Food for Agile Thought #250: JTBD Guide, Good Retrospectives, Opportunity Mapping, Always Feature Teams, Right?
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TL; DR: JTBD Guide, Good Retrospectives — Food for Agile Thought #250
Welcome to the 250th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,776 peers. This week, we appreciate a comprehensive JTBD guide with templates; we learn how to figure out whether a team is capable of having meaningful Retrospectives, and we reconsider our inclination to favor feature team over component teams.
We then delve into opportunity mapping to improve our product work; we embrace the idea that we are probably not charging enough and that we should run some pricing experiments, and we explore the timing and the dynamic of innovation.
Lastly, we learn more about OKR throughout the different stages of product development work.
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Vassilena Valchanova: The Ultimate Guide: Jobs to be Done Interviews for Customer Development [with Templates]
Vassilena Valchanova shares an epic JTBD guide on how to make the jobs-to-be-done framework work for you.
Source: The Ultimate Guide: Jobs to be Done Interviews for Customer Development [with Templates]
Author: Vassilena Valchanova
Agile & Scrum
Adrian Howard: A Spotter’s Guide To Good Retrospectives
Adrian Howard shares his list of observations that help to determine whether a team is good at retrospectives.
Source: A Spotter’s Guide To Good Retrospectives
Author: Adrian Howard
Roman Pichler: Are Feature Teams or Component Teams Right for Your Product?
Roman Pichler delves into when feature teams are right for your product and when component teams are better suited.
Source: Are Feature Teams or Component Teams Right for Your Product?
Author: Roman Pichler
Christina Wodtke: The Goal Fits the Team
Christina Wodtke dissects three common types of OKRs, from the early-stage development to committing significant efforts.
Source: The Goal Fits the Team
Author: Christina Wodtke
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Product & Lean
Teresa Torres: Opportunity Mapping: An Essential Skill for Driving Product Outcomes
Teresa Torres shares an excerpt from her upcoming book, Continuous Discovery Habits.
Source: Opportunity Mapping: An Essential Skill for Driving Product Outcomes
Author: Teresa Torres
Julian Lehr (via Point Nine Capital): 9 Tricks to Experiment with your Pricing Strategy
Julian Lehr shows nine simple pricing and packaging hacks for experimentation. Remember, you are probably not charging enough.
Source: Point Nine Capital: 9 Tricks to Experiment with your Pricing Strategy
Author: Julian Lehr
Jesse Nieminen (via Disruptor League): Timing of Innovation — Getting the Odds on Your Side
Jesse Nieminen analyses the effects of timing and the dynamics when it comes to innovation.
Source: Disruptor League: Timing of Innovation — Getting the Odds on Your Side
Author: Jesse Nieminen
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