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Agile Contracts – The Poppendiecks
Here are some additional resources for Agile Contracts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ajwxtalBKE Above is a good presentation by Mary Poppendieck about ‘agile contracts’ via video. From 2011. http://www.slideshare.net/AgileLietuva/mary-poppendieck-agile-under-contract And above is a slide deck of a presentation by Mary Poppendieck in 2011. Not the same one as the video. And be aware that the Poppendiecks have done many […]
Joe’s real agile contract
Adela asks: “Please send me some information [on] the details contracts shall contain [for] those projects where the methodology is Agile.” To talk more clearly, let’s imagine a situation. Imagine you are a ‘development firm’, ie, in response to external client needs, you develop custom software. Imagine that the client contacts your firm. He knows […]
Agile Contracts: Another resource
Here is an additional resource from some smart people: http://agilecontracts.org/ More specifically: http://www.agilecontracts.org/agile_contracts_primer.pdf This is from Craig Larman and Bas Vodde’s book, Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development. Note: Be careful when studying ‘agile contracts.’ Often different authors or thinkers or speakers have very different goals or situations in mind. One might think they […]
Question: The Basics of Agile Contracts
Melinda asks: “How can SCRUM/Agile Methods be effectively leveraged for responding to RFP/proposals for Fixed Price & Fixed Date contracts especially when the Scope (i.e., Product Backlog) is more adaptive to change? When would CRs be required, if at all? How can we help customers understand and be confident that they will receive greater value […]
6 Myths of Product Development – Take 2
Months ago, I mentioned here a great article. It is the article titled: Six Myths of Product Development, by Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinertsen. From the Harvard Business Review. These are mostly lean product development ideas. Strongly recommended. Especially good for managers and executives. Here are the fallacies or myths it mentions in one list: […]
Agile Reading for Executives
A recent email I sent, slightly edited. ____________________________________ Dear Mike and Mark, You asked for something to give the executives and managers. I might send them “The New New Product Development Game” article (see below), with a short explanation. And then, offer these other things to review. Other options: “Software in 30 Days” by Ken […]
Agile Contracts – Question 1
Adela asks this question: Imagine we have a brand new project. And we must bid on it, and we want to use the agile-scrum method. How should that work? This is a good question. I will answer it quickly here. Too quickly. I have partly answered it in my book, Agile Release Planning. And partly […]
Key Impediments – Toronto
I am a big advocate of a public impediment list. (Yes, for some of you, I am saying this again. I think in general it bears repeating and repeating in a company.) It requires discussion to explain to skeptics WHY we recommend this. I will not attempt that discussion here ( maybe I should in […]
Deliver Faster
Why do we want to deliver fast, and then faster? Well, the first reason is…that’s what the customer wants. The customer is thirsty. They want a drink now. She does not want to wait for 3 months to get a major delivery of 200 water bottles. A drink now, please. The second reason: time to […]
Creativity and Process
Here is a good quote: Now I have to tell you something, and I mean this in the best and most inoffensive way possible: I don’t believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that ‘it’s all about the process,’ I see that as a bad sign […]