The transition from waterfall to agile software development is often compared to the architectural aspects of constructing a building. Naturally changes to the existing edifice are only made after careful consideration of earth shaking decisions – like tearing down walls, adding new pipes, etc. Emphasis is put on: basically possible! Deciding to do it, however, … weiterlesen →
How do you create a Persona?
Recently I suggested on my Blog, that the user role needs to be brought to life by imaging real people who actually represent people in these roles. Look at the report from ABC about IDEO. They illustrate realistically how a design team tries to find out which people use which shopping cart and above all, … weiterlesen →
The User-Role is dead, the persona lives
About 10 years ago the XP-Community had the idea to use user stories to record the essence of a function from the user’s viewpoint. As a reminder: As a user role I would like a function so that I have the following advantage. [1] A super idea that Mike Cohn adopted and made popular with … weiterlesen →
It must be quick, today we have no time for Scrum
I am proud to say more and more companies continue to implement Scrum and are really beginning to experience this product development cycle. Especially praiseworthy are their ability to plan and their use of commitment. And still: again and again a well-known phenomenon occurs, that is contradictory to Scrum and contradicts the above mentioned positive … weiterlesen →
Consequence and flexibility: The unidentical twin of agility
Consequence and flexibility: The unidentical twin of agility How do you guide teams in an environment where participation and self organization are a priority? Discussions about agile leadership often involve this question. Does this mean that disciplinary and lateral leaders (like ScrumMasters) should or even have to delegate all decisions? More likely just the opposite: … weiterlesen →
Scrum is everywhere…even in a Catholic mass
Sunday I was at a catholic mass. A totally normal mass. The small ordinary church on the outskirts of Vienna was obviously built in the 60′s. Sparsely decorated it has a large cross that dominates the wall behind the altar. 100 to 150 people came to the church that morning to commemorate a deceased priest … weiterlesen →
The Product Owner and the Team: Anatomy of a Relationship
There is a lot that belongs to the role of a Product Owner. The Product Owner should have a motivating product vision, should keep his Backlog up-to-date and never lose sight of the Business Value. But that alone is still not everything. There are enough Product Owners that perform all of the above satisfactorily, but … weiterlesen →