Mike Lyons

Helping teams reduce lead time, increase productivity and recover their sense of humanity by teaching them lean agile ways of working, in the flow of work.

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@agileschools John - we looked at it but chose Thinkific instead. Happy to chat. Hit me on LI if you want to hear about it.

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Actual quotes from people in PI Planning -

“The only thing I wish we would’ve done differently…

I wish we would’ve started doing this at the beginning of the project 3 years ago.” - Sr. Director, PMO

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Why you should do the 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 amount of work possible.
Now listen, I'm not a lazy person. I work super hard.
But I often see people and teams overburdened with massive amounts of work piling up in front of them.

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I don't prepare for meetings anymore.

No reading ahead.

No preparing a presentation

Nope... I just show up.

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Most of my agile peeps hate projects.

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You cant be agile if you only sell projects.

You can do agile, like have backlogs, and events, and boards sprints and stuff, but you cant be agile.

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Feedback - The breakfast of champions.
Kanban Practice #5 - Establish Feedback loops.
Feedback loops in Kanban occur on an ad-hoc basis to optimize the flow of work.

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Seriously - Agile delivery isn't just about Scrum!
There are several other agile methodologies and frameworks that teams can use to take an agile approach to delivery.

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Is Kanban right for interrupt-driven team?
Kanban is a pull-based system that focuses on limiting work in progress (WIP) and optimizing the flow of work. Kanban does not prescribe fixed iterations or time boxes, allowing teams to prioritize work based on the most important items

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Evolution or Transformation?

Kanban is often described as an evolutionary change because it focuses on continuous improvement through incremental changes and starting where you are at.

No new roles.

No new meetings.

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📢 Attention Agile Practitioners! 🚀
Are you tired of constantly battling scope creep on your projects?

Well, here's some good news: scope creep isn't really a thing on agile programs! 🤯

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there is no such thing as scope. Instead, there is only understanding.
When Neo asked how he did it, the child replied, "Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no spoon."

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I was addicted to meth.

I got thrown out of college.

I drank too much.

I got fired from a bank for stealing.

My wife was on the doorstep with my kids and told me she was leaving.

And my life was on the brink of destruction.

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"You cant do agile in firm fixed scope projects. You're not agile, you're just using agile words."
I mean I get it... When you commit early to a fixed scope, and the inevitable scope changes occur as we progressively elaborate, it's an issue.
But it isn't an agile issue.

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Do you measure takt time in Scrum?
Takt time is a lean manufacturing concept that refers to the available production time divided by the customer demand for a particular product or service.

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Lead time measures the total time taken for a work item to complete, from initial request to final delivery, while cycle time measures the time taken to complete the actual work on the item, excluding any idle time or delays in the workflow.

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Fellow Scrum Masters - Do you track lead time by work item type?

I highly recommend Scrum teams prioritize understanding the lead-time per work item type, even though this is typically reserved for kanban teams.