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Alexey Krivitsky
Dec 13, 20244 min read
Matrix, Functional, Project, and Product Structures vs. Scrum and LeSS
Organizational structures define how work, responsibilities, and decision-making are distributed. The four major types are functional ,...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Nov 17, 20242 min read
No. Not Everything Is A Product
I would like to reflect on a webinar by Dave West on Product Definition . More than a thousand people watched on spot — so, an important...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Nov 17, 20241 min read
Microservices are Technical Debt
Have you ever wondered that microservices are technical debt. Just not in the way we're used to using the term: technical debt (TD)...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Nov 17, 20241 min read
Scrum is the best-misunderstood idea of all times!
My guess: Scrum is the best misunderstood idea of all times. Being on a Scrum team means working in the same context with all the other...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Oct 16, 20241 min read
Fads Do Not Last
It seems it takes 5 to 7 years for a management fad to rise and fall unless it solves underlying organizational problems
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Alexey Krivitsky
Oct 16, 20241 min read
Individuals and Interactions = Relationship (the Blah-Blah-Blah Manifesto)
The other day, I got reminded of this image I made somewhere in 2011: What did I mean by this? Let's see: Aha! Relationships!...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Apr 3, 20241 min read
75% of those using Scrum will not succeed
Ken Schwaber, a co-creator of Scrum, predicted back in the days that only 25% of companies would be able to get the promised benefits of...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 23, 20246 min read
Extract Team Leads
Those who know me know that I have never been in favor of the Team Lead role. Though before, I used to think that the negative...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 23, 20241 min read
Product Owner School
Just finished training the 2nd cohort of product owners / managers at Flix. The program spanned over several weeks with 4-hour online...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 23, 20242 min read
A missing team type in Team Topologies?
Are #teamtopologies ignoring an important team type? I've worked with high-performing organizations that thoughtfully crafted teams that...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 21, 20241 min read
Complexity of organizational design and its effects on scaling agility
Scaling is a hot topic. New frameworks and certifications are emerging like mushrooms. But without understanding the deep system dynamics...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 16, 202431 min read
LeSS Adoption at Poster. Part 4: Twenty LeSS Sprints
A full-fledged detailed LeSS case study of Poster POS Inc. that happened in times of COVID-19 and the war. Read Part 1: "Org Before...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 16, 202415 min read
LeSS Adoption at Poster. Part 3: Flipping the Org
A full-fledged detailed LeSS case study of Poster POS Inc. that happened in times of COVID-19 and the war. Read Part 1: "Org Before...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 16, 202414 min read
LeSS Adoption at Poster. Part 2: Designing New Org
A full-fledged detailed LeSS case study of Poster POS Inc. that happened in times of COVID-19 and the war. Read Part 1: "Org Before...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 16, 202420 min read
LeSS Adoption at Poster. Part 1: Org Before Change
A full-fledged detailed LeSS case study of Poster POS Inc. that happened in times of COVID-19 and the war. Part 1: "Org Before Change"...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 24, 20245 min read
Three Ecosystems
Not Yet Another Team Maturity Model The mission of the Org Topologiesâ„¢ is not to develop another team maturity and assessment model, but...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 10, 20242 min read
Three Common (and Contagious!) Organizational Diseases
1. Silosis Multiplicatum: A widespread syndrome of operating in silos, where departments or teams do not communicate or cooperate,...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Mar 10, 20237 min read
Don't scale agile. Descale your organization.
- How can we scale agile to fit in our organization?- How do we adapt agile practices for our complex operation?- Which processes and...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 16, 20234 min read
Cat Paw Management (Meets Recession)
Did you see this Google feature yet? Type 'cat' or 'dog' and see the search result page turn into an expensive paw prints animation: I...
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Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 8, 20233 min read
Human Framework Dependency Syndrome (HFDS)
Recently, we recorded an episode for Zuzi Sochova's podcast. I can tell, this was the most precise and crispiest explanation of...
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