“The problem is not with our organizations realizing that they need to transform, the problem is that organizations are using managerial frameworks and infrastructure models from past revolutions to manage their business in this one.” – Mik Kersten (Project to Product)
I’ve been working with and learning from C-Suite executives for decades. Teaching them something new hasn’t always been as easy, but the smart ones know what they don’t know and expect to adapt to survive.
Perhaps the trickiest lesson to teach the C-Suite is to fund value streams and not projects. Lean Budgets with guardrails provide real control of the burn with:
- No costly and delay-inducing project cost variance analyses
- No resource reassignments
- No blame game for project overruns
SAFe®’s Lean Portfolio Management competency aligns strategy and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance. (© Scaled Agile, Inc.).
The best way to reach the SAFe® tipping point is for leaders to lead the change. SAFe® gets real results by teaching leaders to unlearn their MBA and truly Master Business Agility with Leading SAFe® 5.0 (SA).