Food for Agile Thought #371: User Story Guide, Not all Planning Is Helpful, ROI of Product Management, Free Facilitation Resources
Stefan Wolpers
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TL; DR: User Story Guide, Free Facilitation Resources — Food for Agile Thought?#371
Welcome to the 371st edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 36,352 peers. This week, we share an extensive user story guide to create successful products, covering a lot of ground from 3Cs to INVEST to 3Ws. Also, we delve into the benefits of applying principles and patterns from the team topologies concept to remote and hybrid work environments. Moreover, John Cutler busts the myth that all planning is in some way helpful when he points to nine situations where planning might not be beneficial, from planning before the last responsible moment to planning to maximize output.
Also, we appreciate a Forrester Consulting study on the benefits of taking product management seriously, including “key recommendations on making product bets with greater impact.” (Download the study for free.) Then, we analyze different scenarios you may encounter when elevating a team from feature factory workers to problem solvers and dive into the advantages of a product design philosophy popularized by Amazon: Working backward. And Petra Wille shares how to best support your team as a product coach.
Finally, we share lessons learned on how ThoughtWorks helped Etsy create a new product culture, scaling discovery and delivery. The Institute of Cultural Affairs curated an extensive repository of free learning resources for facilitators, from group facilitation methods to virtual facilitation. Lastly, Russ Roberts interviews Annie Duke on the benefits of letting go and how to avoid confusing grit with character.
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Paulo Caroli: Writing User Stories and building successful products
Paulo Caroli shares an extensive guide on how to best use user stories to create successful products, from 3Cs to INVEST to 3Ws.
Author:?Paulo Caroli
? Agile &?Scrum
Eduardo da Silva and Rich Allen (via InfoQ): Enabling Effective Remote Working — Principles and Patterns from Team Topologies
Eduardo da Silva and Rich Allen delve into the benefits of applying principles and patterns from the team topologies concept to remote and hybrid work environments.
Authors:?Eduardo da Silva ?and?Rich Allen
Timothy Cochran: Introducing a product delivery culture at?Etsy
Timothy Cochran shares lessons learned on how ThoughtWorks helped Etsy create a new product culture, scaling discovery and delivery.
Authors:?Timothy Cochran
John Cutler: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. We’ve all heard this. Common sense. But NO…not all planning is?helpful.
John Cutler busts the myth that all planning is in some way helpful. Instead, he points to nine situations where planning might not be beneficial, from planning before the last responsible moment to planning to maximize output.
Author:?John Cutler
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Forrester Consulting conducted a study on the benefits of taking product management seriously, including “key recommendations on making product bets with greater impact.” Download the study for free.
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Joca Torres (via Medium): How to Turn a Feature Team into a Product?Team?
Joca Torres analyzes different scenarios you may encounter when elevating a team from feature factory workers to problem solvers.
Author:?Joca Torres
?? Lenny Rachitsky and Petra Wille: How to be the best coach to product?people
Lenny Rachitsky interviews Petra Wille on how to best support your team as a product coach.
Authors:?Lenny Rachitsky ?and?Petra Wille
?? Engage the Agile Fluency? Model with Diana Larsen — Hands-on Agile?#46
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?? (via ICA:UK): Free Resources [on Facilitation and Participation]
The Institute of Cultural Affairs curated an extensive repository of free learning resources for facilitators, from group facilitation methods to virtual facilitation.
Nick Babich: Working backward: Why it is a must-have approach for product designers
Nick Babich dives into the advantages of a product design philosophy popularized by Amazon.
Author:?Nick Babich
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?? Annie Duke and Russ Roberts (via Econlib): Annie Duke on the Power of?Quitting
Russ Roberts interviews Annie Duke on the benefits of letting go and how to avoid confusing grit with character.
Authors:?Annie Duke ?and?Russ Roberts
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1 年Thanks for including my article, Stefan!
Glad to be on this great newsletter!