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It’s ok to coast through your career, just be mindful of accepting positions where you are, inadvertently or not, influential or a model...

It’s ok to coast through your career, just be mindful of accepting positions where you are, inadvertently or not, influential or a model for behaviour.

If you find yourself coasting because you’re lost, however: put on your captains hat and get to the wheel my friend.

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Bloat in products can cause poor user experiences, increased time to delivery, increased cost in maintenance, and higher interest on...

Bloat in products can cause poor user experiences, increased time to delivery, increased cost in maintenance, and higher interest on technical debt.

Bloat in organizations can cause misalignment, poor decision making, confusion over roles, increase overall cost while decreasing revenue.

#BewareTheBloat

Recently read “hence there for <insert role>” on the internet. Adding roles to an organization is analogous to adding features to...

Recently read “hence there for <insert role>” on the internet.

Adding roles to an organization is analogous to adding features to a product.

The decision to add must be driven by a need. It must also be paired with an evaluation of the existing system.

#BewareTheBloat

I engage with teams and leadership to build just enough of what input suggests your customers want, measure it, take your next best guess...

I engage with teams and leadership to build just enough of what input suggests your customers want, measure it, take your next best guess and repeat.

From getting business context to the people writing code, pair-writing product hypotheses and experiments, creating feedback loops for the people outside of product & engineering, to guiding development practices, decisions and expertise: my job is vast, but it isn't what 95% of people recognize as "agile" any longer.

You can no longer convince me "Agile" means anything but "project managers".Scrum Masters are stand-ins, development...

You can no longer convince me "Agile" means anything but "project managers".

Scrum Masters are stand-ins, development practices are completely lost, delivery is the only focus and no one on the floor has an ounce of influence, ownership or power.

It's time to move on.

If you’re thinking but what about future proofing!? First rule of coding: KISS. Spend more time reducing code complexity than on the 1000...

If you’re thinking but what about future proofing!?

First rule of coding: KISS.

Spend more time reducing code complexity than on the 1000 possible paths and solutions available.

You can and need to approach a problem from multiple angles and give time for people to actively and subconsciously consider it. So refine...

You can and need to approach a problem from multiple angles and give time for people to actively and subconsciously consider it.

So refine it, but with the goal of best implementation for what we know and need to solve NOW.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Sprints, estimation & capacity planning are not going to necessarily save you from poor communication, lack of alignment, unclear...

Sprints, estimation & capacity planning are not going to necessarily save you from poor communication, lack of alignment, unclear responsibilities, and too much upfront planning.

They might help, but they also may be too much overhead for the direct gain you’ll get from them.

Seeing a very specific pattern of overwork from specific departments?These departments are most likely misunderstood throughout the...

Seeing a very specific pattern of overwork from specific departments?

These departments are most likely misunderstood throughout the organization, have very little boundaries and possibly a lack of internal coaching or leadership.

Skill matrices, cross-departmental coaching and mentoring can go a long way. But first, if you see it - check in with the people at the ground level. They may need to know someone out is seeing their pain.

This. Similarly, I don't care about "doing agile the right way". I care that you can distinguish agility and its goals from...

This.

Similarly, I don't care about "doing agile the right way". I care that you can distinguish agility and its goals from the one-liners, headlines, and BS the people making money off your chaos continue to sell you while making negligent or harmful impact.

#LeadDontFollow

RT @viktorcessan@twitter.com@onejasonknight@twitter.com @skamille@twitter.com I think people should know there is a difference. Then i care...

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@onejasonknight@twitter.com @skamille@twitter.com I think people should know there is a difference. Then i care less what they do. Informed incompetence is a choice. And not my choice to make. Also seen that this happens for both o and krs.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/viktorcessan/status/1602953216743849986

Still sitting with the term "agile project management" Complex systems with rigid power structures and large insecurities adopted...

Still sitting with the term "agile project management"

Complex systems with rigid power structures and large insecurities adopted practices that are anti-agile while calling it agile. Many agile folk hit a ceiling - jumped on the bandwagon.

Doesn't mean it's agile.

RT @allenholub@twitter.comIf you have a PMO, I seriously doubt that you have any agility at all. I have never (in a decades-long career)...

RT @allenholub@twitter.com

If you have a PMO, I seriously doubt that you have any agility at all. I have never (in a decades-long career) seen a PMO "manage high-value work quickly and deliver results faster." In fact, they add bureaucracy and anti-agile practices that slow things down considerably. 1/2

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/allenholub/status/1603115195077103616

The horror every time I suggest this, but the nonchalance once it is done speaks volumes.RT @allenholub@twitter.comYou say you have an...

The horror every time I suggest this, but the nonchalance once it is done speaks volumes.

RT @allenholub@twitter.com

You say you have an enormous backlog? There's a great way to manage that. Just throw the whole thing out. It's liberating! If it's important, it will come back. 1/2

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/allenholub/status/1603113119383191552

This, and the thread responses. Agility within a team has near zero effect on the value delivered if the business is still in deadlines...

This, and the thread responses.

Agility within a team has near zero effect on the value delivered if the business is still in deadlines & long term planning mode. Lean delivery of decisions made months or years ago is not agile.

RT @allenholub@twitter.comIME, Agile has failed because of the complete inability of upper mgmt to make a cognitive shift. They literally...

RT @allenholub@twitter.com

IME, Agile has failed because of the complete inability of upper mgmt to make a cognitive shift. They literally can't imagine different ways of doing things. It's a complete lack of imagination and an inability to think rationally. 1/2

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/allenholub/status/1601699119654764544

I learn more in teaching moments than I ever could have through direct experience. Personal experience is entrenched with personal bias -...

I learn more in teaching moments than I ever could have through direct experience.

Personal experience is entrenched with personal bias - teaching has the ability to build empathy & challenge your own viewpoints while building & honing skills

See also: peer mentoring

RT @allenholub@twitter.comNot really. You hone your skills by teaching them. The best way to learn something is to teach the subject to...

RT @allenholub@twitter.com

Not really. You hone your skills by teaching them. The best way to learn something is to teach the subject to somebody else. Just don’t be afraid to say "I don’t know." In any event, teaching is itself is skill that you get by teaching. https://twitter.com/agileschools/status/1601245790999310336

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/allenholub/status/1601351069266632704

Shout out to all the #dataviz peeps playing with #peloton data and making it easy for me to play with this on my own!Now if only Jira data...

Shout out to all the #dataviz peeps playing with #peloton data and making it easy for me to play with this on my own!

Now if only Jira data were this easy... #lookingatyoueazybi

RT @lanadellit@twitter.combilly joel snapped on oliver and company https://twitter.com/alamanecer/status/1600540762835660800🐦🔗:...

RT @lanadellit@twitter.com

billy joel snapped on oliver and company https://twitter.com/alamanecer/status/1600540762835660800

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lanadellit/status/1600672619342495744