Liberating Strategy

Liberating Strategy begins and ends with Liberating Structures (LS). They are simple rules that make it possible to include and engage every voice in shaping the future and strategy. LS can be used to not only create a different kind of strategy but also to transform the whole process of strategy-making.

Read the complete article by Keith McCandless and Johannes Schartau here: https://medium.com/@keithmccandless/liberating-strategy-6fda41f6c1

The Essence of Lean

The core idea of lean manufacturing is actually quite simple…relentlessly work on eliminating waste from the manufacturing process.

So, what is waste? It can take many forms, but the basic idea is to eliminate anything and everything that does not add value from the perspective of your customer.

Another way to look at lean manufacturing is as a collection of tips, tools, and techniques (i.e. best practices) that have been proven effective for driving waste out of the manufacturing process.

Seven Deadly Wastes

  • Overproduction
  • Waiting
  • Transport
  • Motion
  • Overprocessing
  • Inventory
  • Defects
  • Unused human potential*

Read the complete article here: https://www.leanproduction.com/intro-to-lean.html

A Day in the Life of a Scrum Master

In this blog post, Barry Overeem will share the most common question that gets asked during the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master courses. He’ll focus on the Scrum Master role and will provide an answer based on his personal experience as a Scrum Master. This for sure isn’t the ultimate answer, it’s how he has fulfilled or experienced the situation himself; https://medium.com/the-liberators/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-scrum-master-1f0c31bc07c5

The Reading List for Agile Newbies

Barry Overeem created a list of must-reads for agile newbies:

  • The Agile Manifesto
  • The Scrum Guide – Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schwaber
  • The Power of Scrum – Rini van Solingen
  • Scrum: A Pocket Guide – Gunther Verheyen
  • Succeeding with Agile – Mike Cohn
  • The Agile Samurai – Jonathan Rasmusson
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
  • The Scrum Field Guide – Mitch Lacey
  • The Phoenix Project – Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
  • Kanban – David J. Anderson
  • Clean Code – Robert C. Martin

Read his complete blogpost here: http://www.barryovereem.com/the-reading-list-for-agile-newbies/