Tag Archives: Agile

Business Process Models are Not Agile

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

This is the final post on the problems of business process models for automating work, and one that sums it all up:  hand drawn business process models simply are not agile enough.

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Agile Best Practice: Start with the Empty

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

A co-worker on an agile project was showing me a feature he was perfecting, and it was looking pretty good with features to add and remove various settings as per the design.   I wanted to try it.  He said “sorry, … Continue reading →

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AdaptiveCM Workshop in America for first time

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

The Sixth International AdaptiveCM Workshop will be associated with the EDOC conference this year, which will be held in Quebec City in October 2017 and is the first opportunity for many US and Canadian researchers to attend without having to … Continue reading →

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Wirearchy – a pattern for an adaptive organization?

Posted on July 28, 2014 by

What is a Wirearchy?  How does it work?  When should it be considered?  When should it be avoided?  What are the advantages?  This post covers the basics elements of a Wirearchy.

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Emergence versus Entropy in Management

Posted on December 12, 2013 by

Julian Birkinshaw professor at the London Business School had an interesting article in Forbes a couple weeks ago titled “Managing Complexity: The Battle Between Emergence And Entropy” which comes close to, but falls just short of, making a good recommendation … Continue reading →

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The Origin of Reductionism

Posted on October 11, 2013 by

I have written many times about how culturally we have a tendency to want to simplify problems, and solve the separate parts, and this is reductionism.  Scientific management is based on this idea, and it is one of the ideas … Continue reading →

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Race-cars, Drivers, and Mechanics

Posted on September 23, 2013 by

I met with a Fujitsu executive last week, and we naturally got onto the topic of software development methodology. I presented my case that it is critical that programmers know the actual customer because 90% of all decisions that effect … Continue reading →

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