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Talks 17.11.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Denis Salnikov | Evolutionary Org Design with LeSS - PandaDoc experience.

Dive into the insightful presentation by Denis Salnikov, Agile Coach at PandaDoc from the Talk…

Talks 01.12.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Craig Larman | Do you have the authority to design an adaptive organization?

Dive into the keynote presentation by Craig Larman from the Talk LeSS: https://talkless.pl/…

Talks 06.11.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Konrad Grzegory | LeSS in gamedev. When LeSS meets creativity

Dive into the insightful presentation by Konrad Grzegory, Agile Coach at CD Projekt Red from the…

Talks 25.10.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Tomasz Wykowski | Lean Software Development - what can we learn from Toyota?

How can concepts from factories be used by knowledge workers? Or maybe, these two words differ too…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 25.10.2023

Get Agile #25 | Leadership Agility for better decision making | Pete Behrens

Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita meets with Pete Behrens, a Leadership Coach and Founder of the Agile…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 06.10.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Krzysztof Niewinski | Seeing the Whole: Systems Thinking as Your Superpower.

Ever wondered why some problems stubbornly persist and corrective actions backfire? Noticed how…

Krzysztof Niewinski

Talks 28.08.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Jürgen De Smet | From Good to Great: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement.

Dive into the insightful presentation by Jurgen De Smet from the Talk LeSS: https://talkless.pl/…

Talks 22.09.2023

Talk LeSS 2023 | Agata Sobek-Kreft | When you hit your head on the ceiling

Dive into the insightful presentation by Agata Sobek-Kreft from the Talk LeSS: https://talkless.pl/…

Talks 08.10.2019

Outcome based Product Backlog

Many organisations are so focussed on delivering features that they tend to forget the outcome or…

Talks 03.12.2021

Building Block for Self-Organization

Self-Organization is the key to success in Agile.

Talks 18.12.2014

Beyond Metrics

Talk delivered at AgileByExample 2014.

Mary Poppendieck

Talks 17.04.2016

Impossible Problems - Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Two decades ago, a new generation of software engineers discovered that the Internet created the…

Mary Poppendieck

Talks 27.09.2016

Lean Organization, or what's slowing you down?

How fast can you deliver your software? When time-to-market is a success factor, we’re looking for…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 02.03.2017

Impact Mapping with Innovation Games

Impact Mapping is a lightweight method for strategic planning in product and project development.

Talks 11.04.2017

Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) case study in Poland

Greg share how LeSS can serve as a very adaptable scaling framework, and one that requires courage…

Talks 30.03.2018

Four Metaphors For Lean

Sometimes lean principles are easier to understand when we find them operating in completely…

Mary Poppendieck

Talks 07.06.2018

Agile Lean Leadership

Many talented and qualified people have attempted to come up with a consolidated view of how…

Talks 25.09.2018

How organisations go nuts

Many of us are operating in an organization that has a very complex structure and there is a reason…

Talks 21.11.2018

Three reasons, why your product development fails

“Far, far away…Customer exactly knew what he needs…Team exactly knew how to build it…And…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 06.11.2018

Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power

You are more powerful and able than you usually give yourself credit for. That’s what The…

Christopher Avery

Talks 07.04.2019

Why Should Most Organisations Ditch Scrum!

Thanks to HBR, McKinsey and more of those, Agile has become mainstream but is it Agile?

Talks 24.04.2020

Maximum Impact, Minimum Effort

A big government IT project delivered two years ahead of schedule. A fraud detection initiative…

Talks 23.11.2020

Resilience is not a Luxury

Digital disruption has hurt a lot of companies: Film companies like Kodak and Fujifilm, Telecom…

Mary Poppendieck

Talks 09.11.2020

Agile Manufacturing

The speed of New Product Development and New Product Introduction is related to the agile management…

Talks 23.11.2020

Kicking off an effective coaching engagement

Starting a new engagement with an organisation effectively is likely to create the foundations for…

Talks 02.11.2020

How and Why Leaders and Management Must Lead Agile Transformations

Often leadership gives the edict to their organizations to "Go agile," but why is leadership and…

Talks 23.11.2020

What did we learn when visiting the Toyota factory?

Toyota is well known for its production system that was an inspiration for the Lean movement.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 22.04.2021

Is Product the New Misused Agile Term?

