Effectiveness vs Efficiency
Would you rather deliver 10 stories at the end of the week, or one every day?
Air bags vs statistics
An airbag broke my arm. BDUF would have saved time. Test-first wasted effort. Should abandon these?
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Does NoEstimates mean NoPlan?
#NoEstimates isn't about not planning. It's about finding smarter ways to plan.
If it hurts, do it more
We natrually postpone painful experiences, but if we do them more often we're incentivized to reduce the pain.
Should we do a "Tech Debt Week"?
6 reasons a "Tech Debt Week" is probably a bad idea, and one time it might be a good idea.
BizDevOps – a Bridge Between Business and Tech
BizDevOps is a modern approach to product development that significantly improves final business results and provides a much better experience for end-users.
It's not valuable until the user can use it
Products or features not yet in front of the user are called "waste" in Lean.
My Agile Wedding
By focusing first on what we decided was most important, we were able to ensure a successful wedding, despite a few annoying surprises.
Single-piece check-in?
What if we re-engineerd our airports so that we could offer single-piece flow for every passenger?