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1. Both types of systems - physical and organisational tend from more sustainable
state to less sustainable. This phenomenon calls increasing Entropy. In general Entropy
it’s a measure of a system disorder. The bigger entropy the bigger disorder.
Less More
Entropy Entropy
2. We need to make efforts to decrease Entropy. In the Physical world it’s an amount of
physical work. In the Management world it’s an amount of meetings and mind work.
"#@$!"
This Entropy influences Product teams too
Entropy may be caused by many factors inside and outside a Product team.
Every time, when one of this factors happens, the team's workflow becomes
blocked until someone won't move away the cause of the factor.
STOP STOP
You can find this energy inside your product team. Some factors can be reduced by
Product Owner, and some others - by the rest of the team. These efforts give you
Energy to resist Entropy. Your workflow will be protected by the shield of this energy
Workflow
Energy
It will work until the energy of your team is enough
Break off an
Energy Energy Shield
Workflow
Energy
So, what can we do with such a situation?
Where's the backlog order, The Scrum master Who wants to work on the
Lebovsky? or the change agent weekend?! No one?! Great, now
The Backlog order, moth%$!%. we'll go and tell the same to
Do you understand it?! our PO
He'll help everyone in the product team understand how to fight with Entropy by their
own and have enough power for it on everyday basis.
Product Team
Product
Workflow
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