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There’s an argument for not using OKRs in the innovation and experimentation phase of delivery:
While OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a popular performance management tool that can be effective for driving progress towards long-term outcomes, they may not be the best fit for…
Understanding Structural Issues in Your Operations Model with OKRs
When it comes to implementing OKRs, it’s important to understand that they need to be aligned with your organisation’s overall strategy and structure. This can be challenging, especially when cascading…
Aligning Your Ops Model for Customer Value: Output vs. Outcomes
In the world of business, the term ‘Ops Model’ is often used to describe the structure and processes that an organisation uses to deliver value to its customers. There are…
What is an Ops Model and How Does it Work?
The Ops Model is a framework that revolves around system thinking in complex environments. It is centred on the groups or nodes within the system and the relationships or networks…
Taylorism and the Evolution of Management: The Case of the Spotify Model
When Frederick Taylor published his “Principles of Scientific Management” in 1911, he laid the foundation for the idea of people as an integral part of the production process. Since then,…
Product Ownership, a special type of Chapter
In enterprise Agile models, product ownership and product management play crucial roles in delivering value to customers and driving the organisation’s success. When we overlay this with the chapter model,…
Alignment between your OKRs and your delivery structure
OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results, have become a popular goal-setting framework in many businesses today. The idea is simple: define clear objectives, set measurable key results, and align the…
Aligning Development and Operational Value Streams in Scaled Agile
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) specifically addresses the separation of development and operational value streams to optimise product development and delivery processes. Development Value Stream: The development value stream focuses…
Can you measure your transformation?
How can you define an appropriate unit of transformation value (UTV) for an operating model transformation? The UTV aims to quantify the overall impact and progress of an operating model…