Food for Agile Thought #145
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #145 addresses how to make agile work for you, how graphics can massively improve your facilitation skills, and how you can identify friends and foes with an organizational design analysis.
We also get a better understanding of Kanban Cadences, how to sell and prioritize non-feature work such as refactoring, and why merely shipping code does not mean you understand the philosophy of Kaizen.
Lastly, learn new tips and trick on how to deal with HIPPOs and their pet projects in your organization.
Have a great week!
🏆 The Tip of the Week: Make Agile Work à la Jeff Patton
Jeff Patton (via Mind The Product): Owning Agile
Jeff Patton deconstructs ‘agile’ from a product manager’s view and shares what he did to make it work for him.
Source: Mind The Product: Owning Agile
Author: Jeff Patton
Make Agile Work & Scrum
Luca Morovián (via UX studio): How To Hold Better Meetings With The Help Of Graphic Facilitation
Luca Morovián explains what graphic facilitation is about and how you can use it to improve your daily meetings and workshops instantly.
Source: UX studio: How To Hold Better Meetings With The Help Of Graphic Facilitation
Author: Luca Morovián
David Mastronardi (via Gamestorming): Organizational Design Analysis
David Mastronardi introduces an activity from visual thinker Yuri Mailshenko to identify your stakeholders and understand how they feel about your work.
Source: Gamestorming: Organizational Design Analysis
Author: David Mastronardi
(via Kanbanize Blog): Kanban Cadences for Aligning Communication
Radoslaw Orszewski provides an introduction to Kanban Cadences, a suggested network of meetings, fostering proper bi-directional communication.
Source: Kanbanize Blog: Kanban Cadences for Aligning Communication
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Product & Lean
Teresa Torres (via Product Talk): The Art of Managing Stakeholders Through Product Discovery
Teresa Torres on HIPPOism or the frustrating reality of managing stakeholders above your pay grade.
Source: Product Talk: The Art of Managing Stakeholders Through Product Discovery
Author: Teresa Torres
John Cutler (via Medium): Prioritizing “Non-Feature” Work and Continuous Improvement
John Cutler shares his approach to advocate for, prioritize, and put a dollar figure on non-feature work.
Source: Medium: Prioritizing “Non-Feature” Work and Continuous Improvement
Author: John Cutler
Des Traynor (via Intercom): How to make product improvements
Des Traynor explains why merely shipping code does not mean your product is continuously improving.
Source: Intercom: How to make product improvements
Author: Des Traynor
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Food for Agile Thought #145: Make Agile Work, Graphic Facilitation, Managing HIPPOs was first published on Age-of-Product.
