Preparation always shows itself in the spontaneity of the moment." - Billy Martin One of the most controversial managers of the 1970s and 1980s was controversial NOT for his management...
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In the last entry , I reasserted the critical success factor for successful Agile project staffing is having the balanced blend of skills on the team (that is, copy Baseball). But any pr...
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ON ANY SMALL-TEAM PROJECT, AGILE OR OTHERWISE, A CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR (MAYBE OUTSIDE OF KEEPING SENIOR MANAGEMENT FROM CONSTANT MEDDLING, IT IS THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR), IS THE CA...
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IN AGILE PROJECTS, AS IN BASEBALL, YOUR FUN QUOTIENT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE "AT ELEVEN" AS A NORM, BUT TO GET THE BEST SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION, YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF BUILDI...
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GOOD MANAGERS, IN AND BEYOND BASEBALL, HAVE TO (WHAT I CALL) "ALIAS" DECISIONS AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT SPOTS TO AUTONOMICALLY PICK THE EASY CALL WHILE RESERVING THEIR CONTEMPLATIVE ENERGY F...
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MOST "MANAGERS" FACILITATING AGILE PROJECTS HAVE A CLASSIC BASEBALL PROBLEM: RESOLVING THE INTRINSIC PRESSURE BY EITHER DEFLECTING TOO LITTLE OF IT OR TOO MUCH OF IT. THAT'S A CLASSIC BI...
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SOME OF LA RUSSA'S TECHNIQUES ARE AS VALID BEYOND AGILE/LEAN ENVIRONMENTS AS THEY ARE WITHIN STRICTLY ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS SERIES , I'LL COVER A TECHNIQUE CL...
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IN THE PREVIOUS ENTRY , I USED THE EXAMPLE OF A LA RUSSA TACTIC DESCRIPTION TO DESCRIBE A MANAGERIAL ORIENTATION. IN THIS ONE, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN USE THIS VERY TACTIC, THE UNINTEN...
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ADHERING TO A PROCESS YOU'VE PROVEN WORKS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A TEAM IS OPTIMAL. BUT YOU NEED TO VARY THE USE OF OPTIMAL METHODS GENTLY AND CONTINUALLY OVER TIM...
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I planned to finish the La Russa Invention of Agile series before the year expired but family events got in the way. And while I could soldier on and deliver the product on time, it wouldn't mee...
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I'm interrupting the La Russa Invention of Agile series to share a quick and joyful book review just in time for last minute Kwanzaa and Samain shoppers to transcieve something cool. And ...
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I frequently tell my clients the (oversimplified but) actionable truth, "There are two kinds of managers: the opportunity seekers and the mistake-avoiders". One of those settings will be...
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Too many experienced managers limit their ability to adapt to rapidly-changing or even slowly-evolving decisionmaking areas because they don't keep a broad portfolio of mentors' templates...
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People managing Agile/Lean initiatives are too often reporting to the functionally naive executives who believe, or claim to believe, one can do "More With Less" , a dying but still too-...
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AGILE AND LEAN MANAGEMENT REQUIRES THE MANAGER TO BE FLEXIBLE IN ADAPTING METHODS, SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES NOT ONLY FOR "LOCAL" CONDITIONS (MEANING THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR OWN SHOP AND THE SP...
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AGILE MANAGEMENT REQUIRES PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU KNOW AND ACTING ON THAT KNOWLEDGE. AGILE MANAGEMENT REQUIRES RELENTLESS INNOVATION TO ADAPT TO EVOLVING CIRCUMSTANCES BY FIXING IT E...
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THE ONLY DANGEROUS THING ABOUT AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO TRY IT DON'T UNDERSTAND IT WELL ENOUGH TO AVOID FAILURE. The Agile MANifesto has a pillar that is the most ...
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The Intro to this series of posts exposes the generally-unknown fact that Major League manager One of the challenges of Agile product design & development is project management. The foun...
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The Intro to this series of posts exposes the generally-unknown fact that Major League manager Tony La Russa is one of the two main management sources from which Agile/Lean product develop...
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As I mentioned in the previous post , one of the key foundations of Agile and Lean management techniques is to investigate each team member's concerns and motivations and customize the way o...
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One thing Baseball management has had over 100 years of successful experience using as standard operating procedure is the understanding that each individual is to be treated "the same" ...
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When Tony LaRussa retired after the team he managed won the 2011 World Series, he was given the usual proforma respect retiring managers who have taken their teams to multiple World Ser...
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For my clients who have at least a little financial wiggle room, I counsel something viewed as pretty contrarian in the mutant form of late parasitic capitalism that's generally practiced...
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As I wrote in a previous entry, Cincinnati Reds' Manager Dusty Baker, generally seen as a medium-skilled practitioner of his trade, showed the world last Fall in the first game of his te...
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Barry Zito is one of the truly insightful rare humans in baseball who comes from a spiritual orientation. And while surprisingly little management wisdom comes from most spiritual thinkers, thank...
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