Essence and Problem-Solving
By Paul E McMahon
Essence and Problem-SolvingJan 30, 2021
Incremental Essentialization: A cost-effective and practical value of "Stealth Essence"
How do you go about finding exactly which essentials rest at the heart of your current problem?
Essence Patterns: A simple way to apply just the right amount of structure to fix a problem with-- or improve-- a culture
In this podcast I dive deeper into this subject, which I began to discuss in last week's podcast, showing you a simple way you can apply just the right amount of structure using an Essence Pattern.
How do you fix a problem with-- or improve-- a culture?
In this podcast/blog post we examine the culture versus structure debate through the lens of one of Alistair Cockburn's case studies and one of my own case studies.
Teaching the software development life cycle to high school students: Don't forget to include why they should care
In this blog/podcast I explain how I handled a challenge from a high school teacher related to teaching the software development life cycle (SDLC) to high school students.
Build a Better Scrum using Essence and the Heart of Agile
In this podcast I explain why Jeff Sutherland, co-founder of Scrum, now uses Essence to help teams succeed with Scrum, and I explain what Alistair Cockburn, one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, believes is wrong with today’s popular Agile approaches, as well as what he is doing to help teams succeed regardless of their agile approach. I also explain what you can do to build your own "better Scrum" using Essence and the Heart of Agile.