Food for Agile Thought’s issue #175—shared with 20,249 peers—focuses on agile pipe dreams: from the absence of complexity in software development to the management-free organization to abundant team capacity.
We also identify more product management problem areas, how to create a shared understanding about your product within your organization, and how you can engage your engineers beyond churning out code.
Lastly, we can put the fuzziness of the #NoEstimates concept to rest once and for all—there is a new animation explaining everything in merely six minutes.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #174?
🏆 The Essential Read
: 📺 #NoEstimates in a Nutshell
John Yorke created excellent ‘no estimates’ introduction—a well-spent investment of six minutes.
Agile Pipe Dreams & Scrum
and (via Aeon): No boss? No thanks. Why managers are more important than ever.
Peter G. Klein and Nicolai Foss advocate that today’s flatter business organizations need managers more than ever—but in new ways.
: Large-Scale Agile: Where Do You Want Your Complexity?
James Shore reflects on Michael Feathers’ law of conservation of complexity in software.
(via Scrum.org): Expedite! Handling Unplanned Work in Scrum
Ian Mitchell suggests a way how to handle urgent new tasks as a Scrum team during the sprint.
📅 More than 60 Percent of Tickets Sold — Agile Camp Berlin 2019: April 26–27, 2019
The Agile Camp Berlin 2019 will happen from April 26 to April 27, 2019. The ACB19 venue will be the Evangelische Schule Berlin Zentrum right in the middle of Berlin.
Experience two energizing days with 200 agile peers focusing on community, sharing, and learning. Moreover, I am particularly excited that we will dedicate the second day to practicing games and exercises—from Liberating Structures to paper snowflakes and airplanes to building castles with 50 other folks, you have never met in your life!
Ticket prices will range from € 89 incl. VAT (the regular ticket) to € 99 incl. VAT (the late-bird ticket).
We expect the official website to be available mid of January 2019. There you will be able to see who will participate, suggestions for talks, games, and exercises as well as the details of the Agile Camp Berlin 2019. If you like to stay tuned, consider joining the Hands-on Agile Slack group.
Product & Lean
: More PM Problem Areas
Marty Cagan wrote a follow-up article to ‘Common PM Problem Areas’ addressing issues that emerged from the discussion.
: Using the Product Canvas to Define Your Product: Getting Started
Ellen Gottesdiener addresses the problem of not having a shared organization-wide understanding on ‘what is our product.’
(via This Is Product Management): 🎙 Working with Engineers is Product Management
Marc Abraham explains how he manages to engage the engineers in product design beyond coding.
📺 Quit Agile Pipe Dreams and Get Real — Join 1,075-plus Agile Peers on Youtube
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🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition
Read more: Food for Agile Thought #174: Agile Feedback, Disrespect, Prime Directive, Systems Thinking for PMs.
