Can they work together? 3 strategies for cybersecurity and agile systems engineering
This article presents 3 strategies for bringing cybersecurity and agile systems engineering together.
Agile systems engineering from the perspective of VW and Vector employees
In a specialist article, Christof Ebert (Vector Consulting) and Frank Kirschke-Biller (Volkswagen) describe agile systems engineering
Case study: Agile with Continuous Delivery instead of SAFe
After frameworks like SAFe failed to deliver, Bryan Finster shows in this case study how Continuous Delivery has enabled agility.
Agile Product Operating Model: The path to agile product development
Agile Product Operating Model is an agile framework for product development. It extends agile principles for complex products.
Getting major projects right: 5 recommendations for organizations of all kinds (Part 2)
Last week (Part 1), I presented the research findings of Atif Ansar and Bent Flyvbjerg from the University of Oxford. The authors argue and prove that Grand Challenges can be implemented more efficiently with a platform strategy than through one-off projects. What would a paper be without concrete recommendations? First of all, the authors confirm what was already clear at the beginning: platform projects...
Implementing major projects correctly: Why a platform strategy delivers better results (Part 1)
What do the iPod/iPhone app store and the National Program for Information Technology (NPfIT) have in common? The first was an infrastructure project by Apple, the second by the UK National Health Service (NHS). Both projects were about building a digital ecosystem. Although both major projects had similar levels of resources (money, staff) only one was a success. While Apple...
Feasibility study is out, MVP is in!
Feasibility studies are widely used in systems engineering. A better alternative is the use of MVP.
Making decisions with an open mind
A few years ago, a developer in one of my Scrum teams gave me feedback. He said "I like the way you make our processes so open-ended. That way we can really achieve the best result in the matter. Instead of simply confirming what has already been decided by management." This statement really stuck with me. Even back then...
Leadership in organizations - from a systemic perspective
It's Saturday evening and arte is showing a documentary about tango. I get stuck. Then a scene: two women in pinstripe suits, wide pants, both with top hats. Everything in the style of the 40s. Dancing together. But something is different, better than the couples before them. Even before I could figure out what it was, the...
Systems thinking at management level
How can systems thinking help us to design better organizations? This short article provides an initial insight into the theory of social systems and shows how it can be applied in practice.
The Agile Manifesto turns 20: what's next?
The Agile Manifesto is twenty years old. It feels like agility has been around for an eternity, which is certainly also due to the fact that teams have been practicing agility for much longer. Twenty years ago, the child was simply given a name and systematized, which has dramatically raised the profile of agility. Of course, not all teams practice agility. And not everything...
Systems engineering with agile requirements
Agility in requirements management has many advantages, but also needs structure and guard rails, such as quality gates.
