Food For Thought #90: Agile OKRs, Agile Ladder, 11 Laws of Product, Disruption à la Amazon
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Age of Product’s Food for Thought of May 7th, 2017 deals with various aspects of change: metaphors, agile OKRs, thirsty plants, and misconceptions. Moreover, we wholeheartedly support Tanner’s idea of actively doing nothing as a scrum master.
On the product side, we start with another round of anti-patterns in product development. Then we switch to how to do it right, and we end with why you should not confuse alignment with an agreement.
Lastly: We understand the magic of disruptive innovation disguised as toys and appealing to the inner child.
Agile OKRs & Scrum
Lynne Cazaly: Where’s your project on the path of change
Another great visualization by Lynne Cazaly: the ‘ladder’ metaphor for (agile) change and transformation project.
Source: Where’s your project on the path of change
Author: Lynne Cazaly
Dan North: Applying OKRs
Dan North shares his learning from exploring ‘objectives and key results’ with several organizations, from a few hundred people in size to a couple of thousand.
Source: Applying OKRs
Author: Dan North
John Yorke: Why don’t developers water the plants?
John Yorke thinks there are zones of diminishing responsibility that reduce the effectiveness of self-organized teams.
Source: Why don’t developers water the plants?
Author: John Yorke
Simon Powers: The 6 Misconceptions of Agile Coaching & How to Overcome Them
Simon Powers believes that Agile coaching is in a muddle, and he tries to de-muddle it by pointing at six common misunderstandings.
Source: The 6 Misconceptions of Agile Coaching & How to Overcome Them
Author: Simon Powers
Tanner Wortham: Mastering the Art of Actively Doing Nothing
Tanner Wortham explains why he believes that scrum masters should learn the art of actively doing nothing.
Source: Mastering the Art of Actively Doing Nothing
Author: Rob Wortham
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Product & Lean
Jeff Patton: Backlog Grooming Bugs Me
Jeff Patton shares a rant on product backlog refinement meetings, believing those are often the most unproductive and painful ones in Scrum.
Source: Backlog Grooming Bugs Me
Author: Jeff Patton
Sean Johnson (via Hackernoon): 11 Essential Laws of Product Development
Sean Johnson provides a short, yet seemingly battle-proven guide on product development.
Source: Hacker Noon: 11 Essential Laws of Product Development
Author: Sean Johnson
Tim Herbig: Alignment doesn’t need Agreement
Tim Herbig praises Jeff Bezos’ “disagree and commit” phrase when it comes to not confusing alignment with an agreement.
Source: Alignment doesn’t need Agreement
Author: Tim Herbig
John Cutler (via Medium): Why We Write Tickets
A comprehensive reminder — Slack-style — by John Cutler on why we create tickets. I would add creating a shared understanding, though.
Source: Medium: Why We Write Tickets
Author: John Cutler
Sebastian Radics: Costs of Delay combined with How to measure anything
Sebastian Radics shares a slide-deck on costs of delay including an exercise to apply the quantitative cost of delay matrix.
Source: Costs of Delay combined with How to measure anything
Author: Sebastian Radics
The Essential Read
Howard Yu (via Forbes): How Amazon Stays More Agile Than Most Startups
Howard Yu, professor of strategy and innovation at IMD, on groundbreaking innovations starting as toys.
Source: Forbes: How Amazon Stays More Agile Than Most Startups
Author: Howard Yu
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Food for Thought #90 was first published on Age of Product.