This article highlights practices to avoid and alternatives to try, so you can understand where your teams stand today and identify collaborative practices worth adopting. Introduction How do teams work together to build a product? In self-managing teams, how they work is up to the team. That doesn’t mean they...

Introduction Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every corner of our lives, including the job market and the professions we’ve long considered uniquely human. Agile coaching and Scrum Mastering are no exception. Parts of these jobs, often the ones that were poorly or superficially defined in the first place, are far...

Introduction It is easy to build a product. It is hard to build a lasting and maintainable product. To build a sustainable, healthy product development organisation, it is key to understand the types of work that are going on and find the appropriate balance. For the last four years, the...

Systems Thinking · LeSS · Modelling as conversation Sisko: A Conversation Starter for Systems Modelling Systems modelling is not about producing the perfect picture. It is about helping people talk together about the system they are part of. Inspired by Wolfgang Steffens’ work on Sisko and systems modelling. In LeSS...

There’s a hidden assumption behind most organizational charts and role descriptions — one that shapes how work, teams, and even people are designed. It’s the belief that knowledge is fixed, that what someone knows defines what they can contribute. That’s why we hire specialists, build silos, and admire deep expertise....