Sep 20, 2019
Food for Agile Thought #210
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #210 analyzes why customer journey teams may be superior to cross-functional teams; we enjoy a list of anti -agile personality types, and we listen to Mr. DevOps on how to build high-performance organizations.
We also help product managers to understand user research better; we delve into the most annoying collaboration mistakes of product teams, and we grasp the prerequisites of product-market fit.
Lastly, we thank Andy Cleff for compiling a list of approaches to measure team health and morale.
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🏆 The Essential Read
Ole Jepsen (via InfoQ): The Magic of Organizing around Customer Journeys — and How to do it
Ole Jepsen and Maria Ebro Andreasen explain why cross-functional teams may be inferior to focusing on value streams and customer journeys.
Source: InfoQ: The Magic of Organizing around Customer Journeys — and How to do it
Author: Ole Jepsen
Agile & Scrum
Anneli Olsen (via Crisp): Anti-Agile Personalities — Part 2
Anneli Olsen describes personalities that stand in the way of agile product development.
Source: Crisp: Anti-Agile Personalities — Part 2
Author: Anneli Olsen
andy cleff: Agile Team Health Check Models
Andy Cleff shares a comprehensive list of models intended to measure team health and morale — if that works at all.
Source: Agile Team Health Check Models
Author: Andy Cleff
📺 Jez Humble (via InfoQ): Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
In this Agile India keynote, Jez Humble presents the results from DevOps Research and Assessment research program.
Source: InfoQ: 📺 Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Author: Jez Humble
📅 Professional Scrum Master Training PSM I — Berlin, October 8–9, 2019
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Product & Lean
📺 Steve Portigal (via Mind The Product): Great User Research (for Non-Researchers)
Steve Portigal tells us how to level up our research skills as product managers quickly.
Source: Mind The Product: 📺 Great User Research (for Non-Researchers)
Author: Steve Portigal
Laura Klein: Product Team Mistakes, Part 1: Communicating Company & User Needs
Laura Klein has started a series of blog posts on the most significant mistakes product teams are making when it comes to collaborating.
Source: Product Team Mistakes, Part 1: Communicating Company & User Needs
Author: Laura Klein
Peter Lauten and David Ulevitch (via Andreessen Horowitz): Product-User Fit Comes Before Product-Market Fit
Peter Lauten and David Ulevitch redefine product-market fit on a ‘small cohort of very early power users.’
Source: Andreessen Horowitz: Product-User Fit Comes Before Product-Market Fit
Authors: Peter Lauten and David Ulevitch
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