Charting unknown Waters
The Logbook of agile tales. Navigating complexity one entry at a time.
Responsibility Bingo
Logbook Entry#15
Whose job is it to sharpen the axe? That question is already the first step away from taking responsibility. About tools, blame, projections, and the game that nobody wins.
The Westworld Paradox
Logbook Entry#14
Every agile framework runs on loops. Sprints, retrospectives, reviews, planning. But is anyone inside the loop awake?
The Addiction to Urgency (Part 2/2)
Logbook Entry#09
Planning at 100% means you're already at 150%. Part 2 asks: if you had room, would you actually use it or would the system fill it before Monday's standup?
No-Plan Agile
Logbook Entry#07
The Product Backlog is not a planning tool. It's a delivery mechanism. But what does that mean exactly? And why do most organizations skip the step that makes agile actually work?
When Done Isn't Done
Logbook Entry#06
Four people say "I’m done!" Four people mean something different. How the Definition of Done quietly became a quality checklist instead of an outcome definition.
Effort = Effort
Logbook Entry#01
Organization plans blind. They estimate effort for their own team and pretend the rest doesn't exist. Here's how a team on the edge of failure changed that.