Dave Snowden on Liminality in Cynefin and Moving Beyond Agile to Agility
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May 13, 2019
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Liminal Zones Explain Why Scrum Works
The Cynefin framework added liminal domains to represent transitional spaces between domains.
Liminality explains why Scrum works: it holds work in transition long enough to stabilise before becoming complicated.
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Run Parallel Safe-to-Fail Experiments
In the complex domain avoid recipe-based methods and instead identify coherent hypotheses to test.
Run multiple parallel safe-to-fail experiments to change the space and reveal viable pathways.
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Use Pre-Scrum Techniques To Explore Options
Try pre-scrum techniques like trios, Triple 8, and continuous mapping before moving into Scrum.
Trios create cognitive diversity; Triple 8 forces rapid mutation across time zones; mapping targets statistically significant need clusters for prototyping.
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In this Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave Snowden at the Agile People conference in Stockholm, Sweden, about the addition of liminal spaces in the Cynefin framework, pre-scrum techniques and the future of agility
Why listen to this podcast:
• The Cynefin Framework provides a perspective on the world
• The latest version of the Cynefin framework include two liminal domains
• The strength of approaches like Scrum is holding things in a liminal state long enough to become right, before they move to complicated
• In the complex domain the keys are identifying coherent hypotheses and running parallel safe-to-fail experiments
• There is a whole body of techniques for addressing IT problems and there is no one right answer – use the techniques best suited to the nature of the problem
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