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STRAIGHT TALK: Agile@Scale is bullshit by design

06 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Inform, educate and entertain.

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agile, Agile at Scale, Bullshit by Design, Data Myths, data-strategy, IT Strategy, Laughing at Big Data

It takes courage to makes things simple.

E. F. Schumacher

To begin at the beginning

To paraphrase the advertising legend Bob Hoffman: ‘Just when you thought that if evangelists for Agile were to generate one more ounce of bullshit, the entire fucking solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations.’

And how do they do that? Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll let you into a little secret about this Agile@Scale stuff, including a brief tour of some of the miscellaneous, spiced-up and vainglorious crap-on-the-side that accompanies it.

But first, a quick look at Agile.

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STRAIGHT TALK: Agile@Scale is Bullshit by Design

21 Tuesday Apr 2020

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Inform, educate and entertain.

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agile, Agile at Scale, Bullshit by Design, Data Myths, data-strategy, IT Strategy, Laughing at Big Data

Martyn Richard Jones

San Martiño de Bandoxa

21st April 2020


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STRAIGHT TALK: Agile at Scale is Bullshit by Design

28 Tuesday May 2019

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in agile, agile@scale, All Data, Architecture, Assets, business strategy, Dogma, IT strategy, Strategy, structured intellectual capital, Value

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agile, Agile at Scale, Bullshit by Design, Data Myths, data-strategy, Enterprise Data, IT Strategy

cropped-p4010326.jpgMartyn Richard Jones

Bruxelles 28th May 2019

To begin at the beginning

To paraphrase the great Bob Hoffman. Just when you thought that if evangelists for Agile were to generate one more ounce of bullshit the entire fucking solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations.

And how did they do that? Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Agile at Scale with all the miscellaneous, spiced-up and vainglorious crap-on-the-side that accompanies it.

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