Oct 14, 2017
Food for Agile Thought #113
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #113 covers scaling agile at Spotify, why technical debt gets out of control, how to go faster, and that customer centricity requires changes to the organization.
We also have a look at ‘Cost of Delay’ as a concept and learn that buildings MVPs might be counterproductive, and to make (product) decisions without a doubt.
Lastly, Hiten Shah considers Trello a failure — find out why.
Have a great week!
🏆 The Tip of the Week: Scaling Spotify
Henrik Kniberg (via Crisp): Scaling Agile @ LEGO and Spotify
Henrik Kniberg shares his slides “Scaling Agile @ LEGO and Spotify.”
Source: Crisp: Scaling Agile @ LEGO and Spotify
Author: Henrik Kniberg
Agile & Scrum
Leon Tranter: Technical debt — or technical bankruptcy?
Leon Tranter analyses the reasons that technical debt gets out of control, and “developers suck” is not one of them.
Source: Technical debt — or technical bankruptcy?
Author: Leon Tranter
Jessica Kerr (via GOTO Conferences): Forget Velocity, Let’s Talk Acceleration
Jessica Kerr at GOTO 2017 on how to do the most useful work to go faster.
Source: GOTO Conferences: Forget Velocity, Let’s Talk Acceleration
Author: Jessica Kerr
David Cancel: Creating A Customer-Driven Product Machine
David Cancel points out that being ‘customer-driven’ requires ownership, autonomy, and cross-functionality.
Source: Creating A Customer-Driven Product Machine
Author: David Cancel
Jim Hayden (via Leading Agile): Cost of Delay. What does it mean? Prioritize your backlog and maximize ROI.
Jim Hayden explains the ‘Cost of Delay’ concept and its usefulness to prioritize a product backlog.
Source: Leading Agile: Cost of Delay. What does it mean? Prioritize your backlog and maximize ROI.
Author: Jim Hayden
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Product & Lean
Wayne Chang: Want To Build An Incredible Product? Strive For The Delta Of ‘Wow’
Wayne Chang does not believe in the ‘minimum viable product’ mantra — you only get one chance to make a great impression.
Source: Want To Build An Incredible Product? Strive For The Delta Of ‘Wow’
Author: Wayne Chang
Paul Rosania (via First Round Capital): Make Product Decisions Without Doubt — My Lessons from Twitter and Slack
Paul Rosania dissects four fundamental product changes and the tactics he used to power through the doubt that accompanied them.
Source: First Round Capital: Make Product Decisions Without Doubt — My Lessons from Twitter and Slack
Author: Paul Rosania
Suzie Prince and Emily Luke (via ThoughtWorks): Developer Dogfooding Is not User Research
Suzie Prince and Emily Luke urge to include developers in the design research process.
Source: ThoughtWorks: Developer Dogfooding Is not User Research
Authors: Suzie Prince and Emily Luke
Hiten Shah: Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business
Hiten Shah talks about the opportunity that Trello missed, and what it could have done instead.
Source: Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business
Author: Hiten Shah
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Food for Agile Thought #113: Scaling Spotify, Technical Debt, Dogfooding, Cost of Delay was first published on Age-of-Product.
