Tom PerryMar 2, 20192 minRisk MappingRecently I’ve been reading Simon Wardley’s book on strategy mapping. I’m finding it to be some of the best writing on strategy that I’ve ever come across, so...
Tom PerrySep 7, 20141 minWhen Impediment Management Won’t WorkI stumbled across Pawel Brodzinski’s blog on Software Project management. In “Why Kaizen Boards (Typically) Don’t Work” he talks about the importance of havi...
Tom PerryJan 22, 20122 minDeveloping Games Fosters an Experimental MindsetSo, for the past week or so, I’ve been developing the Impediments Game. You can see some of my efforts: interation 1, iteration 2, Interlude, and Iteration 3...
Tom PerryJan 21, 20122 minDeveloping the Impediments Game – Part 4So today was a day to make a few changes and take stock of where things are at. The first change I wanted to make was to double the length of the game from 2...
Tom PerryJan 19, 20122 minDeveloping the Impediments Game – An InterludeI know what you’re probably thinking by now: MORE on this silly game? Well, yes (I’m so embarrassed). You see, it just gets more interesting as I continue to...
Tom PerrySep 1, 20102 minIntroducing Change in Stable EnvironmentsIntroducing change to an organization can be very challenging. This is especially true when the organization is quite stable to begin with. For example, if t...
Tom PerryApr 10, 20102 minInspectionI’m reading Ellen MacArthur’s book, “Taking on the World”. She is arguably one of the greatest sailors around. It’s her story of her life leading up to and i...
Tom PerryApr 9, 20101 minImpediment Burndown?This post on agile risk management from Mike Cohn absolutely blew me away. This is brilliant! The risk burndown chart is so obvious, so clear, that it takes ...