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Category: agile way of working

  • The data warehouse is the repository for the post-transactional data

    The data warehouse is the repository for the post-transactional data

    The data warehouse is the repository for the post-transactional data

    Martyn Richard Jones

    Saintes, 20th March 2023

    Narrator: As much as I love the work of some celebrated buffoons, fools and jesters with imagination, there are some areas that they should not be allowed to invade without adequate supervision being in place.

    Dud: Pete,why do people talk such complete and utter unsubstantiated poll tax?

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  • Energising the Agile Way of Working brand and mindset

    Energising the Agile Way of Working brand and mindset

    On my way to Léon

    Martyn Richard Jones

    Brussels 10th June 2019

    Today I want to talk with you about energising the Agile Way of Working brand.

    Sadly, the Agile Way of Working movement seems to be temporarily on the wane. The adoption rate of AWOW has not risen in line with expectations. It’s stuck in the doldrums between Scylla and Charybdis. Which makes for frowns all around.

    But, me being me, I didn’t leave it at that. That’s a challenge, right there! Let’s go for it! Let’s turn those frowns upside-down

    As result, I searched for a way to help the Agile@Scale crowd out, and I eventually came up with ten amazing pieces of incredible advice on how to easily make ‘Agile Way of Working’ truly something worth having around.

    So, here we have it:

    1. First, change its name from the
      Agile Way of Working to the Agile Way of Whacking Off (Agile WOWO), you know, a
      touchy-feely way to “sex up” requirements. Bush and Blair style.
    2. Epics will be referred to as
      Dodgy Dossiers, User Stories will become Curated Jokes and Sprints will become Streaks.
    3. People working on Streaks will
      be known as Streakers, chapter members will be known as Schleppers and guild
      members will be known as Schmucks, everyone else will be referred to as Bernie
      or Helen.
    4. Every morning Dodgy Dossier Owners
      must repeat the term “Agile Operating Model” until they puke their
      guts out.
    5. All Scrum and Kanban boards are
      be replaced with life-sized wack-a-mole models.
    6. Only those kitted out as My Little
      Pony or Princess Line can use coloured post-it notes.
    7. Anyone caught using the names
      Google, Spotify, Netflix or Zappos.com will be denied the oxygen of publicity.
    8. Anyone evidenced repeating the terms
      “by design”, “learning journey” and “minimum viable
      product” will be denied the oxygen of oxygen.
    9. Anyone caught using comic images
      of rockets, astronauts or planets (including the sun) anywhere in their
      “content” will be forever referred to as a feckin space-cadet.
    10. If you can’t defecate rainbows on
      demand then you have no right being involved in Agile at Scale or the Agile Way
      of Whacking Off.

    There you have it. Ten jolly and sensible policies for a happy world of Agile at Scale and Agile WOWO.

    Many thanks for reading,

    This is Martyn Jones of goodstrat.com – THE GOOD STRATEGY COMPANY

    Until next time.

    Contact me at martyn dot jones at goodstrat dot com