Thread by @swardley

Why aren’t Lean and Agile Collaborating? - medium.com/humanorganisin… ... soon to be followed by "Why aren't Lean and Six Sigma collaborating" annd the ever fruitful "Why aren't Agile and Six Sigma collaborating" and ... hell, here's the map. Yes they work together.

To get them to work together you have to realise

1) They are different
2) They have context
3) There is no such thing as one size fits all
4) You have to see the context to apply them

Expect shouts on how [Agile | Lean | Six Sigma] work everywhere whilst the others don't.

P.S. Before you do decide to tell me how one or the other works everywhere, I've been having this argument with all sides for fifteen years and no, I've not heard a single justification for a one size fits all approach which works.

PPS. I'm fully aware "Agile" has been management consultant "employee of the month" for the last five years despite not generally being Agile. Once execs have bought enough "Agile" in another five years, those some consultants will be flogging "Six Sigma" as the new solution.

Or maybe Lean ... roll a dice, it just won't be Agile because they'll need a new round of transformation to keep the dollars rolling in.

Just remember the first rule of IT ... if you can't see the mug then you're the mug ... and you'll be safe.

X : Who's the mug in cloud?
Me : Today? Spending vast sums building private clouds. Should have stopped a decade ago.
X : UK Gov is talking about a British cloud.
Me : Don't talk soft ... I damn well hope not. That would be real numpty move but then ... OneWeb for GPS ... hmmm.

X : What about digital sovereignty?
Me : Ever heard of physical sovereignty?
X : Of course.
Me : Do you know what's key? A map of the landscape.
X : Your point being?
Me : Don't give me some blah, blah story on digital sovereignty. Show me a map and then we can talk.

X : How do you map the landscape?
Me : Good. That's an admission that you don't have a map. If you can't see the landscape then what are you trying to be sovereign over? You're just shooting in the dark. There's a whole bunch of mappers out there (and in Gov) that can help you.

X : That agile / six sigma map, what ...
Me : That map is from 2012/13 (?) used in HS2 to produce the railway in a virtual world which was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. Go ask @GoAgileGov. This Agile vs Six Sigma was solved 15 years ago and frankly it's boring.

... oh, and I don't mean "boring" as in @elonmusk let us build all the components we need to create a sustainable population on Mars ... it's boring, as in it's 2020. Agile vs Lean vs Six Sigma which method is better? You need them all in the right context.

Zzzzzz.

I love Agile (as in XP), I love Lean, I love Six Sigma ... they are all brilliant.

I'm just feedup with people who try and argue that one method can be used to solve every problem.

Tyranny of the Agile, Tyranny of the Lean, Tyranny of the Six Sigma ... just say no to Tyranny.