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Videos from Lean Agile Scotland 2013 are now up

The videos from Lean Agile Scotland 2013 are now up on Vimeo – see https://vimeo.com/channels/lascot13 The video of my talk on The Responsibility Process™ is available at https://vimeo.com/76096772 .  It might help having the slides to read along to – … Continue reading

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LAS2013 Thoughts: Real Options

Chris Matts gave a keynote at Lean Agile Scotland 2013 about Real Options. Options have value. Options expire.  Don’t commit before you have to. There is value in keeping options open as long as possible. Ideally you want to be … Continue reading

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LAS2013 Thoughts: Optimise flow instead of resource usage

The next in my series of posts on Lean Agile Scotland 2013. Another common theme was that it is more efficient and valuable to optimise flow than optimise resource use. Don’t try to keep everyone busy all the time.  Allow … Continue reading

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LAS2013 Thoughts: Processes have to be tailored

Lean Agile Scotland 2013 was an inspiring conference, and I have assorted thoughts coming out of it. I’ll summarise them in a series of posts. This is part 1. A common theme running through the conference this year was that … Continue reading

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Lean Agile Scotland 2013 – Day 1

Wow – what an inspiring day. Congratulations to @chrisvmcd and the team @LeanAgileScotland for a great conference day 1 – and thank you for trusting me with my first ever conference presentation! Hope I didn’t get too many red cards… … Continue reading

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Follow-up to How do you “push responsibility down” and “empower the team”

Thank you to everyone who came to the talk today at Lean Agile Scotland #LAScot13. I was delighted (and relieved) to have a full room, and thank you for engaging with me in the discussion during and afterwards. In summary: … Continue reading

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How do you “push responsibility down” and “empower the team”?

“Measure up, push responsibility down.” That’s one phrase which has stuck with me ever since Mary and Tom Poppendieck taught the Lean Software Development course in Glasgow in 2004. At the time I nodded sagely. It seemed to make sense. … Continue reading

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Lean Agile Scotland 2013

Lean Agile Scotland 2013 is only 2 weeks away! 19th-20th September, once again in Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. And  if you quote code LASCOT13IBH when you order your tickets, you can get 10% off. But hurry – this discount only lasts … Continue reading

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