by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Project Management
The Crystal agile framework is built on the belief that teams can find ways on their own to improve their workflows and that every project is unique and always changing, which is why project teams know best how to tackle the work. This framework focuses on individuals...
by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Design Thinking
Imagine juggling with bean bags instead of tennis balls that have to be chased when dropped or even flame torches. Every new juggler will drop the ball in the beginning. However, organizations love ”big” ideas and they are often obsessed with analysis. Reality #1: If...
by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Project Management
Building a competitive advantage with the strategy execution framework of OPM are embedded with change management. Key factors for the strategy execution framework of OPM address critical success factors, potential barriers, lack of synergy, and the capabilities of a...
by Christian Herbst | May 20, 2022 | Project Management
Most organizations have shortened the time horizons for business forecasting and strategic planning due to the business environment’s volatility. The business environment is changing, and the rate of change is accelerating. This change is driven by the global...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is used since 2005 and is used for lean and agile development of big product groups. LeSS aims to stay within the constraints of the standard Scrum rules. This framework can be used up to eight teams of eight people each. An additional...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
The Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) advocates that projects should do just “Enough Design Up Front” in order to understand and clarify the structure of the overall solution and to create an agile plan for delivery of the project. This is seen as the key...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
The Discipilined Agile (DA) mindset is captured in the form of principles, promises, and guidelines. The principles provide a philosophical foundation for business agility. They are based on lean and flow concepts. The promises are agreements made between teammates...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Prepare the Organization for Change Preparing the organization is mostly a part of the integrator function. It analyzes the sensemaking activities required to facilitate the change and reports results to the program team. During planning, the integrator identifies...
by Christian Herbst | May 13, 2022 | Project Management
Scrum in a Nutshell 1. Create small, cross-functional, self-organizing teams. 2. Split your work into a list of small, concrete deliverables. Prioritize the items in the list and estimate their relative effort. 3. Split time into short fixed-length iteraions (max. one...