At the same time, what's the word, dismayed, with the application and evolution of various "ways of working" in my industry.
So from 27+ years of observation, reflection and participation, I've come to believe my work was always "journey" based. Get to base camp, get up to the hill etc... i.e. deliver, deliver and deliver. But when things go wrong, >>> work out a way around <<< the important bit; and what I feel Oblique Strategies might be attempting to resolve.
Its funny. When people leave projects they always reflect on the journey. Strange eh?
As such I attempted to developed a manifesto called "Push".
As in "I push the trolley around the supermarket. I push myself to exercise. I push my kids through school. Why is the creative process any different?" -- yeah, yer, corny I know (c:
"Push Manifesto is about vision, collaboration, inclusive behaviours, determination, communication, governance, learning, and above all prioritizes the journey; using waypoints over iterations and milestones, balancing desire for fit-for-purpose, targeting shared value outcomes for users and stakeholders.
Push Manifesto feeds the Maturity Model, evidence-based mindset, supporting the scientific approach daring to explore the latent space, with a pragmatic world-view."
Set yourself "waypoints" that have value. You can iterate, waterfall, tick-tock from there. However it feels best to get the ticks in the boxes.
Most projects fail, all journeys complete, one way or another.
Famously "creativity has no timeline" and forcing it tends to not satisfy the art form or the artist.
Can you use Push at work? Yes. Does it work with SAFE and Agile? Sure. Isn't it just common sense? Maybe?
- Condense your stand ups to just 2 a week top and bottom.
- Choose afternoon times not mornings. Consolidate multiple projects into these stand ups.
- Use software for card walls.
- Manage your knowledge and keep that with the assets. Do not update the card with "findings". JIRAs/workitems/ToDos/Output what ever you call shovelling dirt mutates assets.
- Kill ceremonies. Sure do reviews one-to-one or group, reflect; but inline and when it matters.
- Talk to each other. Like you're around the campfire of creativity.
At the same time, what's the word, dismayed, with the application and evolution of various "ways of working" in my industry.
So from 27+ years of observation, reflection and participation, I've come to believe my work was always "journey" based. Get to base camp, get up to the hill etc... i.e. deliver, deliver and deliver. But when things go wrong, >>> work out a way around <<< the important bit; and what I feel Oblique Strategies might be attempting to resolve.
Its funny. When people leave projects they always reflect on the journey. Strange eh?
As such I attempted to developed a manifesto called "Push".
As in "I push the trolley around the supermarket. I push myself to exercise. I push my kids through school. Why is the creative process any different?" -- yeah, yer, corny I know (c:
"Push Manifesto is about vision, collaboration, inclusive behaviours, determination, communication, governance, learning, and above all prioritizes the journey; using waypoints over iterations and milestones, balancing desire for fit-for-purpose, targeting shared value outcomes for users and stakeholders.
Push Manifesto feeds the Maturity Model, evidence-based mindset, supporting the scientific approach daring to explore the latent space, with a pragmatic world-view."
Set yourself "waypoints" that have value. You can iterate, waterfall, tick-tock from there. However it feels best to get the ticks in the boxes.
Most projects fail, all journeys complete, one way or another.
Famously "creativity has no timeline" and forcing it tends to not satisfy the art form or the artist.
Can you use Push at work? Yes. Does it work with SAFE and Agile? Sure. Isn't it just common sense? Maybe?
- Condense your stand ups to just 2 a week top and bottom.
- Choose afternoon times not mornings. Consolidate multiple projects into these stand ups.
- Use software for card walls.
- Manage your knowledge and keep that with the assets. Do not update the card with "findings". JIRAs/workitems/ToDos/Output what ever you call shovelling dirt mutates assets.
- Kill ceremonies. Sure do reviews one-to-one or group, reflect; but inline and when it matters.
- Talk to each other. Like you're around the campfire of creativity.
Anyway enjoy, links below:
- https://www.pushmanifesto.org/ - https://github.com/wisejnrs/pushmanifesto
Feel free to PR me.
Mike