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The Difference between Outcome and Output in Product Development To be successful in product development, we must minimize the number of product features while also delivering what the customer will like. In other words, product development success is governed by our ability to maximize the “outcome” rather than “output” of product development. |
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How Software Testers Can Benefit from Keeping a Notebook Software testing is an intellectually challenging activity. Our effectiveness as testers depends on the clarity, creativity, and organization of our thinking. However, teaching yourself to think better is an interesting challenge. Many people find keeping a notebook is helpful. |
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What to Do When You Have Too Much to Do It’s very likely that you’re busy. Possibly even too busy, and not just with work, but also with other obligations and commitments. For some people this busyness is self-imposed. But what if you’re expected to do more with less? Naomi Karten explains what to do when you have too much to do. |
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What Is the Role of Management in Agile? Agile methods rarely describe roles that match those of a traditional manager. While some organizations consider managers to be “overhead,” others argue that their supervisors have value and help make people work more effectively. Steve Berczuk takes a look at the role of a manager in agile. |
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Can Your Organization Use an Outsourcing Strategy that Works? Nothing strikes fear in the heart of IT folks like the word “outsourcing," and now it appears that a company has created robots that can handle simple business and IT functions. Joe Townsend explores whether or not an outsourcing strategy can work with your organization. |
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How to Use Gamification for an Agile Transformation In a recent LinkedIn poll, the failure to change organizational culture was voted as the prime cause of preventing an agile transformation. One way to counter this problem is to use gamification, which leaders can use to encourage employees to make the transformation. |
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Is Your Team Too Large? What’s the right size for a team? The answer would be simple if there were an optimal size, but there’s not. If you’re going to get the size wrong, better to make the team too small than too large. |
