Food for Agile Thought #254: Virtual 25/10 Crowdsourcing, Wardley Mapping, Product Vision vs. Mission, Innovation Theater
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TL; DR: Virtual 25/10 Crowdsourcing, Innovation Theater — Food for Agile Thought #254
Welcome to the 254th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,836 peers. This week, we applaud David for creating a free virtual 25/10 Crowdsourcing app; we learn what happened to a thriving agile culture once the company laid off the agile folks. Also, we accept the necessity to avoid delays in the management decision process if our agile transition shall bear fruit.
We then lift the confusion over vision and mission and the question who is responsible for which; we delve into a favorite corporate pastime and browse a well-curated repository of templates for product people for new shiny things to support our journey to build great products.
Lastly, we listen in to a conversation on Wardley maps with — Simon Wardley.
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?? The Tip of the Week: Virtual 25/10 Crowdsourcing App for Distributed Teams
David Heath: A free application to Run a 25/10 Crowdsourcing with a Distributed Team!
Kudos to David Heath for creating a free application to facilitate a virtual 25/10 Crowdsourcing.
Source: A free application to run a 25/10 Crowdsourcing with a distributed team!
Author: David Heath
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Agile & Scrum
(via Agile Alliance): What Happens when Agile goes away?
Kaluhi Anzigale describes what happened to a thriving agile culture once the company laid off the entire Agile lead team. Source: Agile Alliance: What Happens when Agile goes away?
Shane Hastie and Simon Wardley (via InfoQ): The What, The Why and Some How of Wardley Mapping — A Conversation with Simon Wardley
Simon Wardley and Shane Hastie discuss what Wardley Mapping is, where the ideas came from, how they can be applied in real-life situations.
Source: InfoQ: The What, The Why and Some How of Wardley Mapping — A Conversation with Simon Wardley
Authors: Shane Hastie and Simon Wardley
Johanna Rothman: Why Minimize Management Decision Time
Johanna Rothman advocates tackling the management decision process to avoid delays.
Source: Why Minimize Management Decision Time
Author: Johanna Rothman
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Product & Lean
Marty Cagan: Product Vision vs. Mission
Marty Cagan addresses confusing product vision with product mission.
Source: Product Vision vs. Mission
Author: Marty Cagan
Daniel Stillman and Tendayi Viki: Innovation Theater
In this podcast, Daniel Stillman and Tendayi Viki dissect a popular movement in the corporate world.
Source: Innovation Theater
Authors: Daniel Stillman and Tendayi Viki
Lenny Rachitsky: My favorite product management templates
Lenny Rachitsky shares a well-curated repository of templates for product people.
Source: My favorite product management templates
Author: Lenny Rachitsky
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