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SAFe, done properly

SAFe is increasing in popularity and more and more companies decide to go through an Agile transformation and decide they want to invest in the SAFe framework. We might consider various reasons for this. First of all the visuals of SAFe appeal to organisation structure with various levels of understanding scope and responsibilities, although it’s not – it’s not a hierarchy of organisation, but rather a set of tools. Second of all, SAFe with it’s Implementation Roadmap gives a recipe for Agile transformation – a set of steps to undergo, a path at the end of which you are suddenly Agile. Again this is not the right approach as it’s a journey and you need to prepare yourself for the troubles of it. Third of all, SAFe created a training capability like few others – a number of trainings, and once more – you do a training and suddenly you are Agile, or you are no longer a command and control manager, but rather a servant leader. After a three day learning? Really?

Facilitation for the Agile World

Facilitation appears to be the next big thing. But what are its roots and what are its best applications in the world that requires constant adaptability, adjustment and innovation? In this article we will look at the roots and developments of group facilitation as well as at several techniques that can be useful for all kinds of projects, teams and organisations,

Becoming a Strategic Partner for a Client – How not to End a Project, Build Long Term Relationships, and Make Your Client Successful

All managers who read any management-related books and/or have passed certifications are very well aware of the project stages – initiation -> execution -> monitoring and control -> closure. It may look like you are a great manager if you can handle all stages properly and at the end, all deliverables are finalized, all documentation is signed off, approved, and formally transferred to the client. Both sides are smiling, shaking hands, and say goodbye. In such a case, the last stage is closure, isn’t it? And what if I tell you that our goal is not to end the project?

A dedicated sprint only for Innovation and Planning – no way, that’s too expensive

Can you imagine that every 8-12 weeks your teams stops working on the MVP of deveoped product and spend another two weeks only on innovations and further planning? If you can’t at all or you believe this is way too expensive for your organization this is an article for you. Sit calmly and let us introduce you to the concept of IP Sprint, and its main benefits. We would like to share with you some best practices as well as tips and tricks from our own experience.

How to Deal with Work When You Have a Boring Project to Deliver?

We are still fascinated with all the possibilities that working in IT has to offer. We hope that we can change the world for the better by creating the most useful and helpful application, or just create a service using the most advanced ML or AI technologies, and all those dreams are so close… But then we got hit by the reality of being stuck in a boring project working on another website or internal service that will not change anything.