“Not having good DevOps is a lot more expensive than having DevOps”
Mark Richards
In this enlightening podcast episode, Niko takes the reins as the host, guiding Ali, Stephan, and Mark through a rich discussion on the essence of DevOps and its implications for modern...
"In most cases, the portfolio itself is under a fog of war. You can't actually see what's going on unless you take your telescope and really zoom in on an area"
Eric Willeke
This episode concludes the initial six-part arc laying the foundations of lean portfolio management. The first...
“What’s the moment when you can help people understand the cause of some pain they’re in and offer them something that’s going to help with the pain?”
Mark Richards
Rebecca’s back from Disneyworld! Mark’s discussion with two of...
“Can you integrate, and do you do that very frequently on a cadence? Yes, then that generates learning, and so forth, and so forth! Und so weiter, und so weiter!”
Ali Hajou
Why is it important to Develop on Cadence and Release on Demand? How fast can...
"It's common for people to say they have a platform strategy that doesn't necessarily resemble a platform strategy so much as a center of dependency hell"
Mark Richards
In Episode 3, we explored the influence of Moore's Zone to Win model on understanding the portfolio ecosystem....
"Create the visualizations that are going to be useful, do some cleanup work to create the space for people to think a little more deeply, and then make sure you don't waste their time so they can put some wins on the board"
Eric Willeke
With our love of strategy off the leash in...
"I don't want to have a minnow next to a minotaur because the minnow is never going to feature in the conversation"
Mark Richards
This is the first episode where we deep-dive into strategy. Whether your portfolio is shaping a strategy or deploying one shaped elsewhere, you need tools...
"Team of teams is not a target state, but rather an opportunity for value creation and delivery"
Stephan Neck
As an SPC or other agile change agent, how do you bring the Team of Agile Teams dimension of SAFe's Team and Technical Agility competency to life in your organization? In...
"In nearly half of the cases I can think of, the things that the teams most hate providing to governance are the same things the governance team doesn't actually want and doesn't know how to tell the teams to stop providing"
Eric Willeke
This episode dives into the 'Lean'...
"First you sit in the moment, then you dance in the moment, if a little bit later."
Eric Willeke
Rebecca's in Disneyworld this week, so Eric and Mark are unsupervised again! We've both just finished our second draft of our talks for the Berlin SAFe Summit, so naturally, we start by...
"Start with questions that paint a picture of today before you try painting a picture of tomorrow"
Mark Richards
In this podcast's first episode, we lay the foundations for exploring Lean Portfolio Management. We start with a high-level overview of portfolios and their...
"Experiment like a scientist, not a mad scientist"
Mark Richards
Have you ever asked yourself, "If Innovation was an animal, which one would it be?" That's how Niko started this episode's journey into the Innovation Culture dimension of SAFe's Continuous Learning Culture competency....