When you hear “product” or “product owner” what comes to mind in your context? A temporary project?…

Talks 28.05.2021

Winging It: LeSS Adoption in Agricultural Manufacturing

This case study focuses on a LeSS adoption for an innovative manufacturing company that designs and…

Talks 19.10.2021

Why your scaling Scrum fails, and what you can do about it

Everyone seems to be busy, but we can’t deliver anything. We tried this Agile-thing, but it didn’t…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 27.10.2022

Organizational design for l-scale adaptive product development

Learn why adaptiveness is a key to success and how to design large organization to support it.

Talks 21.12.2022

Illusions and magic of project management in software development

Many product organizations out there are adding new value by means of initiating and managing…

Talks 21.03.2023

What happens when your product suddenly grows 500x in a year

Rapid growth usually rapidly increases the workload and leads organizations to increase the number…

Get Agile Podcast 24.05.2023

Get Agile #24 | The Leadership Shift | Zuzi Sochova

“Leadership is a state of mind, so everyone is a leader,” says Zuzi Sohova, Certified Scrum Trainer…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 05.04.2023

Get Agile #23 | Making Reliable Promises | Angel Diaz-Maroto

How often your organization fails to deliver on the promise? How many deadlines were not met, or the…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 17.09.2021

Mega-workshop facilitation tips

Zoom, Miro and 500 people walk into a scroll bar, or how to organise an online interactive session…

Get Agile Podcast 28.02.2023

Get Agile #22 | Personal Agility | Peter Stevens

“Time is your most valuable currency,” says Peter Stevens, co-author of the “Personal Agility” book.

Tomasz Wykowski

Free Handouts 01.12.2020

The Scrum Guide

The Scrum framework, a popular method for managing software development projects, has recently…

Tomasz Wykowski

Free Handouts 20.03.2018

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

Agile Manifesto is a set of guiding values and principles for Agile software development. It was…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 02.11.2022

Get Agile #21 | Maximize learning to maximize value creation | Bas Vodde

The Agile movement led to the creation of customer-focused, independent teams. In many cases,…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 13.04.2022

Get Agile #20 | What is Agile's bigger role? | Lyssa Adkins

“Agile has crossed the chasm,” said Lyssa Adkins during the conversation with Tomasz Wykowski in…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 09.03.2022

Get Agile #19 | The Responsibility Process in the Time of War | Christopher Avery

The war in Ukraine often leads to frustration and feeling of powerlessness. This special episode of…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 02.02.2022

Get Agile #18 | How did Menlo culture make it succeed in the pandemic world? | Richard Sheridan

Menlo Innovation has created a unique culture of teamwork, collaboration, communication, and…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 21.12.2021

Get Agile #17 | How can the Agile movement help companies affected by disruption? | Robin Dymond

Many managers hold assumptions that stop their companies from changing the way they operate.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 17.11.2021

Get Agile #16 | Fearless Change | Linda Rising

How do we change organizations? How do we change ourselves? Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita and…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 24.08.2021

Get Agile #15 | Changing Company Culture | Scott Dunn

Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita and Scott Dunn, Certified Scrum Trainer discuss company culture and…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 23.07.2021

Get Agile #14 | Building the versatile organization | Jurgen Appelo

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Jurgen Appelo, creator of the Management…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 23.06.2021

Get Agile #13 | Why is Scrum Minimally Prescriptive? | Angela Johnson

Join Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita and Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer from Collaborative…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 11.05.2021

Get Agile #12 | Working in Remote Environment | Lisette Sutherland

Join Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita and Lisette Sutherland, Director of Collaboration Superpowers.

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 13.04.2021

Get Agile #11 | Training from the Back of the Room | Nicole Fleming

Join Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita and Nicole Fleming, Training From the Back of the Room…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 15.03.2021

Get Agile #10 | Professional Coaching in Agile | Lucia Baldelli

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Lucia Baldelli, ICF Certified…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 23.12.2020

Get Agile #9 | Stakeholders Value | Tom Gilb

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Tom Gilb about defining Customer Value.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 02.12.2020

Get Agile #8 I Mob Programming I Woody Zuill

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Woody Zuill about Mob Programming.

