Food for Agile Thought’s issue #186—shared with 21,631 peers—covers agile improv comedy as a way to up your game as an agile practitioner, we discover a free Monte Carlo simulation tool for agile estimation, and we learn more about Scrum@Scale from Jeff Sutherland.
Moreover, we address why less is more in the case of ‘Agile,’ how we can scale as a product mensch in charge of a growing product, and we learn why the best teams continuously improve processes and products at the same time.
Lastly, we dive into the dark side that influenced Mr. Taylor’s scientific management method with an excerpt from the book “Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management.“
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #185?
🏆 The Essential Read
(via Intercom): A product manager walks into a bar... how improv comedy made me a better product manager
Amogh Sarda shares how practicing agile improv comedy improved his communication and collaboration personal skills.
Agile Improv Comedy & Scrum
(via InfoQ): Web-Based Monte Carlo Simulation for Agile Estimation
Thomas Betts points at a free web-based tool to run Monte Carlo simulations.
and (via InfoQ): Scrum@Scale: An Interview with Agile Manifesto Co-Author and Scrum Co-Founder Jeff Sutherland
Shaaron Alves interviewed Jeff Sutherland on a wide array of topics, among those also Scrum Alliance’s Scrum@Scale initiative.
(via Boston Review): How Slavery Inspired Modern Business Management
This is an excerpt from Caitlin Rosenthal’s Harvard University Press book “Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management,“ pointing at the dark side that influenced Mr. Taylor’s scientific management method.
📺 From the Blog: Hands-on Agile Webinar #10: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns [Video]
The replay of the tenth Hands-on Agile webinar covers twelve anti-patterns of the sprint retrospective—from #NoRetro to the dispensable buffer to UNSMART action items to a missing product owner.
Learn more: 📺 Webinar #10: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns.
Product & Lean
(via Scrum.org): Where Does the Efficiency and Speed from Agile Come From?
David Dame points at the supposedly obvious: ‘Agile’ is not about cranking out features and becoming a more efficient feature factory.
: 10 Scaling Tips for Product People
Roman Pichler shares ten practical tips to help you effectively scale as the person in charge of a growing product.
and : 🎙 The Teresa Torres Hypothesis: The Best Product Teams Continually Improve Both Their Product and Their Process
In this podcast, Teresa Torres covers challenges from agency model to buy-in from executive level to establishing continuous product discovery in an organization.
📺 Join 1,275-plus Agile Peers on Youtube
Now available on the Age-of-Product Youtube channel:
✋ Do Not Miss Out and Learn about Agile Improv Comedy: Join the 5,100-plus Strong ‘Hands-on Agile’ Slack Community
I invite you to join the “Hands-on Agile” Slack Community and enjoy the benefits of a fast-growing, vibrant community of agile practitioners from around the world.
If you like to join all you have to do now is provide your credentials via this Google form, and I will sign you up. By the way, it’s free.