What’s the difference between MVP, MMF, and the other Lean/Agile requirement containers?

Many people ask me about the relationship between the various Lean/Agile requirement containers. The first step is to understand that for a new product, there is a unique value proposition hypothesis. This is the area where your product/service will be different. The next step is creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to test your hypothesis. …

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Encouraging Feature-level progress tracking in 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 …

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MMF driven sprints in a Kanban world

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 …

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