Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum

The Lean Thinking House

Experiments

Systems Thinking

• Try...Causal loop sketching workshop to see system dynamics 16

• Try...Sketch causal loop diagrams at whiteboards with others 16

• Try...See the positive feedback loops in your system 23

• Try...See mental models and assumptions during a causal modeling workshop 25

• Try...See root causes during causal modeling and retrospective workshops, with 5 Whys and Ishikawa diagrams 29

• Try...See and hear local optimizations; these are endemic in large product groups 32

Lean Thinking

• Avoid...Lean misconceptions 40

• Avoid...Thinking that queue management, kan-ban, and other tools are pillars ...