The Value of OptionalityThis text is an adapted excerpt from the post What is WIP and when is it a Problem?Nov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
Four Kinds of ValueA model that can be used to help you prioritize your work by categorizing it into four quadrants based on the type of value it creates.May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
What is WIP and when is it a problem?WIP means Work in Progress (or “Work in Process” for the lean folks out there). You already knew that, but what it actually means is “work…Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Strategies for Predictability — Part 1What options are there for predictable product delivery?Apr 17, 2023Apr 17, 2023
Tracking ProgressIdeally, we’d all be tracking progress by only looking at outcomes and effects. It would be the OKR Utopia, where we’d write some code…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
“Budgeting”“Budgeting” enables you to control the cost of software product development better than guessing does. It also enables you to assess value…Apr 22, 2022Apr 22, 2022
“Past Performance Predicts Future Performance Better than You Do”Sometimes we have to guess when something will be done. We may wish we would be in a situation where we didn’t have to do this, but that’s…Apr 18, 2022Apr 18, 2022
What’s half of it?At the heart of iterative and incremental delivery, lies the ability to make things smaller. We want to make things small, because we value…Apr 13, 2022Apr 13, 2022