Runs on PeoplePlaybooks / Process
Cadence
Do our regular rhythms help more than they cost?
Weak
Status-meeting 1:1s, silent retros, and planning sessions that turn into fights.
Strong
A few short rhythms everyone values, and the courage to cancel the rest.
Playbooks
In the works
- Meetings worth having
- Annual planning is people planning
What weak looks like in your industry
- Software and technologyStand-ups run 40 minutes and retros produce the same three actions.
- Healthcare and practicesTeam meetings get cancelled for clinics, so issues wait months.
- Accountancy and professional servicesReviews happen once a year, long after anyone can change anything.
- Manufacturing and operationsShift handovers are a rushed five minutes at the clocking machine.
- Small businessThere is no rhythm at all: everything happens in the corridor.
In the frameworks you already use
Every framework touches this dimension somewhere. Here's where.
All frameworks →- SAFeAgile Release TrainsA long-lived team of agile teams (typically 50 to 125 people) that plans, commits and delivers together.
- SAFeInspect and AdaptA train-wide retrospective and problem-solving workshop at the end of every PI.
- Shape UpSix-week cyclesLong enough to build something meaningful, short enough to feel the deadline.
- ScrumSprint RetrospectivePlan ways to improve quality and effectiveness.
- ScrumDaily ScrumFifteen minutes to inspect progress towards the goal, not a status report.
- KanbanFeedback loopsRegular replenishment, delivery and service reviews.
- OKRsRegular check-insReview progress often enough to change course.
From the blog
Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Shape Up or waterfall? Choosing how to structure the work
There's no best method, only the right fit for the work in front of you. A plain guide to choosing, and an honest word on the company that wants quarterly commitments and calls itself agile.
Seven retro formats that get past "what went well"
Start, stop, continue has stopped working because everyone knows the answers before they arrive. Here are seven formats that get a team thinking again, and when to use each.
Making hybrid teams feel like one team
When some people are in the room and some are on a screen, two teams form without anyone deciding it. How to keep one team, with habits you can start on Monday.