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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/…
Craig Larman
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/…
Jurgen De Smet
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…
Jurgen De Smet
Talks
03.12.2021
Building Block for Self-Organization
Self-Organization is the key to success in Agile.
Arne Ahlander
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.
Gojko Adzic
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…
Greg Hutchings
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…
Arne Ahlander
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…
Jurgen De Smet
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?
Jurgen De Smet
Talks
24.04.2020
Maximum Impact, Minimum Effort
A big government IT project delivered two years ahead of schedule. A fraud detection initiative…
Gojko Adzic
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…
Joe Justice
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…
Lucia Baldelli
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?…
Angela Johnson
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…
Angela Johnson
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.
Craig Larman
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…
Jurgen De Smet
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…
Gojko Adzic
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…
Gojko Adzic
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
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
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…
Angela Johnson
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…
Lucia Baldelli
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
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…
Gojko Adzic
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
Articles
10.09.2019
Split learning from earning
Software development often involves dealing with unknowns. Analysing third-party systems,…
Gojko Adzic
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
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
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…
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
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…
Tom Gilb
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
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