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 02.11.2020

Get Agile #7 | Scrum Patterns | Arne Ahlander

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Arne Ahlander, a Certified Scrum Trainer…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 14.09.2020

Get Agile #6 | Kaizen - making employee life easier | Kiro Harada

n this episode Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Kiro Harada, Agile Practitioner from…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 18.08.2020

Get Agile #5 - Agile Engineering Practices - Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson

In this episode, Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson -…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 08.07.2020

Get Agile #3 - It’s not about the software - Mary and Tom Poppendieck

Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Mary and Tom Poppendieck - authors and speakers who’d…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 02.06.2020

Get Agile #2 - Descaling Organization - Jurgen De Smet

Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Jurgen De Smet, Certified LeSS Trainer on why it’s hard…

Tomasz Wykowski

Get Agile Podcast 23.04.2020

Get Agile #1 - What are the Product Owner Key Skills? - Gojko Adzic

Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita interviews Gojko Adzic, author, trainer and consultant on the key…

Tomasz Wykowski

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Articles 01.02.2022

Descaling organizations interview with Jurgen De Smet

Tomek Wykowski: Certified Scrum Trainer, owner of ProCognita CompanyWe were going to talk about…

Tomasz Wykowski

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Articles 29.03.2021

Is the Product Owner really the most difficult role in Scrum?

Many say that the P.O. is the most difficult role in Scrum. Depending on where you are in your…

Articles 27.01.2021

How bringing professional coaching into the agile world can make the difference

It is quite challenging to put the words “agile” and “coaching” together in my view.The former…

Articles 26.06.2019

Why are your employees not engaged?

Are your employees more busy gossiping than working? Is your sales team not approaching your…

Tomasz Wykowski

Case studies Articles 24.05.2019

The culture of delivering WOW experience in Zappos

During our trips we always try to visit companies known for their unique culture and way of working.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 24.08.2017

Guest Article: Richard Sheridan - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Agility

We agile veterans know that simply transforming a company's IT team to agility without affecting the…

Articles 05.07.2019

3 ways to understand your users

"High quality is important to us," says every single company. That makes sense as high quality…

Tomasz Wykowski

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Articles 20.04.2020

How to run Specification by Example remotely

One of the best things about Specification by Example is how it allows a group of people to quickly…

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Articles Free Handouts 15.04.2020

Participant cards for virtual meetings

Despite all the tools for remote communication, teleconferences differ significantly from…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 06.04.2020

People are not Resources

Many companies still use the term "resources" to describe employees. There are "Human Resources"…

Tomasz Wykowski

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Articles 10.09.2019

Split learning from earning

Software development often involves dealing with unknowns. Analysing third-party systems,…

Articles 04.12.2017

Scrum for Hardware Development

Scrum is commonly adopted in software product development. It comes as no surprise that other…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles Free Handouts Talks 22.09.2017

Scrum Principles

‘Because Scrum Guide says so’ is an explanation I’ve heard few times recently from beginning…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 16.04.2018

What We've Learned by Scrumming Sales and Support Teams

For over two decades Scrum has been primarily used by Software Development teams. Ensuring…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 10.07.2018

Agile has crossed the chasm. What does it mean for Agile Coaches?

Agile has crossed the chasm” said Lyssa Adkins during Scrum Trainers and Coaches retreat in Dublin.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Case studies Articles 09.04.2018

3 ways Mazda factory differs from Toyota

Last week we described our visit to Toyota Factory. We were lucky to join Mazda Tour in Hiroshima…

Tomasz Wykowski

03.04.2018

Mary Poppendieck: Four Metaphors of Lean

Sometimes lean principles are easier to understand when we find them operating in completely…

Mary Poppendieck

Toyota Production System

Case studies Articles 26.03.2018

Watching Toyota Production System Live

Ever since I read “Toyota Way” by Jeffry Liker almost ten years ago, I was hoping to see Toyota…

Tomasz Wykowski

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Articles 13.02.2018

7 sins of Agile Project Management

First of all, let me make it clear: I’ve nothing against project managers, or at least most of them.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 09.01.2018

Scrum Alliance announces partnership with LeSS

Founded in 2001 Scrum Alliance (SA) is the largest organization focused on promoting Scrum…

Talks 10.06.2016

Speaking Managerish. How to promote Agile without being fired.

Talking with managers is not easy. Sometimes you are just ignored, sometimes misunderstood and in…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 30.10.2017

Conflict? Try Perspective Switch

Different opinions, different agendas, conflict of interests or personal conflict. Wise people say…

Articles 04.09.2017

Socioracy 3.0

Learn a patterns that will support collaboration inside your organization.

