http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/04/8-sustainable-and-successful-top-10-characteristics-of-an-agile-organization/ Adopt, Scale and Succeed with Agile Development Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/04/8-sustainable-and-successful-top-10-characteristics-of-an-agile-organization/#comment-2251 Ryan Martens Wed, 06 May 2009 18:49:34 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=1748#comment-2251 Brendan, (Thanks for the comment) Balancing the short-term and the long-term is a never ending battle for a business and for most individuals. I think it starts with view about the game you are playing. Are you playing the infinite game or the finite game? (credit Alistair Cockburn for that concept.) If you are playing the infinite game your tendency will be towards sustainable pace, with exceptions as needed. So, I believe your thinking models including sensibilities, perceptions and guiding ideas drive a culture toward sustainable pace. Agile concepts around capacity based planning gated by historical velocity are simply practices to help you keep the balance. Of course, folks who believe in "planning to get lucky" (credit Lee Devin and Rob Austin for that term) believe you should put slack in your schedule to increase your agility and innovation opportunities too. Certainly a good topic for a future blog post. Ryan Brendan, (Thanks for the comment)
Balancing the short-term and the long-term is a never ending battle for a business and for most individuals. I think it starts with view about the game you are playing. Are you playing the infinite game or the finite game? (credit Alistair Cockburn for that concept.) If you are playing the infinite game your tendency will be towards sustainable pace, with exceptions as needed. So, I believe your thinking models including sensibilities, perceptions and guiding ideas drive a culture toward sustainable pace. Agile concepts around capacity based planning gated by historical velocity are simply practices to help you keep the balance. Of course, folks who believe in “planning to get lucky” (credit Lee Devin and Rob Austin for that term) believe you should put slack in your schedule to increase your agility and innovation opportunities too. Certainly a good topic for a future blog post.
Ryan

]]> http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/04/8-sustainable-and-successful-top-10-characteristics-of-an-agile-organization/#comment-1671 Brendan Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:51:12 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=1748#comment-1671 Ryan, how do you balance meeting revenue goals with creating a sustainable pace for your team? Is this a planning issue, cultural, other? Sometimes to meet revenue targets one must go beyond their capacity. It is very difficult to say to your (insert whomever you are reporting financials to, board, ceo, etc), there was additional revenue to be won but our team is maxed at current capacity. What can a person do in a scenario like this? I would be interested to hear your perspective on this, maybe in a future post. Ryan, how do you balance meeting revenue goals with creating a sustainable pace for your team? Is this a planning issue, cultural, other? Sometimes to meet revenue targets one must go beyond their capacity. It is very difficult to say to your (insert whomever you are reporting financials to, board, ceo, etc), there was additional revenue to be won but our team is maxed at current capacity. What can a person do in a scenario like this? I would be interested to hear your perspective on this, maybe in a future post.

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