I learned a lesson a long time ago – your level of confidence is irrelevant when estimating outcomes. What matters is the justification for your confidence. The Believability Index is the tool to use to better predict, and thereby improve your outcomes.
Agile / People management / Process Improvement / Software development
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Specializing Generalist
The ideal agile team is made up of specializing generalists – but what does that really mean? The goal isn’t to prevent functional silos of expertise, it is to allow people to cover for each other.
Agile / Business Analysis / Prioritization / Process Improvement / Product Management / Project Management / Requirements / ROI / Software development / User Stories
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Agile Estimation, Prediction, and Commitment
Your boss wants a commitment. You want to offer a prediction. Agile, you say, only allows you to estimate and predict – not to commit. “Horse-hockey!” your boss exclaims, “I want one throat to choke, and it will be yours if you don’t make a commitment and meet it.” There’s […]
Organizations / Process Improvement / Product Management / ProductCamp
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Product Management Slowing You Down?
Does product management slow down your company?
Agile / Process Improvement / Product Management / Software development
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Agile Maturity Model – What’s Next?
The maturity model approach to describing organizations and processes comes and goes out of fashion. It is a repeating framework de jour. In the game of agile jargon whack-a-mole, the agile maturity model is poking its head up again.
Business Analysis / Business Rules / Communication / Process Flow / Process Improvement / ROI
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The Impact of a Hidden Decision
Business rules are often hidden in processes as hidden decisions. Once you discover that hidden decision, how do you communicate the impact of exposing and managing the decision?
Business Analysis / Business Rules / Process Flow / Process Improvement / Requirements / Requirements gathering
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Hidden Business Rule Example
A business process is not just a sequence of steps. A business process is a series of decisions and actions. Some decisions are obvious and can be actively managed. Some decisions are hidden, and until you discover them, you can’t manage or improve them. Here is a real-world example of […]
Business Analysis / Process Flow / Process Improvement / Product Management / Software development
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Product Managers and Information Flow
Product managers are often described as the hub or center of a software development organization. Saeed Khan takes umbrage with this under-appreciative image in an awesome article about information flow, product managers, and the SDLC.
Book Reviews / Business Analysis / Expert systems / Process Improvement / Reviews
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Smart Enough Systems – Interview With James Taylor
Today we recorded an interview with James Taylor, co-author of Smart (Enough) Systems, How To Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions. This book, written by James Taylor with Neil Raden comes out on Jun 29th (2007), and is available for pre-order from Amazon today. Our interview covers many of […]