Food for Agile Thought #193: Story Points & Velocity, Fake Agile, Saving Breakthrough Ideas, Product-Market-Fit Guide
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Food for Agile Thought’s issue #193 — shared with 22,168 peers — revisits story points and velocity; we get an idea on how to spot cargo cult agile, and we learn more about how to overcome the industrial age at the organizational level by getting rid of hierarchical structures.
We also learn five techniques on how to garden disruptive ideas in a hostile environment; we dive into mental models and biases and how they influence corporate decision making, and we brush up our knowledge on what product-market-fit is and how to achieve it.
Lastly, we listen to Gitte Klitgaard, who points at the importance of feeling safe to leave your comfort zone if you want to 10X your learning experience.
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?? The Essential Read
Gitte Klitgaard (via InfoQ): Feeling Safe to Be Uncomfortable
Gitte Klitgaard passionately opposes the notion that psychological safety prevents us from learning.
Source: InfoQ: Feeling Safe to Be Uncomfortable
Author: Gitte Klitgaard
Agile, Story Points & Scrum
Ron Jeffries: Story Points Revisited
Ron Jeffries reflects on the state of story points, pointing at the numerous misuses in the name of predictability.
Source: Story Points Revisited
Author: Ron Jeffries
Steve Denning (via Forbes): Understanding Fake Agile
Steve Denning identifies cargo cult Agile — from SAFe to stalled journeys to ‘Agile-lite.’
Source: Forbes: Understanding Fake Agile
Author: Steve Denning
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2019-07-06, Berlin: Liberating Structures 4 Scrum — From Daily Scrum to Sprint Review.
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The workshop is well suited for beginners of Liberating Structures if you already have a basic understanding of Scrum roles, events, and artifacts. (However, I would not recommend the workshop to those who are unfamiliar with both Scrum and Liberating Structures.)
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Product & Lean
Joe Brown: How To Prevent Breakthrough Ideas from Being Rejected
Joe Brown lists five approaches to save potentially disruptive ideas before organizational antibodies start killing them off.
Source: How To Prevent Breakthrough Ideas from Being Rejected
Author: Joe Brown
Charles Lambdin (via Medium): Behavioral Economics and Corporate Strategy
Charles Lambdin delves into the latest findings on how mental models and biases influence corporate decision making.
Source: Medium: Behavioral Economics and Corporate Strategy
Author: Charles Lambdin
Andy Sparks (via Holloway): Fundamentals of Product-Market Fit
Andy Sparks shares an excerpt from the upcoming ‘Guide to Raising Venture Capital’ wrapping up the issue nicely.
Source: Holloway: Fundamentals of Product-Market Fit
Author: Andy Sparks
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