Winning in Gran Turismo video games is accomplished by crossing the finish line first in the Gran Turismo World Cup. The Cup is a series of 5 lap races, open to any car in the game. For most of my life, I had no idea these...
Read MoreThis blog post is an invite for open discussion. If you have any insight or opinions about the content included in this post, please feel free to comment. We appreciate all feedback and welcome all input. Here begins Rev 0 AKA the rough draft of my...
Read MoreThis blog post summarizes the key points which came up in a conversation between Joe Justice and Chris Wallace discussing some challenges Chris is having with consistently and accurately estimating points for user stories in the WikiSpeed Burleson, TX, USA shop. While explaining his current experience with story...
Read MoreA good friend and former colleague recently emailed me: "What is your take on SAFe?" I thought others might enjoy our edited down email thread: Joe: "SAFe, in my opinion, gives good structure but slows and dissents inspection and adaption above the team level as the...
Read MoreAn Agile Homeroom, or centralized agile business unit, appears to be a necessary step as agility grows across a company. We are seeing this now across the 370,000 employees at Bosch, for example. Cliff Notes version of what I'm learning in this space: 1) having a clear,...
Read MoreAnnouncing WIKISPEED’s Intent to Launch Innovation Racing Series. All content is draft as of this writing, and improvements are warmly welcomed. What: A series to race innovative vehicles and sell them right off the podium. Why: Current racing series are not developing products relevant...
Read MoreAn email came in last week from a Florida area Scrum coach, checking on the three outputs of Scrum I referenced in an online course with the Scrum Alliance. This is in the context of the 3-5-3 recipe for booting up Scrum as defined in...
Read MoreJeff Sutherland recently commented on the order of the 4 values in the Agile Manifesto: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/, which is now the dominant method of delivery in software and other industries: "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over...
Read MoreWho Fires a Scrum Team?! In an Agile 1.0 organization, where a traditional management structure exists with Scrum teams in delivery roles inside the company, traditional management fires the Scrum team if they don’t perform. In an Agile 2.0 organization, where the entire company is reformed of...
Read MoreThe Culture We Expect: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools. Customer Value over Comprehensive Documentation. Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation. Responding to Change over Following a plan. (adapted from the Agile Manifesto, 2001) Useful definitions: Experts: those who aggressively collaborate to improve their dataset. –Joe Justice Intellectual Humility: Awareness that one...
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