November 2024
Accelerate speed to market by ReBooting your delivery approach
This month's newsletter features, the Trap of estimating in time, ways of working for Gen Z - they are bucking career aspiration trends. We have some Product related content, a spotlight on the ‘angst’ surrounding Agile, as well as a podcast episode FEAT. Kent Beck. Dip in, there’s something for everyone!
What we are saying…
The Time Estimation Trap - Relatively speaking
How did we fall into the trap of estimating in time when we already knew about relative estimation?
Blog by Alex Stokes
What we’ve been reading…
Conscious Un-bossing
Over half of Gen-Z professionals don’t want to take on a middle management role in their career. New research from leading talent solutions firm Robert Walters reveals a growing disillusion with mid-level management roles amongst younger professionals.
Transformation as a Project
Transformation is not a project, it too is a constantly evolving thing, the recent blog on this anti-pattern by Product Guru, Marty Cagan
There is more value in creating and using OKRs than in the actual
OKRs
John Sullivan CEO of Charge Fox has summarised some wisdom on OKRs and their usefulness in this article.
Listening to…
Podcast - Adopting a Product Mindset
At Work with The Ready
In this podcast episode from The Ready the team talk about how to adopt a Product mindset in organisations
Watching…
Leading Complexity Podcast
Guest Kent Beck
A conversation with Kent Beck, a renowned figure in software development and the creator of eXtreme Programming, talking about the importance of the developer experience and four factors for understanding complexity.
the Agile divide…
The Agile Divide
Schisms have appeared in the industry of agile coaching and consulting between framework peddlers, and practitioners. A few interesting articles appeared recently - amidst the noise.
Miro - A study paper by Miro using data collected from 1200 practitioners Exploring the Agile Divide
Sayonara to the Golden age of Scrum and another example of a Digital Transformation Gone Wrong (a SAFe implementation) both from Maarten Dalmijn
Folklore…
Have you heard the term YAGNI? What does the principle of “You Aren’t Gonna Need it!” mean and how hard is it to stick to?
Deals…
Alex’s book “Empowered Agile Transformation - Beyond the Framework“ is discounted for Australian readers while stocks last, or pick it up on amazon here.
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