SAFe Mix-in’s: Role by Election
Overview Another modification to SAFe that we might make is role by election. Role by election is turning some of the role selection...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 7, 2019
- 6 min
SAFe Mix-in’s: Dynamic Re-Teaming
The next SAFe mix-in that I’d like to address is dynamic re-teaming. Dynamic re-teaming is a relatively radical agile innovation that...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 2, 2019
- 5 min
SAFe Mix-ins: Mob Programming
I’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...
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Tom Perry
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
I find you can learn a lot just by walking around and looking at the spaces that teams occupy. Sometimes, a workspace is full of...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 26, 2019
- 2 min
Time Machine
OK, Mr. Peabody, where are we going today? Well Sherman, Any time I explain what Scrum or XP is, I start with time boxes. The time box...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 21, 2019
- 2 min
Pernicious Escalation
I found this lovely pairing of words in Yves Morieux’s book, Six Simple Rules. He was talking about the corrosive effect that problem...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 16, 2019
- 4 min
Painting The Spots
If you do a little reading about Scrum one of the first things that you learn are the 5 basic values of Scrum: Courage Focus Respect...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 13, 2019
- 4 min
Maxims and Manifestos
My Dad has always been a passionate outdoorsman. For him, when it comes to spending some quality time, nothing beats hunting and fishing....
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Tom Perry
- Feb 2, 2019
- 2 min
A Jury of My Peers
What if your team sucks? What if for one reason or another they just don’t deliver? It can happen for any number of reasons, but usually...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
Your Company is Not a Machine
Your organization… Your company… Your division… Your team… None of these things are a machine. In fact, if it’s made out of people, then...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 12, 2017
- 2 min
We Need a Map
“I have an existential map. It has ‘You are here’ written all over it.” -Steven Wright I happened to be in a cabin one evening after a...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 10, 2016
- 5 min
The Corn Maze Strategy
Today was our annual family visit to the pumpkin patch. We go to a local farm that is a sort of pumpkin theme park. In addition to the...
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Tom Perry
- Aug 12, 2016
- 2 min
Open Agile Management 2016
This September 16th we are going to hold a brand new conference in Seattle. It’s a conference dedicated to Agile Management. It’s for...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 27, 2014
- 3 min
Roles Considered Harmful
“Man’s role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.” – Margaret Mead So there I was talking to a team that was split across two...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 16, 2014
- 3 min
Keeping It In the Family
I was asked the other day, “Do you use Scrum at home?” It’s not the first time that I’ve been asked this question. The honest answer is:...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 16, 2014
- 2 min
Satisfaction
As some of you may know, I’m building a boat in my brother’s garage. We had a big milestone the other day: we finished painting the...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 8, 2014
- 2 min
A Team Named “Sue”
My daddy left home when I was three And he didn’t leave much to ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now, I don’t...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 1, 2014
- 2 min
Starting Swarming
“prattle without practice” ― William Shakespeare, Othello Enough prattle! All this theory is great, but how do we actually set the...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 29, 2014
- 4 min
Swarming Context
The application of Swarming as a method can be broken down into four main contexts. For each context the process of swarming is...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 27, 2014
- 2 min
Broadcast Communication
In the agile development community, we are all hip to the notion of two way communication. It can be via any mechanism you choose: email,...
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