3 ms·
Yes, something unexpected should change things. I'm not talking about those situations. The situations I'm describing are artificial. The only thing that change
by JamesSwift 4y ago
Yes, something unexpected should change things. I'm not talking about those situations. The situations I'm describing are artificial. The only thing that changed in my scenario is people started getting antsy and playing politics to get their thing more attention than some other thing, both of which were discussed and prioritized in the very detailed all-hands I'm referring to. Or some higher-up asked about when something was going to be done and that spooked the product owner.
In the size of org that does SAFe, I would argue the real "unexpected" priorities that come in and require shifting significantly are few, and likely regulatory. And if you are in that sort of business environment then that unexpected stuff is also theoretically accounted for in the PI planning!
- sanderjd 4y agoI think more different kinds of organizations have started doing SAFe than you think! I agree that both real priority shift / additional information based changes and also politically and paranoia motivated changes occur, but I don't think it's as straightforward or obvious how to differentiate one from the other as you seem to be implying. I'm sure many of the clear cut priority shifts based on new information to me have been the obvious politically or fear motivated changes to other people with different context than me. Personally, I just think a better solution is to prioritize detailed work immediately before it is done, whenever possible.