Hi Pepijn, Thanks for summarising the video for those who didn't have the time to watch it. For me the most telling thing was how little direct influence over...
Turns out many weren't entirely sure what was meant by "High-fidelity Visualization". I previously thought that `pixel perfect' visualizations were a waste of...
Hello, Pepijn. On Saturday, January 29, 2011, at 11:29:09 AM, you ... Yes. A good PO might well have human factors vision, goals, interests, and skills. It...
The problem I am thinking about these days is how would anyone of these value methods helped or supported Facebook's direction? In terms of monetizing their...
Robin, I once had teams (including producers) from BBC in a class in London. I asked them how they determined if a web site was successful. They said that ...
Marvin - I visited your site and feel more confused than ever. Mostly it feels like an ad for your conference. Can you tell me using words or pictures, what...
Hello Ron, I'm definitely going to reply to your detailed considerations. Not now though (I need some thinking time). In the meanwhile, I've run into an ...
I'm sorry.... the file is too big (12Mb), it's bounced by the yahoo group server. For everyone who's interested, here's the url to the location where I found ...
We are only 25% into into our grand 4-day experiment of engaging a large stakeholder community for the purpose of feedback for a Mobile Application....
I don't have a specific answer off the top of my head. When I encounter this problem I usually just change the organization. However as an independant ...
I have just posted a new essay at http://www.leanessays.com/2011/02/before-there-was-management.html. This one is about how to connect small software...
Seconded. Visualizing the queues via CFD or just simple charts showing the delta between when value was delivered versus being put in production is a powerful...
Mary - Interesting post. How do you envision those who did not comply with the mutual agreements were handled? We must assume that there had to be such...
Eb, How long can any society last if it cannot support trust and mutual commitment? http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-05-10/ Regards, Ged ... Eb, How...
+1 Mary Poppendieck Author of Lean Software Development, Implementing Lean Software Development, and Leading Lean Software Development www.poppendieck.com ...
I did get a chuckle from that but I'm not sure its that simple. Oh well. ... I did get a chuckle from that but I'm not sure its that simple. Oh well. On...
Mark said - When I encounter this problem I usually just change the organization. You make that sound so easy. What exactly do you do to "just change the...
... On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Alan Shalloway ... Â Mark said - When I encounter this problem I usually just change the organization. You make that...
Don Reinersten's book "Managing the Design Factory" has a section of the first chapter (I believe) entitled: Our Goals Are Economic. I've personally found...
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Alan Shalloway ... I was just being funny. As an outside consultant I'm usually brought in when an organization wants to...
You are very lucky if you have an organization that wants to change whole hog. I am also a consultant and I see that only about 10% of the time. Most of the...
Eb: We have found this too. One way to encourage this, as I am sure you know, is visibility of how the team works and what affects them. Putting a wall around...
Value estimates. Benefits waiting. Big customers waiting. The names of projects or features, if the big stakeholders know them. Think of it as advertising.. R...
This thread inspired a blog: A Massive Transformation Begins with a Small Change http://www.netobjectives.com/massive-transformation-begins-with-single-step ...
Alan, This, along with your blog post, is incredibly insightful. I tend to get frustrated when management doesn't see or value the same things as I do. My...
At the risk of venturing off-topic, do you have any suggestions on how to avoid this from being interpreted as blame? I can only imagine the angry faces I'd...
Actually, there are many times where customer X should be waiting for a feature because you were told it was economically more feasible to work on feature Z....
Agile 2011 – Agile for Embedded Systems Development stage http://agile2011.agilealliance.org/ August 7-13, 2011, Salt Lake City, USA The goal for this stage...