I often get asked “What makes a great product owner?” My answer used to be that the PO needs to have both: knowledge (e.g. a good understanding of the vision / needs) and authority (i.e. being able to agree the team’s direction without it being overturned by someone else). The… Read More »What makes a great Product Owner?
This week’s blog post is based on a chapter from our book, Scrum 101: the most frequently asked questions about Agile with Scrum, which is available to buy for £9.90. There are twelve principles behind the Agile Manifesto (Beck et al., 2001). Here they are with an example of why they might be beneficial.… Read More »What are the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto?
We often refer to the Retrospective as “the easiest meeting to run, but the hardest to do well.” So we decided to ask people what they thought made a good retrospective? What is a Retrospective? Before we get into the detail, let’s just clarify what we mean by a Retrospective.… Read More »What makes a great Retrospective?
I know it’s not all about tools (or processes), but I’m quite liking Mural right now. There’s something about the flexibility and space to allow your mind to roam. Google’s offerings (i.e. docs, sheets, slides) are all very good when you’re trying to co-create some text or create a multi-entry… Read More »Mural
“My brother got all the brains. I had to work really hard to get where I am.” ~ David Lowe, 1995 onwards That’s how I used to explain my successes. I thought I’d got the short straw at having to work much harder to get results. But it turns out that… Read More »Grit is what you need
My previous post about working like a startup mentioned the scientific method around which my favoured way of working revolves. In fact, with our small feedback loops and Bayesian planning (that is, taking new information and adjusting our plans), many agile teams are using this method without knowing it. So… Read More »What is the scientific method?
Following on from last week’s ‘What is an entrepreneur?‘ post, I thought we’d look at how to act like a startup. If you remember, a team had asked me to help them think differently. They were stuck in a rut (building something that they weren’t sure was going to solve… Read More »How to work like a startup
Me: “Who can name an entrepreneur?” Team: “Richard Branson. Elon Musk …” Me: “Does anyone know them personally?” Team: “No.” Me: “Does anyone know an entrepreneur personally?” Team member: “You won’t know him, but a guy I know called Bob is an entrepreneur” Me: “Good. Are you entrepreneurs?” Team: “Er… Read More »What is an entrepreneur?
What’s the best way to go about building a new product, service or solution? Many will say that it is Lean Startup’s build-measure-learn cycle. I don’t disagree that it makes sense testing assumptions and getting early feedback, but I believe that there’s a process that precedes it. I’d argue that… Read More »Ask-learn-evaluate cycle
As regulars will know, we have been discussing estimating and forecasting quite a lot over the last few years. There are some marvellous books out there but one thing we found absent was a straightforward, practical review of the various techniques used for estimation and forecasting. So, we decided to… Read More »NEW estimating and forecasting workshop
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