Category Archives: cynefin

The Deliberate Discovery Workshop

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

This is a pretty simple workshop which I ran at Agile 2011 and have run as part of my BDD tutorial since. It usually gets people thinking differently, so I thought I’d share it with you too. Some teams have … Continue reading →

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LSSC 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

A lot of times when I go to conferences, I’ve already got a slew of half-formed ideas and thoughts from the amazing communities with whom I hang out. The conferences have been fantastic for helping me refine and validate those … Continue reading →

Posted in conference, cynefin, deliberate discovery, kanban, lean | 8 Comments

Cynefin for Devs

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Every now and then, someone comes up with a new way of looking at the world that becomes the next fashionable thing to do. Every time I’ve seen this, there’s usually a space of time in which a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Real Cost of Change

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

We have a strange desire for control. I was in a planning meeting with my project manager and several of the devs. “What happened?” the project manager said. “Why did this one story take so long?” “There was some functionality … Continue reading →

Posted in breaking models, cynefin, learning, spike and stabilize, testing, uncertainty | 13 Comments