Food for Agile Thought #273: Visual Collaboration, Cost-Saving with Agile, User Stories vs. Use Cases, Rejecting Feature Requests
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TL; DR: Visual Collaboration, Rejecting Requests — Food for Agile Thought #273
Welcome to the 273rd edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 29,133 peers. This week, we appreciate the merits of visual collaboration; we detail the path of agility from the team level to the organizational level, and we reflect on cost-saving with ‘Agile’ and its inherent trickiness.
We then delve into the differences between user stories and use cases; we share a hands-on guide on how to move toward a balanced, outcome-driven way of product development, and we embrace an approach that allows understanding which stakeholder requests to accept or reject — without burning bridges. We also welcome a set of 50 team building activities, games, and exercises from communication to collaboration to alignment and vision.
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?? The Tip of the Week: Visual Collaboration
Jeff Gothelf: 3 Ways Visualization Drives Collaboration, Agility, and Inclusion
Jeff Gothelf points at the benefits of collaborative visualization: quickly extracting different assumptions to figure out how to move on as a team with a shared understanding.
Source: 3 Ways Visualization Drives Collaboration, Agility, and Inclusion
Author: Jeff Gothelf
Agile & Scrum
(via InfoQ): Moving from Agile Teams towards an Agile Organization
Fernando Guigou details the path of agility from the team level to the organizational level.
Source: InfoQ: Moving from Agile Teams towards an Agile Organization
?? Mike Cottmeyer (via Leading Agile): The Right Way to Think About Cost Savings with Agile
In this 8-min video, Mike Cottmeyer reflects on cost-saving with ‘Agile’ and its inherent trickiness.
Source: Leading Agile: ?? The Right Way to Think About Cost Savings with Agile
Author: Mike Cottmeyer
Liz Keogh: How Agile Manages Out Innovation
Liz Keogh suggests running experiments simultaneously, not sequentially, when facing complex problems.
Source: How Agile Manages Out Innovation
Author: Liz Keogh
James Smart (via SessionLab): 50 Team Building Activities to Improve Teamwork
James Smart put together a collection of team building activities, games, and exercises from communication to collaboration to alignment and vision.
Source: SessionLab: 50 Team Building Activities to Improve Teamwork
Author: James Smart
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Product
(via UX Magazine): User Stories vs Use Cases: How They Stack up
Patrick Joseph Downs delves into the differences between user stories and use cases.
Source: UX Magazine: User Stories vs Use Cases: How They Stack up
(via Medium): A 4-Step Guide for Day-to-Day Product Discovery
Sophia H?fling shares a hands-on guide on how to move toward a balanced, outcome-driven way of product development.
Source: Medium: A 4-Step Guide for Day-to-Day Product Discovery
Andrew Quan (via Product Coalition): Tactfully Rejecting Feature Requests
Andrew Quan shares an approach that allows understanding which stakeholder requests to accept or reject — without burning bridges.
Source: Product Coalition: Tactfully Rejecting Feature Requests
Author: Andrew Quan
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