Author Archives: Liz

How do you terminate a project in your org?

Posted on July 18, 2016

We all know that when we do something new, for the first time, we make discoveries; and all software projects (and in fact change efforts of any variety) target something new. (You can find out what that is by asking, … Continue reading →

Posted in business value, capability red, deliberate discovery, real options | 1 Comment

On Learning and Information

Posted on May 31, 2016

This has been an interesting year for me. At the end of March I came out of one of the largest Agile transformations ever attempted (still going, surprisingly well), and learned way more than I ever thought possible about how … Continue reading →

Posted in learning models, scale, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Correlated in Retrospect

Posted on May 9, 2016

A few  years back, I went to visit a company that had managed to achieve a high level of agility without high levels of coaching or training, shipping several times a day. I was curious as to how they had … Continue reading →

Posted in complexity, cynefin | 4 Comments

BDD: A Three-Headed Monster

Posted on December 14, 2015

Back in Greek mythology, there was a dog called Cerberus. It guarded the gate to the underworld, and it had three heads. There was a great guy called Heracles (Hercules in Latin) who was a demi-god, which means he would … Continue reading →

Posted in bdd, deliberate discovery, stories, testing | 4 Comments

Capabilities and Learning Outcomes

Posted on September 17, 2015

When I started training, I taught topics. Lots of topics! Nowadays, thanks to some help from Marian Willeke and her incredible understanding of how adults learn, I get to teach capabilities instead. It’s much more fun. This is how I … Continue reading →

Posted in bdd, learning models | 3 Comments

On Epiphany and Apophany

Posted on September 9, 2015

We probe, then sense, then respond. If you’re familiar with Cynefin, you know that we categorize the obvious, analyze the complicated, probe the complex and act in chaos. You might also know that those approaches to the different domains come … Continue reading →

Posted in cynefin, real options, uncertainty | 9 Comments

Negative Scenarios in BDD

Posted on June 19, 2015

One problem I hear repeatedly from people is that they can’t find a good place to start talking about scenarios. An easy trick is to find the person who fought to get the budget for the project (the primary stakeholder) … Continue reading →

Posted in bdd | 3 Comments