Food for Agile Thought #271: Remote Is Here to Stay, Pre-Mortems & Obstacles, Leaving the Feature Factory, OKR in Product Management
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TL; DR: Pre-Mortems, Leaving the Feature Factory — Food for Agile Thought #271
Welcome to the 271st edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 28,708 peers.
This week, we understand the advantages of pre-mortems to kick-off agile transformations; we discover learning obstacles rooted in entrenched ways of operating, and we appreciate the learnings from a long yet successful lean transformation.
We then learn about how quarterly process changes can unshackle a product team to realize its full potential; we check a system to apply objectives and key results (OKR) to product management, and we acknowledge common traps of validating product ideas, such as false positives.
Lastly, we dissect the consequences of remote work, ranging from the remote hype cycle, the risk of return, new physical and digital solutions, and the implications of remote and hybrid work.
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🏆 The Tip of the Week
Packy McCormick: We’re Never Going Back
Packy McCormick dissects the — still underappreciated — consequences of remote work, from the remote hype cycle, the risk of return, new physical and digital solutions, and the implications of remote and hybrid work.
Source: We’re Never Going Back
Author: Packy McCormick
Agile & Scrum
Ayman Idris (via InfoQ): Kick-off Your Transformation by Imagining It Had Failed
Ayman Idris describes the advantages of pre-mortems, thus creating safety for everyone to point at potential risks in advance.
Source: InfoQ: Kick-off Your Transformation by Imagining It Had Failed
Author: Ayman Idris
(via Planet Lean): 10 obstacles to a lean transformation
Terry O’Donoghue summarizes lessons learned during a years-long — and ultimately successful — transformation of the Halfway Group.
Source:Planet Lean: 10 obstacles to a lean transformation
Barry O’Reilly: The Obstacles to Unlearning
Barry O’Reilly introduces his Cycle of Unlearning to help large corporations with entrenched ways of operating change.
Source: The Obstacles to Unlearning
Author: Barry O’Reilly
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Product
Andrew Jordan Miller (via UX Collective): Going from feature factory to continuous discovery in 1 year
Andrew Jordan Miller shares a success story of quarterly process changes to unshackle a product team and realize its potential.
Source: UX Collective: Going from feature factory to continuous discovery in 1 year
Author: Andrew Jordan Miller
Roman Pichler: OKRs in Product Management
Roman Pichler details a system of how to apply objectives and key results to product management.
Source: OKRs in Product Management
Author: Roman Pichler
Linda Z: Don’t ask customers about your idea
Linda Zhang shares common traps of validating product ideas, such as false positives.
Source: Don’t ask customers about your idea
Author: Linda Z
Sarah Gibbons (via Nielsen Norman Group): The 6 Steps to Roadmapping
In this article, Sarah Gibbons covers six critical steps to creating roadmaps that you can apply to any scope or industry.
Source: Nielsen Norman Group: The 6 Steps to Roadmapping
Author: Sarah Gibbons
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