by Stefan Wolpers|Agile and ScrumAgile TransitionLean and Product
TL; DR: 11 Proven Stakeholder Communication Tactics
Stakeholder communication: It is simply not enough for an agile product development organization to create great code and ship the resulting product like a clockwork. It would help if you also talked about it, particularly at the beginning of your endeavor to becoming a learning organization. Marketing your journey to the rest of the organization—and thus securing their support, collaboration, and buy-in—is a critical success factor to step up the transformation game: You want to become agile, not “do agile.”
Learn more about eleven proven stakeholder communications tactics that contribute to making this happen.
by Stefan Wolpers|Agile TransitionLean and Product
TL; DR: Create Personas with the Help of the Engineers
Creating valuable software requires knowing the customer—we all agree on that, right? The first question that then comes to mind is how to support this product discovery process in a meaningful manner in an agile environment? And the second question follows swiftly: who shall participate in the process—designers and business analysts or the engineers, too?
Read on and learn why personas are useful for product discovery purposes, how to create personas, and why the complete team—including the engineers—needs to participate in their creation.
TL;DR: Lean User Tests: Crowd Testing and What to Do with the Findings
This article of the lean user tests series covers what to do with the test findings and whether crowd testing might be an alternative to running user tests yourself.
The fifth part of the Lean User Tests series deals with how to interview the participants and what the course of the conversation most likely will be.
How are your preparations progressing? If anything is impeding you from reaching this goal, please do not hesitate to contact me by commenting on this post, and I will gladly help you.
This fourth part of the Lean User Tests series focuses on equipment and location: What hard- and software do you need to run your user tests, and where to run them? (Spoiler alert: It’s preferably not your office.)
How are your preparations progressing? If anything is impeding you from reaching this goal, please do not hesitate to contact me by commenting on this post, and I will gladly help you.
This part of the Lean User Tests series focuses on selecting and inviting interviewees: Who is a suitable candidate, how to invite them and why you will need replacement candidates.
You should now be around three to four weeks away from your next—or first—user test. If anything is impeding you from reaching that goal, please do not hesitate to contact me by commenting on this post, and I will gladly help you.
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