The first step is to understand that for a new product to be successful, it should have a unique value proposition. This is the area where your product/service will be exceptional. Initially that is an hypothesis – a bet. The next step is to test the hypothesis as efficiently as possible. We often use Minimum …
Background I recently had a couple of weeks with a few activities related to “Agile Testing”. “Agile Testing” for those not familiar with it is the name we give to the set of thinking guidelines, principles and practices that help run the testing aspects of product development/maintenance in a more effective way under an Agile …
Seems like every January I get questions from HR leaders in organizations I’m working with that go something like this – “We are working on the yearly performance objectives process, and we were wondering whether it needs to change in an agile environment?” The main evolution I see in the Performance management process is leaning …
These days more and more organizations think they are Agile A couple of years ago when you talked to people about agile a common response “why should we”, “it won’t work here”, or “so this is the new fad? What will come next?” Times have changed. And a sign of the fact that agile is …
Background Energizing a kanban system has been an area I’ve been thinking of lately ( see my lkbe11 talk). One of the key areas of focus is how to expedite handling of exceptions to flow. What are those exceptions? Blocked items as well as “struggling” items that are not making the progress you expected. Identifying …
What is Rightshifting? When I looked at the program for Lean Kanban Benelux 2011 I found a couple of sessions talking about something I wasn’t familiar with – RightShifting. Since I had to speak at the same time, I didn’t have a chance to go check it out. Come Lean Kanban Central Europe 2011 I saw another …
To Team or not to Team? If you look at the definition of Kanban or Lean, you wouldn’t find teams anywhere there. If you look at the Agile Manifesto, you can find “The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams” Scrum is quite clear about the topic (Quoting the Scrum Guide 2011) “Scrum …
Updated in April 2025: This topic was at the forefront of people’s minds in 2011. The challenges of managing the testing flow have arisen twice recently, so I took some time to refresh this post. Even in the age of Product and AI, managing the testing flow remains an important pillar. While new tools can …
A couple of months ago I ran into Think Testing – a new magazine for testers in israel (published in Hebrew). I found it very interesting, and decided I want to contribute. My article has been published in issue number #3. It tries to provide some insight on the experience of a tester when his …
Interested in what the hell is this flow I’m going to talk about in Agile Israel 2011? Check out this video – in hebrew this time… Secure online registration is now open, and readers of the blog can take advantage of 10 speaker discount coupons I got. use yycom0001 to get the discount. If you use …