Grado | Site-Wide Activity https://grado.group/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:22:29 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a7274519460ef7d907bec9a71ae5d0cd Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35224 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:57:38 +0100 Application Programming Interface First Application Programming Interface First (API-First) is said to be documentation-centric. It may and may not be. It just depends on what you make out of the […]

]]> 0 ad0ae97e7233cf60e6c16cf0aa7c550c Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35201 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:12:10 +0100 Architecture Considerations. More Important Than You Might Think. Architecture, which architecture? The architecture of the things we are delivering. On a pretty abstract level. We are going to … Read More »

]]> 0 0b100288946ae66f02fe44ecea6642e5 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35212 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:51:56 +0100 Changing Paradigms … Pull Principle for the Product?Oh no, we cannot do that! Why? You can always challenge paradigms. Let us challenge configuration management. Complexity kills speed. In classical systems […]

]]> 0 71ff456abd3c87c27da669e2244a4af0 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35197 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:40:53 +0100 A-SPICE: Inherent Vice? API-first Thinking for Processes A-SPICE has nothing to do with spices. It is the acronym for Automotive  Software Process Improvement and Capability dEt […]

]]> 0 c2ef024fdbf772e120c03ddd18d42ca8 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35184 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0100 Agile or Not? Let us have a look at the agile manifesto again. It is all about getting the product to the customer and obtaining feedback. … Read More »

]]> 0 b546a6caa2523352327f4b31d85eb831 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35193 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:14:26 +0100 Resource Fluidity vs. Resource Balancing I am haunted by an old nemesis called “resource balancing” – sorry Uwe ;). The entire concept on a long time scale – let us assume 12 – 18 months makes no […]

]]> 0 4110809cb30f589d3d21c210bf606c7a Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35159 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:41:49 +0100 Stop Scaling Agile Stop scaling agility and focus on the development of a viable product. That is my entry statement and I will guide you through all the bits and pieces […]

]]> 0 50fcdef702a975212b1bc492eda9d030 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35155 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:21:29 +0100 Dealing With Complexity A constant struggle in current life is “dealing with complexity and uncertainty”. At least this is what I hear a lot. Some years ago, I read the fol […]

]]> 0 e4c5ea6a7ed5c0592829e1a1b52c2797 Jens Paggel wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35111 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:24:37 +0100 Coasting Bikes — Ever Heard of Them? A few days ago, an interesting article from Harvard Business Review appeared in my inbox. Some 2008 classic on design thinking written by Tim Brown. Design […]

]]> 0 3e77631799585d97bec7f2a2b2d5fdca Krishan Mathis wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=35101 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:27:39 +0100 How to Write ContentFor writing content, you create a new ´document´, i.e. you access the dropdoen “New” in the black top menu. Post: a blog post, appears in the Blogs t […]

]]> 0 bb7ecb577166c4c20970d7a45ad46d78 Krishan Mathis wrote a new post https://grado.group/?p=34927 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:11:10 +0100 Weak Signal Detection in Real Life Weak signal detection is a hairy beast. At first it sounds like dry material – yes, of course you have to perceive signals – but if you dig deeper into the […]

]]> fca098546b781e368acc02d96be25608 Jens Paggel's profile was updated https://grado.group/activity/p/209/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:52:40 +0100 0 e8524bf39735c7fb0efad0cab06f7fc6 ZhedazEvedsRA became a registered member https://grado.group/activity/p/196/ Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:19:24 +0100 0 58151f56d91e49e70c7bdf374dbcfc69 Carlos DURAN joined the group Viable System Model https://grado.group/activity/p/193/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:57:47 +0200 0 a2df519f0f9e9d38360a49964635a68a Carlos DURAN became a registered member https://grado.group/activity/p/191/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:56:04 +0200 0 f9dd99ab32a82ca26c22b1847925e3a6 Andrew Warner changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/190/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:12:14 +0200 0 a7234091eb5a0d5dffe6fb0d8066781d Andrew Warner's profile was updated https://grado.group/activity/p/189/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:10:18 +0200 0 c7b2fc818f278ffd7d90cc5509149aa3 Andrew Warner joined the group Viable System Model https://grado.group/activity/p/188/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:08:00 +0200 0 71418a60c37f4f99500d4523430e4f62 Andrew Warner became a registered member https://grado.group/activity/p/186/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:02:47 +0200 0 857897627bce68c8767ecd3b8d8b118b Burkhard Tolks changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/182/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:29:20 +0200 0 c7f49143db5130127cc8431150ef13fa Andrea Maier changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/181/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:28:52 +0200 0 3dccfb0fc01ec0b123f9ff52621cf2d9 Lothar Kaiser changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/180/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:10:59 +0200 0 76b179d9a5235a48d37c30f1d4a7926a Hendrik Esser changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/179/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:09:41 +0200 0 750817ab739a3cd5d13637094d46cdf9 Hartmuth Gieldanowski changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/178/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:08:35 +0200 0 27fbfc88ce4e8ccfdae858e93b8fc457 Jens Paggel changed their profile picture https://grado.group/activity/p/177/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:06:11 +0200 0 034ea3b435937be8e957169a65508775 alex-kempkens joined the group Viable System Model https://grado.group/activity/p/172/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:36:48 +0100 0 c03c7612f4cb100ef13b8a7c931cc63c Krishan Mathis started the topic Towards an easier access to the Viable Sysatem Model: the Viability Canvas in the forum Viable System Model https://grado.group/groups/viable-system-model/forum/topic/towards-an-easier-access-to-the-viable-sysatem-model-the-viability-canvas/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:28:12 +0100 The Viability Canvas has been created for an easier start with the Viable System Model (VSM). It allows a quick start with diagnosing the structures, the decision making and the information systems of an organization.

It consists of

  • The Canvas Material, a number of diagrams, supporting you with templates for working with the Canvas and
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]]> 0 22128c772a0cc6120d53b431e00e9dbc Krishan Mathis replied to the topic Introducing VSM without mentioning VSM? in the forum Viable System Model https://grado.group/groups/viable-system-model/forum/topic/introducing-vsm-without-mentioning-vsm/#post-32094 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:07:19 +0100 Interesting idea – and valuable objectives.

The reason I hesitate to follow this route is my experience with convincing people of the advantages of Scrum and Agile.

I started the same way: doing agile without talking about it. And failed 100 percent: Scrum did not become part of the discourse, not to speak about culture. My colleagues accepted…Read more

]]> 0 88e582b68c76a701787a8dc5953ac23a judith-hennemann replied to the topic Introducing VSM without mentioning VSM? in the forum Viable System Model https://grado.group/groups/viable-system-model/forum/topic/introducing-vsm-without-mentioning-vsm/#post-32093 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:37:15 +0100 Krishan, the one-minute-introduction is so helpful, as it points out the manifold benefits of the VSM!

I occurs to me… some of the text could probably be put in a rather common language. We could minimize general systems theory language and focus on just little, but well considered VSM specific vocabulary instead, such as operations,…Read more

]]> 0 815b5363164f8ac416d5a1df418b64ff judith-hennemann started the topic VSM from customer perspective? in the forum Viable System Model https://grado.group/groups/viable-system-model/forum/topic/vsm-from-customer-perspective/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:46:21 +0100 I would like to propose an additional perspective on Krishan’s fabulous VSM Playbook and Canvas. How about taking the customer perspective (pick them up where they are sitting right now), instead of introducing them to systems thinking, kybernetics and the model first?
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