I feel sad every time a developer tells me they hate agile. no, you hate micro managed scrum. I hate that too.
Too many times I've seen Scrum rituals and rites take precedence over people and learning. Agile is not replanning every 2 weeks. Agile is not Scrum. Agile is not ritual.
Agile is learning. Agile is change. Agile is being focused on the north star while delivering progress toward said north star. Agile is many ways to go forward, not one.
@aperkel All I could think about was "Think of the customer!"
Well said.
Out of everything I've been apart of, Scaled Agile is still the most complete system. Flawed, but compared to ... well anyway, this is quickly going to turn into a "better of a beer" discussion :)
@aperkel I don't know anyone that doesn't have issues with SAFE.
Having said that, we reduced carryover and improved delivery by 15 - 20 % in 9 months. It was impressive.
We worked very hard to integrate into the existing structure and to improve comms between Architects, PdM's, POs and the rest of the folks.
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@DrJekyll I like some things of SAFe: notably the focus on the north star, slightly longer than a sprint planning and BRP can be a great thing for hybrid/remote teams. The hyper focus on work priority and the space to create left open for the teams.
What the SAFe group added though - the overhead and process - is designed to get in the way of delivery (in my mind). I think I lost count of all the roles they've added!
I'm assuming your experience was with 10-20 teams?
Allison
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