The blog posts explains how to set up a Scrum team as a “startup” within an established enterprise to create a new product, and to pilot a new way of working.
Applying the product owner role can be challenging, as no two products are the same. While products and projects vary, I have found two common ways to employ the role: Asking the customer or a customer proxy such as a product manager to take on the product owner role. This post discusses when the two alternatives [...]
This blog post shows how to determine the launch date and the budget before the first sprint using a collaborative release planning workshop.
User stories are great at capturing product functionality in isolation. But they are not well suited to describe the interactions between different features and to describe workflows. This blog posts shows how context and activity diagrams can used successfully to complement individual stories.
The product vision board is a powerful yet simple tool that captures the essence of the next product version.
Learn how lean agile innovation works, how an idea can be successfully transformed into a shippable product.
High-priority product backlog items must be ready to be transformed into working software. Find out what does “ready” means and benefit from Yoda’s advice
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This blog post provides a tongue-in-cheek collection of common product creation mistakes. All influence product success negatively. Combined they are a recipe for certain failure and provide a lesson in how not to develop products.
This post provides a concise, one-page overview of the product owner role.
User stories are probably the most popular agile requirements description technique. It’s comparatively easy to write, decompose, and refine user stories. But writing good stories can be hard. This blog post helps you tell great stories.
This blog posts discusses techniques to progressively decompose use stories.
Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should be: a simple artefact listing the outstanding work to bring the product to life. This blog post discusses lean techniques to make the backlog concise and focussed by avoiding variation and overburden.
Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should be: a simple artefact listing the outstanding work to bring the product to life. This blog post discusses lean techniques to make the backlog concise and focussed by eliminating waste.
This blog post explores the notion of a product in Scrum. Being clear on what a product is a prerequisite for effective product innovation.
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