Articles 22.03.2011

Management 3.0 with Jurgen Appelo

Management is too important to be left only for managers. If you are interested how to empower…

Articles 11.03.2013

Accelerated Agile with Dan North

You are experienced Agile practitioner with a thrive for new techniques that will accelerate your…

Value Requirements

Articles 20.04.2015

Agile Value Requirements with Tom & Kai Gilb

Master how you communicate your organization’s ‘real’ requirements in an unambiguous, clear,…

Articles 30.09.2015

Lean Friction Lab with Mary & Tom Poppendieck

Learn pattern to identify the largest source of friction (the biggest thing that keeps team members…

Articles 17.09.2014

Management 3.0 Workout with Jurgen Appelo

Get trained in usage of Management 3.0 techniques.

Articles 03.03.2015

Cultural Awareness Training with Olaf Lewitz

Learn how to create organization culture that is supporting Agile mindset.

Articles 13.06.2016

Certified Scrum Developer with Ron Jeffries & Chet Hendrickson

Co-creators of Extreme Programming (XP) will teach you how to become great member of development…

Articles 23.03.2011

Clean Code with Robert C. Martin

Do you know Uncle Bob? Yes, that's this guy who know how to turns bad code into clean. And he can…

Talks 18.07.2017

Building Agile Structures

Fun and interactive simulation showing how different organizational designs impact effectiveness of…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 30.03.2017

Scrum Master as a Coach

You can hear that Scrum Master is a team coach. But not many people asks what it means to be a…

Justyna Wykowska

Articles Free Handouts 27.03.2017

Facilitator Checklist

What’s your first reaction when you get an invitation to a meeting. Is it ‘cool, that’s gonna be…

Justyna Wykowska

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Articles Free Handouts 15.02.2017

Product Agility Checklist

Agile Engineering practices is a bad name. It suggest that only engineers should care about them.…

Articles 15.08.2016

Seven things about teamwork I learned from climbing Mount Kazbek

It’s last weekend of February. We’re sitting together with our friends, talking about everything and…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 28.07.2016

Code Dojo ... for Product Owners?!

Calling all Product Owners! Learn the essentials of Test Driven Development in a Code Dojo and a…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 22.04.2016

Guest Article: Chet Hendrickson - Scrum Is Hard

We've asked our friends and colleagues working with us to prepare articles explaining why the things…

Chet Hendrickson

Articles 01.06.2016

SCARF Model for understanding the change

“Being irrational” has rather negative connotation in our culture. We want to be like Mr. Spock,…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 02.06.2016

No time for Planning Poker? Try Silent Sort Estimating instead

Planning Poker is one of the most popular Agile practices. It's quick, accurate and fun as well.…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 20.05.2016

Expect the Unexpected

Do you remember last time you were quite surprised by completely unexpected accident that no one has…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 28.03.2016

These funny videos you’ve shown on training

While organizing materials for my recent article "Videos, every Scrum Master should see" I've…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 22.03.2016

Guest Article: Tom Gilb - Why 'Value Planning' is Important to You.

We've asked our friends and colleagues working with us to prepare articles explaining why the things…

Articles 12.02.2016

Guest Article: Mary Poppendieck - Lean is a Question, not an Answer

We've asked our friends and colleagues working with us to prepare articles explaining why the things…

Mary Poppendieck

Articles 02.11.2015

Videos every Scrum Master should see

My last article Where can I read about Agile and Scrum? attracted significant attention. Therefore…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 09.09.2015

Where can I read about Agile and Scrum?

One of the frequently asked questions from my clients and courses' participants are "can you…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles 10.09.2014

Drawing Scrum

How Healthcare.gov could have saved billions of dollars and been delivered in 1/2 the time.

Articles 11.05.2016

Steps Toward Leadership

Almost four years ago, in June 2012, I asked two of my friends to help me set up a local Agile group…

Articles 29.07.2014

Teaching relative estimation by throwing a cat

Quick and fun exercise will help you teach relative estimation.

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles Talks 13.03.2013

Servant Leadership

Do you know what train wreck from 1841 has to do with your organization’s structure? Or according to…

Tomasz Wykowski

Articles Talks 19.09.2011

Lean Organization, or what's slowing you down?

How fast can you deliver your software? When time-to-market is a success factor, we’re looking for…

Talks 10.03.2012

Are You on the Agile Bus?

Get on the Bus! Right on the Bus!Can you walk when other are riding the bus? Can you allow…

Tomasz Wykowski

Talks 21.03.2012

Leading Individuals

“Human Resources”. Projects would be so much simpler if it weren’t for the people. Why do they…

Tomasz Wykowski