PODS
PODS ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN SYSTEM
PODS AND OTHER METHODS
PODS can be applied with other proven frameworks, methods and models by either encapsulating them or being applied within.
Applying PODS will create a container for higher collaboration. Such a "bigger collective brain" can acquire new knowledge, adapt and solve more complex problems faster without management interventions.
Product and Service Development
Love product development?
Apply PODS for product development.
Love service delivery?
Apply PODS in service delivery.
Agile Methods
Love Scrum?
Do Scrum Events for the entire Pod despite its size. Read more: PODS and Scrum
Love Kanban?
Optimize flow with a Pod.
Love Agile?
See how PODS puts individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
Product and Customer Focus
Love Product-Centric?
Let a whole Pod work on your product.
Love Customer-Centric?
Let a whole Pod serve your customer segment.
Scaling Frameworks
Love Team Topologies?
Put several Teams into a Pod for a broader stream of higher value.
Read more: PODS and Team Topologies
Read more: PODS and Team Topologies
Love unFIX?
Form a Pod out of several Crews on a shared mission.
Read more: PODS and unFIX
Read more: PODS and unFIX
Love SAFe?
Reshape an ART or merge several ARTs into a Pod without breaking the outer interface.
Read more: PODS and SAFe
Read more: PODS and SAFe
Love the Spotify Model?
Turn a Tribe or merge several Tribes into a Pod without breaking the outer interface.
Product Management
Love Product Operating Model?
Let the Empowered Triad guide a Pod. Read more: PODS and Product Operating Model
Love Org Topologies?
Target the B3 archetypes with a Pod.
Love Flight Levels?
Simplify governance by merging the 1st and 2nd Flight Levels within a Pod.
Lean and Agile Frameworks
Love LeSS?
Grow a LeSS adoption around a Pod and expand the product definition over time.
Love Nexus?
See Nexus in your Pod.
Love FaST?
Treat a Pod as the Fast Collective.
Org Change
Love Kaikaku?
Create a Pod in a radical one-time improvement.
Love Kaizen?
Let a Pod continuously improve its ways of working.
Product Planning
Love Product Backlogs?
Have one per Pod (or a shared one for many Pods).
Love Product Boards?
Build one per Pod (or a shared one for many Pods).
Love Roadmapping?
Do one per Pod (or a shared one for many Pods).
Management and Goals
Love OKRs?
Use them to set objectives for Pod(s).
Love OBEYA?
Add visual management to govern the Pod(s).
Love resource management?
A Pod is your versatile resource.
Team Organization
Love stable teams?
Have stable subteams within a Pod.
Love dynamic reteaming?
Let the people re-group within a Pod.
Development Practices
Love Pair Programming?
Pair within and across Pods.
Love Mob Programming?
Mob within and across Pods.
Love Continuous Integration?
Apply CI practices to improve collaboration within and across the Pods.
Love Continuous Delivery?
Share CD pipeline(s) within and across Pods.
Organizational Design
Love modular org design?
Have many Pods.
Love holistic org design?
Have fewer Pod.
Love fast flow?
Have smaller Pods.
Love high value?
Have larger Pods.
Adopt PODS.
Show your love to the world of work.