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Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur
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Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur

Agile, Lean Startup, Product Ownership

Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur

By Yuval Yeret|2012-12-30T21:53:46-05:00December 30, 2012|Agile, Lean Startup, Product Ownership|

In the last few weeks I've been using a new visualization that people find useful for understanding the relationship between the various Lean/Agile requirement containers. Some people call the full model a dinosaur. Others are reminded of the snake who ate an elephant from "The Little Prince". (I'm sure there is a good connection to elephant carpaccio somewhere in here ...) The first step is to understand that for a new product there is a unique value proposition [...]

Encouraging Feature-level progress tracking in Kanban

By Yuval Yeret|2010-09-25T22:50:13-04:00September 25, 2010|kanban|

One of the key questions project managers and senior management in general ask themselves and their teams on an ongoing basis is - "Are we on track to deliver the scope we committed to, on time". In some environments "on budget" is added to the question. If you are talking about a Release Scope, the answers are quite similar whether you're doing Scrum or Kanban. If you don't care too much about the budget aspects, a Release Burnup can show you the [...]

MMF driven sprints in a Kanban world

By Yuval Yeret|2010-09-24T12:17:36-04:00September 24, 2010|kanban|

The more experience I get with Kanban, and the more I talk about it with people, I see that one of the main challenges is maintaining some form of goal-driven cadence that energizes the team. If every one of your Kanban Cards/Stories is an independent goal (e.g. a support environment) its easy to connect to the business and there's usually an SLA to energize you. If you are working in an environment where the business goals are quite big, and [...]