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The Use and Misuse of Little's Law and Central Limit Theorem in Agile

Little's Law and the Central Limit Theorem are used many times in agile software discussions when speaking about flow processes based on Deming's principles. These discussions usually start by quoting something from a summary of Little's Law or the Central... Read more →

Can Enterprise Agile Be Bottom Up?

Much of the objection to SAFe comes from its seemingly Top Down paradigm. Many agile voices object that this approach is not agile, in the way they define agile - individual teams making their own decisions about what to do... Read more →

All Project Work is Probabilistic Work

When we hear about new and possibly innovative ways of improving the probability of success of project work, ask this simple question... How Do I Make Your Suggestion Actionable on My Project? With the answer to that question in some... Read more →