Tailoring

Question 1

What to do if the flow of work is often interrupted by various delays or impediments.

Answer 1

Consider making work visible using Kanban Boards and experimenting with limits for the various areas of the work process in order to improve flow.

Question 2

What to do if rate of process improvement required by the level of team experience.

Answer 2

Retrospect more often and select improvements.

Question 3

The project team members are inexperienced in the use of agile approaches.

Answer 3

Consider starting by training team members in the fundamentals of the agile mindset and principles. If the team decides to use a specific approach such as Scrum or Kanban, provide a workshop on that approach so the team members can learn how to use it.

Question 4

Demand pattern: steady or sporadic

Answer 4

Many teams find that using a cadence in the form of a regular timebox helps them demo, retrospect and take in new work. In addition, some teams need more flexibility in their acceptance of more work. Teams can use FLOW-BASED AGILE with a cadence to get the best of both worlds.