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W. Edwards Deming is credited with saying,

• “a bad system will beat a good person every time.” 

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No, not the book by Orwell.

This post is about a prioritization methodology from the year 1984. That’s when the first Franklin Quest day planner was introduced to the world with the classic layout:

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Agile, Lean & Exceptional Value Delivered in Sweden

Culture eats everything for breakfast, lunch and dinner!!!

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Using the Flow Leadership Framework to heal broken projects

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Mastering the Transformation Basics is Simple, it’s just not Easy!

Back on 09 Sept 2020 … I got some really great feedback from Alistair Cockburn, so that is integrated that into this post … thanks Alistair!

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Although Einstein is credited with the following quote (it’s disputed he ever said it), the axiom is still true:

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Ron Jeffries once quipped:

• “Scaled Agile must be simple — or it isn’t Agile.”

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Have seen the following statement so many times, it’s time to respond: 

• “All frameworks are wrong, some of them are useful (a variant of All models are wrong but some are useful).” 

This statement simply isn’t true & I disagree with it.

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Jeff Sutherland is credited with having said, “…that absolute alignment of purpose and trust is something that creates greatness.”

Great quote and simple idea. But, simple is seldom easy.

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It’s great that Simon Sinek, in a video from a few years back, agrees that Vision comes first. He defines Vision as a “just cause,” something for which you are willing to sacrifice. He also describes the Why as the foundation of a house (i.e. its history) and the house to be built on top as the Vision (i.e. future).