Food for Agile Thought #261: Business Agility 2020, How to Succeed w/ Agility, Drop the MVP Label, Still the CEO of Your Product?
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TL; DR: Business Agility 2020, How to Succeed w/ Agility — Food for Agile Thought #261
Welcome to the 261st edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 27,344 peers. This week, we are curious about the state of business agility 2020; we delve into a new recipe to succeed with agility, and we check the benefits that developers derive from estimating their work.
We then abandon the label ‘MVP,’ probably to embrace the ‘Maximum Viable Product.’ We also revisit Ben Horowitz’s famous quote from 20 years ago: Are product managers really the CEO of their product?
Lastly, we applaud a new initiative to develop a code of ethical conduct to raise agile coaching standards.
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Agile & Scrum
David J Anderson (via David J Anderson School of Management): New Recipe for Success
Derived from developing the Kanban Maturity Model, David J Anderson creates a new recipe for success with agility.
Source: David J Anderson School of Management: New Recipe for Success
Author: David J Anderson
Mike Cohn: You have nothing to lose & a lot to gain from good estimating
Mike Cohn delves into the benefits of estimating for developers.
Source: You have nothing to lose & a lot to gain from good estimating.
Author: Mike Cohn
Shane Hastie and Craig Smith (via Agile Alliance): Identifying a Code of Ethical Conduct for Agile Coaching
Shane Hastie and Craig Smith introduce an initiative to develop a code of ethical conduct to raise agile coaching standards.
Source: Agile Alliance: Identifying a Code of Ethical Conduct for Agile Coaching
Authors: Shane Hastie and Craig Smith
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Product & Lean
Rich Mironov: I’ve abandoned MVP
Rich Mironov advocates abandoning the label ‘MVP’ from all documents, presentations, and talks.
Source: I’ve abandoned MVP
Author: Rich Mironov
Joe Leech: Introducing Maximum Viable Product (MaxVP)
Joe Leech believes it is now time to define a Maximum Viable Product (MaxVP).
Source: Introducing Maximum Viable Product (MaxVP)
Author: Joe Leech
Jeff Gothelf: Are product managers really the CEO’s of their product? 5 product leaders weigh in.
Jeff Gothelf revisits Ben Horowitz’s famous quote from 20 years ago.
Source: Are product managers really the CEO’s of their product? 5 product leaders weigh in.
Author: Jeff Gothelf
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