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Ah yes, Agile-Fall! Of course, the agility here happens by accident, because in the first week of the program increment you realize that something is much hard
by donquichotte 5y ago
Ah yes, Agile-Fall!
Of course, the agility here happens by accident, because in the first week of the program increment you realize that something is much harder than anticipated, and hundreds of person-hours of planning are thrown overboard.
- ykevinator3 5y agoIt's so true
- stefanve 5y agoI don't like SAFe for many reasons but I have seen it used successfully as an agile steppingstone. Some of the more original ideas with in SAFe (there aren't many) can even be useful. Anyway I don't think the idea of an ATO is a bad idea or anti agile. Even within an agile environment projects can exists and can be done in an agile way. Due to badly run prince2/PMI projects people are allergic to anything remotely sounding like a project. So I get the autor when he thinks of ATO == PMO == PMI == waterfall == nightmare. But for larger organisation you will properly need something like a ATO to be successful. Like anything else a badly run, top down driven ATO will fail and make life difficult for anyone involved (this is also made clear in the original McKinsey article).
- scott_middleton 5y agoNice to be understood :) I like your balanced thinking, in writing the article I was trying to be balanced as well. Unfortunately when I've seen ATOs in practice it's a band-aid to addressing the actual problems (usually leadership or leadership needing to make structural and large cultural changes).