I’ve done work for many software delivery organisations and they all have one thing in common: they think delivery of software to the client is success. I beg to differ. Several years ago, one such organisation delivered a software solution to its client on time and within budget at a cost of roughly £15 million….
Giant Slalom
A lot of people are thinking about their winter sports plans, as we move through autumn. At the same time, a lot of people are getting into the swing of projects that kicked off in September. The second group have a set of constraints. Just for clarity, I am an architect, and a bit of a snowboarding thug, so we’ll concentrate on how this thinking can enable delivery teams, and their customers to get the best out of projects.
The last few pieces of the jigsaw
Just 2 days until the September 14th and the official launch of the Agendashift partner programme! It seems a good time to review what we have and take a look at some of the most recent changes: The Agendashift values-based delivery assessment: Not your typical consultant’s practice-centric checklist (forgive me if I sound cynical here) but a non-prescriptive, non-judgemental, methodology-neutral.
Agile product development for Startups (Part two) – Getting the initial Product Backlog
In the first part of this article, I provided some high level steps to get you from an idea to a user-centered Product Vision supported by personas. In this final part, I’ll touch on one of the tools you can use to build on those artifacts and get an initial version of the Product Backlog….