Sameh Zeid

Sameh Zeid currently implements agile and lean in IT and software development. He believes that projects can be more successful if they employ the ideas of agile, lean, and gamification. For more than twenty-five years, Sameh has participated in different roles in myriad projects for various industries around the world. He's learned that software practitioners are passionate to innovate, and it's up to management to not demotivate them. Sameh blogs at koo-doy.com.

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Why Agile Teams Should Avoid Setting Narrow Project Goals

Agile teams should change their mindsets and establish an area of focus instead of setting narrow project goals. This change can promote a team's self-direction, which generates the motivation to produce unforeseen outcomes and achieve business value.

Using Product Economics for Feature Prioritization

When planning for feature prioritization, it’s crucial for you to take into account product economics. Sameh Zeid writes that product economics helps us to understand if it is financially viable to develop a product, even more so than relying on business value.

Don't Let "Good" Ideas Go Bad!

Organizations need new and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. However, sometimes "good" ideas can be the very reason behind problems. Systems thinking and following the Golden Circle can help.

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.

Why Experimentation Should Be Required for Initiating Projects

Sameh Zeid writes that experimentation should be required for initiating projects—no matter the organization’s size—for the simple reason that product features will more than likely be discovered incrementally and iteratively during the project's lifespan.

Why Limiting Work-in-Process Is Important

There is a certain mindset that is hindering organizations from limiting their work-in-process (WIP) during product delivery. You might ask yourself why limiting WIP is important. Sameh Zeid writes that better software quality is attained when we limit the WIP.

Why We Need a New Model for Project Governance

We all know that organizations establish a project management office (PMO) as their main model for project governance. However, this does not provide a competitive advantage that allows organizations to respond to ever-increasing customer needs.

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