Food for Agile Thought #123
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #123 addresses Scrum 2018: Scrum Alliance’s latest survey is available, John Cutler’s opinion piece on today’s state of ‘Scrum,’ indications of lipstick agile to watch out for, and ten prevailing scrum myths.
We then focus on how to figure out what is worth building: from creating a bulletproof product strategy to developing an experimentation system and why you need to be careful when using the Net Promoter Score®¸
Lastly, we learn more about the organizational patterns of progressive companies.
Have a successful 2018!
🏆 The Tip of the Week: Scrum 2018
(via Scrum Alliance): Download: 2017–18 State of Scrum Report
Scrum Alliance published the ‘State of Scrum 2017–2018’ report based on the feedback of more than 2,000 agile professionals.
Source: Scrum Alliance: Download: 2017–18 State of Scrum Report
Agile & Scrum 2018
John Cutler (via Hackernoon): Scrum is the Best Thing in the Whole Wide World
John Cutler reflects on Scrum and how it is perceived, sold and practiced at the moment.
Source: Hackernoon: Scrum is the Best Thing in the Whole Wide World
Author: John Cutler
Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs: A Summary of the 10 Scrum Myths
Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs provide a handy summary of ten persistent Scrum myths.
Source: A Summary of the 10 Scrum Myths
Authors: Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs
(via Corporate Rebels): On What We Learned This Year: The 8 Habits Of Highly Progressive Workplaces
Corporate Rebels identified eight habits which distinguish the progressive organizations from the others.
Source: Corporate Rebels: On What We Learned This Year: The 8 Habits Of Highly Progressive Workplaces
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Product & Lean
Richard Banfield (via Noteworthy): How To Design a Bulletproof Product Strategy
Richard Banfield shares his view of why an excellent product strategy isn’t the domain of mythological heroes.
Source: Noteworthy: How To Design a Bulletproof Product Strategy
Author: Richard Banfield
Christina Wodtke: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking
Christina Wodtke on why she no longer believes that ‘design thinking’ is merely a smart rebranding effort by IDEO to charge twice as much.
Source: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking
Author: Christina Wodtke
Joey DeBruin (via Reforge): The Growth Experiment Management System that Tripled Our Testing Velocity
Joey DeBruin and his team built an experimentation system that costs virtually nothing and allows to accelerate learning massively.
Source: Reforge: The Growth Experiment Management System that Tripled Our Testing Velocity
Author: Joey DeBruin
Jared M. Spool: Net Promoter Score® Considered Harmful (and What UX Professionals Can Do About It)
Jared Spool takes on the most beloved product success metric — the Net Promoter Score® — and reveals its flaws.
Source: Net Promoter Score® Considered Harmful (and What UX Professionals Can Do About It)
Author: Jared Spool
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Food for Agile Thought #123: Scrum 2018, Bulletproof Product Strategy, Hypotheses Testing System was first published on Age-of-Product.
