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An addendum to Chapter 2 of Wholehearted

More specifically, to the section Dysfunction 4. Less than the sum of its parts:


There’s a variation of “Less than the sum of its parts” that I could have called out separately as “Can’t see the wood for the trees”, but really it’s the same thing, just with a reminder of Chapter 1’s progress problem. Teams are well coached, things run smoothly, they’re highly transparent about their progress,

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“If “improve collaboratively” is about how change is driven, then “evolve experimentally” is about how it is conducted.”
Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“Doesn’t Kanban mean abandoning iterations and other elements of Scrum? This is a serious misconception. Kanban is the start with what you do now method; we would be the first to warn you not to drop aspects of your current process in an uncontrolled fashion. However, it would be dishonest of us to pretend that your pursuit of flow won’t at some point test your commitment to timeboxes, story points, and the like. How you and your organization deal with that will be a matter of choice.”
Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“the next time you are surprised and frustrated by what looks like a failure of an individual or a failure of the process, ask if it could be explained instead as a failure to collaborate effectively. Turn”
Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

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