Maximize Customer Value with a Product Owner

Who is accountable for maximizing customer value with the development team at your organization? Do you think of multiple people? Do you have trouble answering the question? If this is not clearly defined at your organization, it can cause a lot of confusion and a product’s quality may suffer. The Scrum Framework clearly defines the … Read more Maximize Customer Value with a Product Owner

Focus on the Highest Priority

What is your organization’s highest priority? In the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto, this ‘highest priority’ is defined with the first principle: “Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.” Satisfying the customer is the highest priority. In software development, that means delivering valuable software early … Read more Focus on the Highest Priority

Learn Quickly

In the Scrum Framework, there are built in ceremonies to help the organization and team be agile and learn quickly. These include: daily scrum sprint planning sprint retrospective sprint review Each sprint has a goal and at the end of the sprint cycle, the team reflects on goal completion and what can be done to … Read more Learn Quickly

Break the Silos with Cross Functional Teams

Are teams and people working in silos in your organization? Is communication difficult across different departments? Cross functional teams (also called feature teams in software development) are a great way to work together more efficiently. In the Scrum Framework, the development team is cross functional.  This is defined as, “Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed … Read more Break the Silos with Cross Functional Teams

Idea Meritocracy

I wanted to share this TED talk of Ray Dalio as I found it very insightful. Idea meritocracy, being radically truthful and transparent, collective decision making, and the dot collector tool present such a unique perspective on how to operate as an organization. What are your thoughts on these concepts? Have you experienced any of … Read more Idea Meritocracy