Agile

I'll be bold here and try to wrap all things agile in just two questions. Let me know what you think.

The first one is this: Are you currently surely working on the most important thing the company needs from you?

If yes: good! Carry on!

If no (and this is the second question): Is it (a) because you're distracted/impeded or (b) because you don't know what the most important thing is?

In case it's (a): removing the distraction or impediment is now the most important thing the company needs from you. In case it's (b): finding out about the most important thing is now the most important thing the company needs from you. Communication is key in both cases, that's knowing, finding, and involving the right people.

That's it, no process hoo-ha is needed.

Process can (and will) emerge from applying this, e.g., having daily check-ins to regularly answer question 1 and ensure to stay on track, or disciplined paces to take note of distractions and impediments that keep happening (read: retrospectives).

Basically though, these two questions suffice and everybody should be empowered to be consequential about them.

Nuff said.

(This was first posted in my blog.)