Adopting the phrase is easy. Building a trustworthy system is where the work begins “If you only quantify one thing, quantify the Cost of Delay.” Don Reinertsen “The performance of a system doesn’t depend on how the parts perform taken separately, it depends on how they perform together, how they interact.” Russell L. Ackoff Release on Demand is easy to describe and much harder to make real. Most organizations are not struggling because they disagree with the idea. They would

“Constantly” is a frequency. Release on Demand is control “If you only quantify one thing, quantify the Cost of Delay.” Don Reinertsen "The performance of a system doesn’t depend on how the parts perform taken separately, it depends on how they perform together, how they interact.” Russell L. Ackoff I’ve noticed a predictable pattern when organizations start talking about SAFe. Someone hears “Release on Demand” and translates it into: “We release constantly now.” That inte

You have to change in a fast moving environment! “A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.” W. Edwards Deming “The performance of a system depends more on how its parts interact than on how they perform taken separately.” Russell Ackoff When Agile first began to gain traction, it felt different. Project managers and CTOs could see the value quickly. Short feedback cycles produced usable results sooner. Teams that were trusted to make local decisions moved faster a

When enthusiasm outruns systems thinking. “A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.”  W. Edwards Deming “Optimization of parts does not optimize the whole.”  Russell Ackoff In an earlier post, I argued that iterative and incremental  are not project life cycles. They are execution patterns. I covered that distinction in detail there, so I will focus here on why it matters once organizations try to scale. If you are interested in that article, it is here:...

I was always curious about the difference between SAFe® and the Disciplined Agile Framework®. I currently have the PMI Agile Certified...