 2011 conference (August 7 - 13, Salt Lake City) will have a stage focusing on Embedded systems. James Grenning and I are co-producing it, and...
In practice, how often do people met software development teams that are truly self-organizing (even if they consider themselves agile)? What are they...
... Good question. Self-organized isn't just something you declare, OK you guys are self-organized. It takes time for people to grow into that level of...
The annual ACE! Conference will take place in Krakow, Poland from 31 March to 1 April and we'd like lean thinking to be well-represented in the program. If...
Hi Eb, Good question. I did once and it was the best team I've ever worked on. It came about as a bit of an accident. We were a bunch of contractors working...
Hi Catherine, Absolutely we'd love that type of a submission. There are 2 sub-topic areas that I think have a special impact on embedded teams - the fact that...
Paul - Thanks for sharing the experience. Why do you think it worked though? Because there were no managers or did it have more to do with the individuals...
Hi Paul, Your description certainly rings all the bells for what real self-organization offers. It's significant that this emerged because of the distance from...
Hi Eb, Good question. I don't know. It is only one data point, and I haven't had an opportunity to re-run the experiment :) My gut feeling is that it worked...
Ron, My position is more nuanced then described. I'm an advocate of maximum "self-organization" for requirements, roles and responsibilities. I'm an advocate...
