In the blog post, “Don’t Organize Around Projects! Choose a Better Unit of Focus to Eliminate Waste & Increase Agility,” I provided an overview of the desired set of characteristics for choosing an agile unit of focus—one that a company or organization could rally around…
When I engage companies on larger agile transformation efforts, one of the critical first steps is to define the proper unit of focus for budgeting, planning, and team organization. In this blog post I overview the characteristics that I use for determining a proper unit…
Many companies operate with a project-based focus. When a new project is authorized, often times a new team is created to work on that project. Frequently the members of this new team may have limited prior experience working with one another. In those cases, we have to…