Tag: tools
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Better Planning with Two-Sided Dependencies
Every year, teams invest massive effort in annual plans that typically fail for one key reason: dependencies. Detailed timelines, careful estimates, and beautiful roadmaps all unravel once work begins and unforeseen issues with dependencies arise. Plans are always imperfect, and estimates are always off, but in large organizations, where delivery requires multiple teams and services,…
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Using Culture as a Lens to Solve Organizational Challenges
Years ago, when dealing with a team facing lots of interpersonal issues and a lack of safety, where people were not able to work together, and nothing seemed to work, I turned to the Culture Map, created by Dave Gray, as a way to help the team map, understand, and transform their culture. Since then, I’ve frequently…
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The Team Dependency Matrix
In the large organizations I work with, dependencies are the number one blocker preventing fast flow. In these organizations that, for budgetary reasons, do annual planning, dependencies are the most significant determining factor to the success of their plans and the biggest afterthought. The tendency I see is for teams to plan their work as…
Flow Focused 