
This booklet is an updated version of the Agile Operating System, developed for a multi-value stream business unit, and implemented in their quest for business agility.

This booklet is an updated version of the Agile Operating System, developed for a multi-value stream business unit, and implemented in their quest for business agility.

This is the second booklet in my agile musings series: Beyond Agile – Essays on Effectiveness, Flow, and the Limits of Methodology, and it captures my views on how the actual state of Agile can be improved at the organizational level. It contains a series of essays and posts that invite the reflection about ways to leverage the agile philosophy and ways if thinking.

Agile methodologies promise flexibility and responsiveness, yet many organizations find themselves trapped in rigid adherence to agile “correctness” at the expense of actual effectiveness. This phenomenon—where doing agile “right” becomes more important than achieving business outcomes—represents one of the most pervasive challenges in modern software development.
Continue reading “The Agile Orthodoxy Trap”
This post is inspired by the problems encountered coaching a solution delivery stream where Conway’s law was in practice: there was a lack of alignment between product architecture, organisation structure, and development teams.
Continue reading “How to Structure Teams and Products for Speed”