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Defining quality with Non-Functional Requirements

In Quality • 2 min read

NFRs are rarely met with the same excitement or urgency as customer facing features, yet they are critical to a project’s success and tend to be much harder to retrofit.

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TWADDI: Cognitive Entrenchment

In Innovation, Psychology • 2 min read

Dolphins on Mars.

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Product Owner vs Product Manager

In Scrum • 2 min read

The role of Product Owner in Scrum and how it relates to Product Management.

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Exploring reward models for self-managing teams

In Blockchain, Scrum • 4 min read

DAO inspired options for start-ups and teams developing products in extreme uncertainty

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Pride and the Definition of Done

In Quality, Scrum • 1 min read

Using developer pride as a measure of quality.

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Starting sprints mid-week

In Scrum • 1 min read

It’s common to align our sprints with calendar weeks. Weekends provide neat breakpoints, but they also pose some challenges.

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10 projects, 10 people

In Productivity, Quality, Scrum • 1 min read

You wake one day with 10 projects to complete, and 10 people to do the work.

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1% better

In Quality • 1 min read

Baking continuous improvement into the Definition of Done.

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Distraction epidemics

In Quality • 1 min read

Vicious cycles and defect infections.

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Making the best decisions

In Learning, Productivity • 1 min read

Complex problems and the cost of perfection.

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The quality cake

In Quality • 1 min read

In software development, testing is often considered synonymous with quality but by this point we may already be way off track.

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Ideas come from the outside

In Innovation • 1 min read

Change requires inspiration and inspiration is fed by exposure.

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There's value in the fairness of a deal

In Quality • 2 min read

If we're the seller we can skew the deal our way a little (or a lot), taking more than we deserve or sneaking certain details under the rug.

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Speed vs. Quality

In Productivity, Quality • 1 min read

The perception of progress is not progress.

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Balancing ideation and execution

In Productivity, Psychology • 2 min read

Building teams of dreamers, doers and incrementalists.

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Scope creep is a function of duration

In Productivity, Quality, Scrum • 3 min read

Fighting the passage of time.

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A complacent organisation is a failing organisation

In Innovation, Learning • 2 min read

The future is certain only in that we know it will be different.

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Psychological safety; the key quality of effective teams

In Productivity, Quality, Scrum • 2 min read

A team’s performance is not a function of the intelligence or individual strengths of its members, but the way that a team interacts.

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Innovation through bad ideas and hard work

In Innovation • 4 min read

Success comes when bad ideas are refined and iterated on over and over with grit and tireless dedication.

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Learning: A step into the unknown

In Learning • 3 min read

Fear, responsibility and starting something new.

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Continuous learning is a necessity, not a luxury

In Learning • 4 min read

Regardless of how well we’ve positioned ourselves, the skills and knowledge we have today won’t open the same doors again in 5 years’ time.

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Continuous improvement; an oft-overlooked meta-skill

In Learning, Productivity, Quality • 3 min read

Making a habit of assessing and improving the way we get things done.

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Wired to favour red decisions

In Productivity, Psychology, Quality • 2 min read

Short-sighted solutions create long-term problems.

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