Food for Agile Thought #246: Reliable Predictions, Well-Done Product Discovery, Psychological Safety Framework, Good Retention
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TL; DR: Reliable Predictions, Well-Done Discovery — Food for Agile Thought #246
Welcome to the 246th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,711 peers. This week, we dissect reliable predictions; we explore a new Retrospective template to analyze year-long projects, and we warm up to the idea that visual thinking makes us better coaches.
We then learn how to measure and guide our product discovery efforts; we stop believing that prioritization needs to be based on value, and we get our hands on customer-retention statistics.
Lastly, we are grateful for a new framework that makes psychological safety in the workplace more tangible.
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?? The Tip of the Week: Reliable Predictions
Margaret Heffernan (via Mind The Product): Making Better Predictions
In this podcast, Margaret Heffernan examines the futility of predicting the future and what to do about it.
The problem with models is that they are incomplete, almost by definition. They are biased and they often have agendas — in other words, we are using them to sell ideas that we already have.
Source: Mind The Product: Making Better Predictions
Author: Margaret Heffernan
Agile & Scrum
Paulo Caroli: Final retrospective — activities and template on Mural
Paulo Caroli suggests a template for the last retrospective of a year-plus long project.
Source: Final retrospective — activities and template on Mural
Author: Paulo Caroli
Viktor Cessan: Psychological Safety In The Workplace — An Integrative Framework
Viktor Cessan lays out a framework detailing what psychological safety is and how to create it.
Source: Psychological Safety In The Workplace — An Integrative Framework
Author: Viktor Cessan
Yuri Malishenko (via Medium): How visual thinking can make you a better agile coach
Yuri Malishenko believes that applying visual thinking as an agile coach can make you more professional.
Source: Medium: How visual thinking can make you a better agile coach
Author: Yuri Malishenko
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Product & Lean
Teresa Torres: Doing Discovery Well: How to Measure and Guide Your Team
Teresa Torres asks: If you want to improve your discovery process, what outcomes help you track your progress?
Source: Doing Discovery Well: How to Measure and Guide Your Team
Author: Teresa Torres
Ant Murphy (via Product Coalition): Prioritization is about Confidence, not Value
Anthony Murphy delves into the idea that prioritization needs to be based on value. What if that is no the case?
Source: Product Coalition: Prioritization is about Confidence, not Value
Author: Ant Murphy
Casey Winters: What Is Good Retention: An Exhaustive Benchmark Study with Lenny Rachitsky
Casey Winters points to a comprehensive benchmark study across industries on what good retention figures are.
Source: What Is Good Retention: An Exhaustive Benchmark Study with Lenny Rachitsky
Author: Casey Winters
?? Quo Vadis, Scrum Master: How to Deal with Remote Agile — the Results of Our Virtual Strategy Session
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