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.
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.
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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.