Tom PerryApr 9, 20202 minThe Post-it Note is DeadJust for fun, I’m going to keep some of my post-it notes in a box to show to my grand-kids, “Back in my day, we used to use these things to
Tom PerryAug 22, 20191 minThings I Love about Agile Management NorthwestMaybe it’s all the sticky notes and the heady odor of sharpies… The People – We attract an incredibly diverse audience. I’m not really...
Tom PerryJun 13, 20192 minWhere Do You Keep Your Risks?I’ve got a question: Where do you keep your risks? If you’re doing a project of any significance you have risks, right? That just comes...
Tom PerryMay 27, 20192 minBuilding Up and Tearing DownRecently I put on a public Leading SAFe training. This wasn’t your typical training, however. In collaboration with Ron Quartel, we...
Tom PerryMay 9, 20192 minWhy Mixins?“Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you...
Tom PerryMay 2, 20194 minCustom Hot RodOne of my favorite cars that I ever owned was a 1967 Ford Falcon. I bought it for $600 when I was in college. It really wasn’t much of a...
Tom PerryApr 30, 20193 minMy Personal Andon CordHave you heard of an Andon Cord? On the assembly line it’s that cord you yank on to stop the entire line when a problem is found. The...
Tom PerryApr 23, 20193 minA House for Hermit CrabOne of the wonderful things about being a parent is all of the children’s books you get to read. I never fail to be amazed at the...
Tom PerryApr 22, 20194 minSAFe Mix-in’s: Open SpaceOverview One of the interesting things about SAFe is how it has evolved over the years. The story there is very interesting. More so than...
Tom PerryApr 18, 20193 minSAFe Mix-in’s: Radical Co-LocationOverview One of the biggest challenges that I often encounter on SAFe transformations is dispersed teams. A dispersed team is a team that...
Tom PerryApr 17, 20193 minSAFe Mix-in’s: The Core ProtocolsOverview For some organizations that prefer to have things really well explicitly defined or proscribed, especially if they are in a SAFe...
Tom PerryApr 16, 20194 minSAFe Mix-in’s: SociocracyOverview What if you are a big fan of sociocracy or holocracy? Can you combine those practices with SAFe? Right now, when you look at...
Tom PerryApr 15, 20193 minOne Step Back, Two Steps ForwardI was confronted with a bit of a dilemma the other day. I was working out and reaching the limits of what I could lift. I could tell,...
Tom PerryApr 12, 20193 minSAFe Mix-in’s: Role by ElectionOverview Another modification to SAFe that we might make is role by election. Role by election is turning some of the role selection...
Tom PerryApr 12, 20194 minSAFe Mix-in’s: No Prep PI PlanningOverview One of the issues that I’ve seen with doing big room planning (BRP) or Program Increment (PI) planning in SAFe is often people...
Tom PerryApr 10, 20193 minSAFe: The Prescriptive MirrorThere are two attributes of SAFe that I think have really been instrumental to the success of SAFe as a framework. The first attribute is...
Tom PerryApr 9, 20194 minSAFe Mix-in’s: #NoCoachingHere’s a weird one: Today’s SAFe mix-in is called #NoCoaching (yes, I totally made that up, but hear me out). So one of the things that...
Tom PerryApr 8, 20193 minThe Inside-Out PMOBeing in a project management office (PMO) is tough. In many ways it feels like the ultimate corporate middleman role. You report to the...
Tom PerryApr 8, 20196 minSAFe Mix-in’s: Dynamic Re-TeamingThe next SAFe mix-in that I’d like to address is dynamic re-teaming. Dynamic re-teaming is a relatively radical agile innovation that...
Tom PerryApr 2, 20195 minSAFe Mix-ins: Mob ProgrammingI’d like to talk a little bit about SAFe mix-ins. SAFe mix-ins are innovative practices in the agile community that we can incorporate...