timeboxing/iterations are practices. not inherent to Agile. When you require using them you liimit your choices. What you want is: quick feedback, managed WIP, visibility, quality workflow, cadence. work on those directly - lean/flow/ToC provide guidance.
nothing wrong w/ timeboxing. However, you shouldn't drive from it. Drive from flow. Timeboxing's a practice that provides discipilne &structure that may be needed. When build Scrum on flow you realize you want short cycle times for stories. Can eliminate timeboxing when useful.
most companies I talk to have more problem on missing, unclear, changing requirements than with their teams. Focusing on the teams and not portfolio/product management is like trying to put a gasoline fire out from a leaking pump without stopping the pump from leaking.
The amount of work it takes to create a framework/approach is often inversely proportional to the ease of use, fit for purpose & quality of the framework/approach. Not unlike that building high quality, easy 2use products often takes more dev time than those of lesser quality
true, people who teach & coach these approaches, must put in more effort. But the benefit to the practitioners is great - they get more skilled people presenting something that's more fit for purpose. You want your coach to be more than just 2 days of training ahead of you.
this is one of the philosophies of Disciplined Agile. The quality / simplicity is not measured in how easy it is for a professional trainer/coach to learn it, it's how easy is it for their students, mentees to learn it.
While DA is not simple in and of itself, it can be presented simply to those who are about to use it.
Also, since it's based on the theories of flow, lean and ToC, people's experience with these matches it. This enables experienced people to pick it up reasonably quickly.
Also, since it's based on the theories of flow, lean and ToC, people's experience with these matches it. This enables experienced people to pick it up reasonably quickly.
flexible products/services are more likely to be fit for purpose than preset ones. If you're a pracittioner looking for something "simple" look for someone who can devlier what's simple to you - may not be the same as what's simple to someone else.
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