SAFe Critics: Learn to Distinguish and Discern — or ask Before you Judge! Part I

[This is an updated version based on Sjoerd’s feedback. Hope the comments will not get scrambled up. I will do my best to keep them in aligned.] This is a response to Sjoerd Nijland article “<a href="https://medium.com/serious-scrum/safe-get-real-with-scrum-or-get-out-df391e241201" rel="noopener">SAFe, get real with Scrum or get out!</a>” As you can see, I did not like the “or get out part” — I thought about using it so the response has a more obvious link to the article I react to. “Or get out!” is not aligned with my values. It doesn’t allow the possibility that the perspective of the writer might not be accurate and appears command and control style. Most people might not like to hear “either-or” — I am right — you are wrong — get out. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*DwthwIooRRvc9RC3-rLAHA.jpeg" style="height:1050px; width:700px" /> Photo by RODNAE Productions: <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/message-against-bullying-6936461/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pexels.com/photo/message-against-bullying-6936461/</a> That is exactly one of the mindsets we will look at in this post. And sure, I sometimes choose a title that gives me more readers. Sjoerd, I do not say that the title represents your values. I appreciate all the effort that went into your article and assume a very good intention. The original article is so long that I chose to break my response into parts. No one wants to read 30 min of my writing, including myself. <a href="https://medium.com/@manfredfriedrich/safe-critics-learn-to-distinguish-and-decern-or-ask-before-you-judge-part-i-2a99f9f1c97b">Learn More</a>