How To Scale Product Teams
Having had the opportunity to start my career as a software engineer right in the heart of product development, through to working as part of […]
Workflow And Delivery
Prioritising your product by risk, impact, evidence and value
The following post is based on some content of The Lean Product Lifecycle book, taken from the GROW stage which is where you have more […]
The Wonder Wall – Communicating the What, Who, Why and When
When dealing with many development teams and functions, coordination is a highly valuable endeavour for everyone to have a sense of purpose and direction and […]
Improving Product Outcomes Using Cynefin and a Product Lifecycle.
As we created the Product Lifecycle, we developed a range of Lean governance principles and data points by collaborating with over 20 enabling functions and understanding what is needed when by different stages of their life to support and grow a product, all of course secondary to continuously meeting the customer needs. A powerful sense-making activity for product development and strategy was to combine Cynefin with the Product Lifecycle. This helped us understand when to use Lean Startup and Agile practices and created meaningful conversation to inform working practices.
Theory Of Constraints – Making Changes That Matter
Presentation discussing the Theory Of Constraints and the effects of System Thinking, presented at Agile Tour London 2013
Best Card Wall Competition
Thought Works Studios Best Card Wall competition.
The Hourglass Scrum-Ban Board
As we have progressed as a scrum team, our board has evolved in line with our continuous improvement ethos. Heavily influenced by the Theory Of Constraints, we introduced WIP limits on user stories and the board by restricting the number of lanes. We have seen team and productivity benefits when adopting some of these simple changes.
Theory Of Constraints And Agile Methodologies
An interesting session demonstrating how to use some of the ideas that the ToC teaches us and how we apply them to our Agile methodologies.
Should Bugs Exist In The Product Backlog
The concept of bugs has been around since the early days of software and we treat them the same now as we did then. When working by value from a single backlog, we should think differently by thinking by value. Do bugs really exist ? Do we put bugs in the product backlog ? What value to bug tracking tools really have ?
Super Hero Scrum Board
We decided to change our scrum board to look a bit more fun and interesting. So we created a web like board aka the “Super Hero Scrum Board” based on a “Bulls Eye” concept. Not only is it more fun and interested, but it creates a visual focus on Done.