Food For Thought #83
Age of Product’s Food for Thought of March 19th, 2017 — shared with 6,872 peers — answers the question whether you’re a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or both. We like Mike Cohn’s free user story training class to avoid user story smells. And if you have no clue how to pull off a sticky without making it curl, we can help with that, too.
On the product side, Des Traynor of Intercom provides hands-on advice where to allocate blood, sweat, and tears. And, by the way, you’re not the CEO of the product. Sorry. But probably you’re a Product Owner and not a product manager. Roman Pichler provides some insight on this discussion.
Lastly: How radical candor builds kick-ass teams, and what superstars and rock stars have got to do with it.
Agile & Scrum
Lyssa Adkins: What is an Agile Coach?
Lyssa Adkins and Simon Powers ask: What is an agile coach if everyone is a coach today?
Source: What is an Agile Coach?
Author: Lyssa Adkins
Mike Cohn: Time Sensitive: Free Access to The Better User Stories Mini-Course
Mike Cohn provides free access to a new mini-course he created to help overcome some of the common and challenging problems with user stories.
Source: Time Sensitive: Free Access to The Better User Stories Mini-Course
Author: Mike Cohn
Ryan Thomas Hewitt: User Story Smells
Ryan Thomas Hewitt shares his top ten user story anti-patterns.
Source: User Story Smells
Author: Ryan Thomas Hewitt
Karen Greaves (via Growing Agile): Assess your Kanban Knowledge
Karen Greaves asks you to put your Kanban knowledge to the test: Pretend that you are walking through an organization and you see the boards below. What comes to your mind?
Source: Growing Agile: Assess your Kanban Knowledge
Author: Karen Greaves
Simon Powers: 17 Essential Hacks Every Scrum Master Should Know
Adventure with Agile provides a list of cool tips and tricks for all the tools we love to use as Scrum Masters and facilitators.
Source: 17 Essential Hacks Every Scrum Master Should Know
Author: Simon Powers
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Product & Lean
Barry Overeem (via Scrum.org): A Product Owner Self-Assessment
Barry Overeem merges Roman Pichler’s Product Management Framework with Geoff Watts’ DRIVEN idea in a workshop to uncover the traits of a great Product Owner.
Source: Scrum.org: A Product Owner Self-Assessment
Author: Barry Overeem
Des Traynor (via This Week in Startups): Alignment, building product first, hiring by values, scaling & avoiding churn
Intercom co-founder Des Traynor shares the three ingredients to any successful company: people, product, and profit.
Source: This Week In Startups: Alignment, building product first, hiring by values, scaling & avoiding churn
Authors: Des Traynor
Martin Eriksson (via Mind The Product): Product Managers — You Are Not the CEO of Anything
Martin Eriksson breaks with Ben Horowitz’s idea of the product manager being the CEO of the product.
Source: Mind The Product: Product Managers — You Are Not the CEO of Anything
Author: Martin Eriksson
Roman Pichler: Product Manager vs. Product Owner
Roman Pichler shares his thoughts on the product manager v. the product owner role: Can the roles coexist or not, and which one should be used.
Source: Product Manager vs. Product Owner
Author: Roman Pichler
Dalan Mendonca (via Investopad): SEPTEMBER: A product management framework for fast learning teams
Dalan Mendonca introduces his product management framework: September addresses teams that are in the process of finding their product-market fit.
Source: Investopad: SEPTEMBER: A product management framework for fast learning teams
Author: Dalan Mendonca
The Essential Read
Kim Scott (via First Round Capital): Warning: This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Talent Planning
At First Round’s CEO Summit, Kim Scott shared her epiphany about management — and the mindset and framework it takes to build a kick-ass team.
Source: First Round Capital: Warning: This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Talent Planning
Author: Kim Scott
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