Summary: In most organizations, the traditional path of systems and software development falls into what Tim Ottinger describes as Scatter-Gather. Examined carefully and objectively, it is an exceedingly inefficient approach for development, and yet it crops up everywhere. This episode, we get to talk to Tim Ottinger about why this Scatter-Gather pattern has predominated, […]
Author: Michael Marchi
Dysfunction Mapping
Summary: Dysfunction Mapping is a practical method developed by Michael Lloyd to help organizations spot and fix hidden problems that slow them down. It systematically identifies areas where communication breaks down, processes aren’t working, or team dynamics are strained. The goal isn’t just to point out flaws but to create a clear path toward […]
Walking the Talk with Chandresh Patel
Summary: What might a successful organization look like (and function like) if launched from day 1 adhering to agile values and principles? This week we are joined by Chandresh Patel, Founder and CEO of Bacancy Groups, a visionary entrepreneur who is passionate about innovation, leadership, and building people-centric organizations. Chandresh shares insight into […]
Navigating the Forest
Summary: Here’s a proposition – that the application of Agile has not delivered to desired organizational outcomes. What has been the ROI of the implementation of agile concepts and principles? Matt proposes that TOC addresses the gap. Once again we open “The Goal” to interpret the practical use of Thinking Process Tools (some are […]
Goal Tending
Summary: Time for a book deep dive. This episode we dig into the Theory of Constraints as explained in the management novel “The Goal” by late Eli Goldratt (Goldratt and Cox) in 1984. Some deep (and sometimes vociferous) debate on dissecting the language, the context of the 80’s (when the book was published) and […]
All That Glitters (is not Goal)
Summary: Today’s episode, we analyze and debate a recent posting that seemingly pits Systems versus Goals. This takes us down an interesting journey with respect to systems, system’s thinking and the importance for leaders to view their organizations as a system or system of systems. Next we turn our attention to the critical value of […]
Project to Product
Summary: This episode we explore the notion of moving from Project to Product, as inspired by the Mik Kersten tome of the same name. We dig into why project to product, is it an either/or, can it be both and does it depend? As such, we debate the points in the context of Cynefin. […]
PMI + Agile Alliance: Joining Forces
Summary: In light of the recent partnership between PMI and the Agile Alliance, our hosts share their perspectives on this development, scratch the surface on the respective histories of each organization and generally ponder what the longer term impacts (hopefully positive) may spring from this super alliance.
Retrospective
Summary: It’s a new year and in this episode, our three headed monster (hosts MM&J), decide to retrospect on the previous year (2024) of HTAT episodes. What did we like, dislike, learn and how to shape the coming year ahead. All in an effort to be more appealing to our target audience and guide […]
Cold, Calculating, and Hungry for Power
Summary: This week, to follow up our previous conversation on AI, we take another excursion down “Augmented Intelligence” lane in an effort to help Matt justify purchasing a new high powered machine to help him experiment locally with few LLM’s (e.g. Llama vs. Perplexity) for analyzing project data and seeing where the current boundaries […]