Liberated Companies by Frank Thun

Author:Frank Thun
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Books on Demand
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Agile is both a set of values and a toolbox. These can be used to “flavor” more conventional projects (e.g., stand-up meetings) and come up with tailor-made methods. Agile methods work best at level 3. Although they can be used at lower liberation levels, they are bound to conflict with the values and behaviors of the hierarchy. Level 3 examples include:

SCRUM. A rigorous, packaged application of agile methods providing a scripted environment to solve complex problems using autonomous teams. More orderly situations may lend themselves better to waterfall projects.

Crystal methods. A lightweight, scalable agile project method developed by a co-writer of the Agile Manifesto, Alistair Cockburn. Although SCRUM (developed by other co-writers of the Agile Manifesto) won the publicity battle, Crystal provides a toolbox for those wanting to escape the rigidity of SCRUM.

Scaled agile. A catch-all for methods that apply agile in large, multi-team projects, such as LeSS, SAFe, Nexus. These methods have yet to be adopted significantly in the market, perhaps because they are thought of from a bottom-up perspective (the team) and ignore the larger lessons of organizational theory.

Dragon Dreaming. A lesser-known, gamified, and somewhat spiritual method of running small projects.

Whitespace Projects. An approach to encourage and facilitate „under the radar“ projects that unfold without management‘s specific approval.

Six-week projects. All projects are six weeks long. Anything requiring effort beyond that should be a product (which itself is built across a number of 6-week projects). The key is to finish what has been started at the end of every six weeks.

Technology grooming. A variant of project portfolio management, where technology, not products, is the subject of a screening and development process. This works better with more mature organizations, as it requires the capability to run experiments.

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