Definitely, Maybe Agile

In the last couple of weeks, Peter and Dave have shared their thoughts on digital transformations and what constitutes that transformation. In this episode, they will cover the underlying piece or underlying umbrella about this, which is digital change management. They'll talk about how to move forward after implementing change.  This week's takeaways:   Make changes small enough that pe...

 Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison explore how an agile transformation is different from a digital transformation in this week's podcast. This week's takeaways: Identify what you need to change first. Leadership alone won't make it. They need the participation of the whole organization. Understand why you are making the change. Resource: Simon Sinek - Golden rule- https://youtu.be/qp...

In this week's podcast, Dave and Peter explore the fourth types of digital transformation: cultural or organizational. They explain why organizational transformation is tied to any other type of transformation and the role of leadership in those changes. This week's takeaways: Leaders have to be on board with the change. Organizational change is always present. Intuitive or deliberate. T...

 We've been talking about digital transformation this season. We mentioned the four types of digital transformations: process, business model, domain, and organizational change. Today on the Definitely, Maybe Agile Podcast, Peter & Dave will focus on domain transformation. What is domain transformation? What differs from business model transformation? Why can it be so difficult for compan...

  Previously, Dave and Peter talked about process transformation in the context of digital transformations. This week on the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, they discuss the second of the four types of digital transformation, business model transformation. They will explain some examples of the different types of business model transformation that organizations can experience. This week's ta...

On this episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast Peter and Dave will talk about the first of the 4 forms of Digital Transformation, Process Transformation. They'll discuss what it is, how to do it, and why it's important. This week's takeaways: Process transformation is probably what most people think of as a "Digital transformation" Have a clear understanding of you...

NOTE: This isn't a full episode, just an intro to the next season We're definitely excited for season 2 of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast! Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock are ready to tackle the big questions around digital transformation. What does it look like? How can we define it? Why does it all go wrong? These are just some questions they'll be exploring in the upcoming...

In this episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast Dave and Peter dive into executive decision-making. We discuss what can happen when powerful, informed people with a lot of authority and responsibility try to come together to make decisions. This week's takeaways: Pace of change – decision-making is an essential skill Emotional intelligence to recognize if we need to step back Root of l...

In this episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast Dave and Peter discuss a barrier to your workshop's success. Dominant personalities can affect group participation and limit ideas from other participants in a discussion or meeting, but don't worry because there are techniques to ensure everyone's participation. You can learn more about them in this episode. This week's ta...

In this episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave will dive into some workshop techniques for facilitation.  They outline key elements that will help you and your stakeholders get to the outcome you are looking for. This week's takeaways:  Preparation is essential  Small groups facilitate conversation  A clear understanding of the workshop's purpose is key to guiding...

 We recently talked about the mandated Return to Work policies. This week, Peter and Dave discuss the implication of that mandated approach to psychological safety. This week's takeaways: Shouldn't be a tick box issue Isn't one size fits all Stepped back and put yourself in the other person's shoes Resources: David Rock's Scarf Model-  http://web.archive.org/web/2010070502...

It's been a couple of years since people started working from home, and now the situation is leading companies to make changes again. How we're dealing with the challenge of returning to the office is the big question. This week Peter and Dave dive into the implications of returning to work.  This week's takeaways: Mandatory returns are not psychologically safe. Be transparent about...

In this week's episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave talk about the Governance of software delivery value streams. In particular, how to take into account organizational concerns like regulation and architecture while increasing your ability to delivery software faster. This week's takeaways: Governance of delivery in terms of in-process requirements. TACO: Trace...

Nowadays, training in the Agile space, in some ways, has had a bad rep. It has left a bit of a stigma around what training we need. However, people generally agree there is significant value, so can we change how we approach training? When is training valuable? In this week's episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave discuss how to make your training program effective.  T...

In this week's episode of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave talk about Nested Value Streams. They explain how to take a value stream concept that works well with a single product or service, and scale it up to an organization with hundreds of teams working on multiple products and services. This week's takeaways: How value stream thinking helps to scale up our developme...

In episode 62 of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave uncover what they mean by value streams.  This week's takeaways: Understand how your organization does things, so you can learn how to improve. Identify where to focus and how to prioritize by identifying constraints in your value streams. Optimize your organization to be able to deliver more effectively and faster. We love...

The Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast is back this week with an episode all about plans. In today's episode, Peter and Dave continue their series on the Value Management Office by talking about the importance of planning. They discuss how planning is critical to successfully executing a project and how having a structure rather than starting from a blank sheet of paper can aid the planning proc...

This week on the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave talk about VMO/ Product Office ways of working. They share their thoughts on the importance of understanding how the ways of working around a Value Management Office differ from those that we might associate with a project management office. This week's takeaways: Shift to dedicated teams (no need for resource management) Outcom...

In episode 59 of the Definitely, Maybe Agile podcast, Peter and Dave discuss the different models of governing delivery. They talk about how project management offices and value management offices approach the same problem of transparency and governance differently. This week's takeaways: Differences between models for governing delivery When and why a central office would be valuable Intensi...

In this week's episode, Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison share their insights about the decisions within an organization with technology and how we spend money from a technology perspective.  This week's takeaways: Cost of doing business in a VUCA world. The unintended consequence of strategy. Technology is a strategic partner of the organization. We love to hear feedback! If you have qu...

This week Peter and Dave debate about constantly evolving technology and what that means for the business. This week's takeaways: Let IT take care of it (it's part of your cost) Nothing is as permanent as a temporary change. Systems, assumptions, and changes cost more than you think Challenge your assumptions around TCO (e.g., depreciation) We love to hear feedback! If you have questions...

If all you care about is rushing around, you'll miss learning opportunities that might make you more effective in your delivery. This week Peter and Dave talk about the impacts of innovation as a department. This week's takeaways: Think of innovation as a culture across the organization. Innovation is everywhere. The psychological safety of making mistakes and learning from them is a fou...

This week Peter and Dave will deconstruct a quote from Tom DeMarco. "Quality takes time and reduces the quantity, so it makes you, in a sense, less efficient. The organization that optimizes efficiency recognizes quality as its enemy. That's why many corporate quality programs are actually quality reduction programs in disguise." This week's takeaways: Technology is cheap today...

Some projects never seem to end. Big upfront design results in long execution phases and eventually it becomes difficult to believe it will ever be delivered. This week, Peter and Dave discuss how to approach these seemingly never-ending projects once they are well underway. Having started this way, how can you bring it under control and apply what we know of business agility to move forwards agai...

 Learning from failure is an essential part of building your resilience. In this week's episode, Peter and Dave discuss how failure gives us the ability to improve and continually create more resilient systems. This week's takeaways: The importance of understanding the resiliency of each part of our system in context of the whole system. Failure allows us to learn, and then we can rebuil...