Category Archives: product development

August 09

Leadership hack 024 – is getting better more important than getting work done?

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“Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work” Gene Kim You never have enough time and resources, so you throw everything at the task at hand – getting the product shipped or the problem fixed. We have all been there.  It is very, very easy to focus relentlessly on getting your work […]

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August 03

Leadership hack 024 – balancing discovery and delivery

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“Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work” Gene Kim It is very, very easy to focus relentlessly on what you are trying to accomplish.  Time and resource constraints conspire you to throw everything at getting the task done, the product shipped or the problem fixed. Attack the constraints. A constraint is […]

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August 03

What you could learn from Scrum 101 by Lowe, Wyllie and Vara (2017, 126 pages)

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Scrum 101 is a refreshingly clear, helpful guide to Scrum.  The book starts by explaining the Agile manifesto and principles directly and thankfully will little interpretation.  The book then situates Scrum within Agile by describing it as a framework for achieving the values and goal of Agile (a great description).  The book also outlines the […]

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July 19

What you could learn from ‘Drive’ By Daniel Pink (2009, 202 pages)

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Few books lead to new organisational paradigms.  Daniel’s book ‘Drive’ and his theories on motivation have catapulted Netflix and Spotify to global success. Drive suggest that there is a gap between what research has shown increases motivation, and what business do.  Daniel indicates that the current motivation model (carrot and stick) is no longer suitable […]

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June 15

What you could learn from ‘Scrum A pocket guide’ by Gunther Verheyen (2013, 99 pages)

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What you could learn from ‘Scrum A pocket guide’ by Gunther Verheyen (2013, 99 pages)

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June 04

What you could learn from ‘Accelerate’ by Forsgren, Humble & Kim (2018, 200 pages)

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There is a lot of opinion in the software development industry about what works.  Even though some of the insights are the result of decades of hard-won experience, humans are highly biased and context-dependent – we often think what works in one situation will keep on working, or will work great in an altogether different […]

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