The Strategic Necessity of Enterprise Architecture in SAFe

Overview The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) excels at coordinating delivery across multiple teams and focuses on execution. In contrast, Enterprise Architecture (EA) delivers the framework which develops the capabilities which are necessary for planning and execution. Large-scale agile transformations often hit a "complexity ceiling" which cannot be understood and handled without EA concepts, methods and … Continue reading The Strategic Necessity of Enterprise Architecture in SAFe →

Jugaad takes agile to the extreme

Introduction Jugaad is an attitude towards delivery which originated in India and consists of three simple tenets: Humility: use whatever works without prejudice Openness: keep your options open Frugality: small expenses keep regrets small Jugaad is agility taken to the extreme and most suitable for projects with a high degree of change, risk and uncertainty. … Continue reading Jugaad takes agile to the extreme →

Of Babylonian kings or why technical users in user stories are OK

Every time a technical system impersonates a human in a user story, God drowns a kitten in an agile waterfall.-- Unknown User stories are supposed to advocate the user's view on a system's behaviour. Whatever technical systems which interface with "our" system think or do does not interest us. But why then is it so … Continue reading Of Babylonian kings or why technical users in user stories are OK →