In order to optimize for Better Value Sooner Safer Happier in the context of product development, there needs to be a shift from fixed, big,

In Antipattern 1.2, we saw how a capital “A,” capital “T” Agile Transformation feels to an employee like involuntary, mandatory change being inflicted upon them,

Focusing on “Agile,” “Lean,” or “DevOps” as the end rather than the means to an end is using old ways of thinking to apply new

Focus on the outcomes, on Better Value Sooner Safer Happier, as the goal, not on Agile, Lean, or DevOps as the goal.   In his

I’ve met with many organizations and leadership teams that want to undertake an “Agile Transformation.” The process usually begins in the same way. We sit

For those who choose to leverage the latest technological revolution and adopt ways of working that suit the nature of more of today’s work, the

Approaching Work Based on the Domain of Work As we’ve seen, product development, unique change, is emergent, not deterministic. The work is filled with unknown-unknowns

Most large, old, traditional organizations either used to take, or still take, a waterfall approach in the context of unique change. The word “waterfall” is

Given the importance of taking an optimal approach for the type of work, it is important to understand what agile, lean, DevOps, and waterfall are