Like many Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Agile Managers, I am beginning to understand organizations are complex adaptive systems. Some time ago I decided to dive a bit deeper into Systems Thinking. …
Systems Thinking episode #3: Mental Models
In a series of episodes, I am focusing on System Thinking. In my previous episodes of this series, I elaborated on what systems Thinking is, on the Wicked Problems Systems Thinking is trying to solve …
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Systems Thinking, Episode #2: Complex Adaptive Systems
In my previous episodes of this series on Systems Thinking, I elaborated on what systems Thinking is and on the Wicked Problems Systems Thinking is trying to solve. In this episode, I want to explore …
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How to facilitate multi-team Product Backlog Refinements
Before and during the Sprint, effort needs to be put into coordination to ensure the Scrum teams deliver a working integrated product. This situation can be improved with Multi-team Product Backlog …
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Six ingredients of agile organizational design
In this article, I want to clarify the need for agility in modern businesses and what agility in organisational design is. Today’s mainstream organisation structures are systems we inherited from the …
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Systems Thinking, Episode #1 What are Wicked Problems and why should I care?
In a series of blog posts, I want to share how you can use Systems Thinking to resolve complex problems. Systems Thinking aims at understanding and possibly solving complex problems. In this episode, …