Food for Agile Thought #216
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #216 delves into the product-market fit concept with statistics, frameworks, and models; we discover the essential elements of high performing teams, and we kiss fixed-everything contracts good-bye.
We also learn from Spotify how to speed up user research by not focusing on running more user interviews, and we look behind the scenes of WeChat and its — by Western standards — unconventional approach to innovation.
Lastly, we enjoy the unpacking of “iteration” and question the language of our community.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #215?

🏆 The Essential Post: Product-Market Fit
📺 Rahul Vohra (via This Week in Startups): Superhuman CEO on Product-Market Fit

Rahul Vohra shares excellent insights and statistics from Superhuman’s journey to achieving product/market-fit.
Source: 📺 This Week In Startups: Superhuman CEO on Product-Market Fit
Author: Rahul Vohra
Agile & Scrum
Andy Cleff: Trust, Ownership, and Vision: Necessary for High Performance
Andy Cleff elaborates on the essential elements for high-performing, self-managing teams.
Source: Trust, Ownership, and Vision: Necessary for High Performance
Author: Andy Cleff
Henk van der Schuur (via Medium): Bye Bye Time & Materials: Entering the Era of Agile, Value-based Agreements

Henk van der Schuur suggests agile, value-based agreements instead of fixed-everything contracts.
Source: Medium: Bye Bye Time & Materials: Entering the Era of Agile, Value-based Agreements
Author: Henk van der Schuur
Charles Lambdin (via Medium): Words Matter: Unpacking ‘Iterate’

Charles Lambdin delves into language, distinguishing ‘iteration’ from ‘increment.’
Source: Medium: Words Matter: Unpacking ‘Iterate’
Author: Charles Lambdin
📯 Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns: 20 Ways to Improve
In my experience, the Daily Scrum is the Scrum event with the highest anti-pattern density among all events. Learn more about the Daily Scrum anti-patterns that threaten to derail your agile transition.

Read more: Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns: 20 Ways to Improve.
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Product & Lean
(via Notion Capital): Finding product-market fit: models and frameworks for SaaS companies

Stephen Millard and Joshua Olusanya introduce Notion’s PMF framework of how to understand where to allocate more capital.
Source: Notion: Finding product-market fit: models and frameworks for SaaS companies
(via epicpeople): Accelerating User Research: How We Structure Insights for Speed At Spotify

Sara Belt reflects on integrating research into the product development practice and speeding up organizations’ ability to learn and iterate overall.
Source: epicpeople: Accelerating User Research: How We Structure Insights for Speed At Spotify
Julian Birkinshaw (via Harvard Business Review): The Kind of Creative Thinking That Fueled WeChat’s Success

Julian Birkinshaw reports on the vision — or grand design — of WeChat, which is remarkably different from, for example, the design thinking approach to innovation.
Source: Harvard Business Review: The Kind of Creative Thinking That Fueled WeChat’s Success
Author: Julian Birkinshaw
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