I have been doing some hiring lately. The two roles I have been hiring for are a Scrum Master and a Business Analyst. I used the opportunity to test my recruitment questionaire – questions that I am expecting the organisation to ask in the future when I am no longer there in order to ensure …
In product development the definition of Minimal Viable Product (MVP) is The product with the highest return on investment versus risk Popularised by Eric Ries it subtly changes to The smallest thing you can build that lets you quickly make it around the build/measure/learn loop I must profess I have a few issues the MVP …
On Thursday the 20th of June I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Craig Smith (@smithcdau) at Agile Australia on “Visual Management: Leading with what you can see”. For the slides you can go directly to slideshare or click through the embedded contents below. The presentation was video taped so when that is released I …
Seven years ago I was involved in an open debate at an IIBA meet up on the role of Business Analysts within an Agile environment. At the time my opponent contested that Business Analysts were defunct under Agile and were no longer required. I debated that they were still needed but that their role changed …
I had a considerable amount of trepidation when reading this book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The title itself is ellusive and doesn’t lead the reader to understand the value that it might have for them. The subline is a bit more useful “How to Create Uncontested Market Space to Make the Competition …
I had a great meal last week. It was more like a feast really. It started lunchtime on Wednesday the 20th and went all the way through to just past lunchtime on Saturday the 23rd. I am referring to the mystically labelled #klrat or Kanban Leadership Retreat held in Mayrhofen, Austria. Going into the event …
Following up from my attendance at Agile Australia 2012 I wanted to provide a link to the slides and also a bit more depth of information. Unfortunately a few parts of the panel discussion overran and consequently a few things that I desperately wanted to say were unable to get out. So firstly, for those …
When massive multiplayer online gamers work together as a team (called “Raids”) to defeat fantasy targets (called “Bosses”) they are repeatedly performing the steps of a Lean Startup – Build, Measure and Learn. For raiders, “build” is working together to achieve the desired outcome of defeating the boss. They have a meta hypothesis – that …
Moneyball has been credited within the Lean Startup community as a classic example of some of their principles. I thought for those who haven’t had an opportunity to watch it that I would note some of the more powerful statements made in the movie. Some are slightly modified to apply outside of baseball so that …
I have just finished reading “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries for the second time and have been spending some time working with a team using the model. Joyfully it has made me think about opportunities out there and if I ever had my own push to be entrepreneurial what exactly I would consider. As …
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