The dominant false why and the elusive true why
Most companies have a purpose that’s disconnected from their customers. Find out about the Dominant FALSE WHY and the Elusive TRUE WHY.
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Size Matters – My Top 10 Reasons to Break it Down
Size Matters – My Top 10 Reasons to Break it Down Smaller is Better Beyond any external constraints and pressures most teams have around them, such as lack of vision, pressure from leadership in the form of “deadlines”, or being pulled into 20 different directions, there is one thing that I keep seeing over […]
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Sink like a rock or float like an albatross
I like to think of an agile team as being something like a ship making its way through a violent storm. If the crew is tight and well trained, helps one another out, and the ship has integrity, strength and the right tools, they probably will fare well. On the other hand, if the ship is dilapidated and the the crew is disorganized and doesn’t work well together, having no clear direction, then their outcome looks grim.
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Build a better bike
Build a better bike! Build a better bike! It’s hard to believe we do this… but we often do. Many product development teams have team members who build products for people they will never meet or never experience. Often times, those same team members have never used the product they are building, and never will. […]
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Product Roadmaps are Actually Customer Roadmaps
Product roadmaps are really customer roadmaps https://youtu.be/CDFyH8z5D8A They should be focused on what we are doing for our customers and users. Roadmaps are customer focused – customer-centric. Every release should have a goal that focuses on what you’re doing for the customer. Stop using words like this in your goals: “develop” “create” “deploy” Your customers […]
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Team Motivation
I’d rather have a team that’s passionate about their work… I’d rather have a team that’s passionate about their work than… A team that is “mechanically good” at Scrum. “Mechanically good” means they are going through the cosmetic motions of Scrum but… Are not really into it.. no heart… Empowerment => Motivation Shared Values => […]
Read MoreYour face is important to me
Not every face-to-face meeting needs to be about work. Teams grow from all of the other interactions.. and we are mostly missing those today.
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