TL; DR: Killing Product Thinking — Food for Agile Thought #300
Welcome to the 300th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 32,162 peers. This week, we delve into killing product thinking w/ Jeff Patton. Also, we remind ourselves why the idea that “building software should be like building a house” is an unsuitable metaphor and why structure drives strategy so often. (Spoiler alert: the preferred way would be way messier.)
We then reflect on the many ways you can turn a hypotheses validation into a v1, and we explain how user research fits into continuous product discovery. Moreover, we present the “3Q-DO NO HARM” framework to help you avoid causing harm at scale with your product.
Lastly, we share a team alignment exercise built on Liberating Structures.
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: The Mindset That Kills Product Thinking – Help your organization focus on successful outcomes
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➿ Agile & Scrum
: Software is not a lump or work to do (and the laws which prove it)
Allan Kelly reminds us why the idea that “building software should be like building a house” is an unsuitable metaphor.
(via Medium): Concepts I use every day: BAPO. Because org structure change can get messy…
Jason Yip points at a critical organizational issue: structure driving strategy to avoid changing the structure.
(via Medium): Team Alignment in 3 hrs: What, So What, Now What x 1–2–4-All (With free Mural template)
Takeshi Yoshida shares a team alignment exercise built on Liberating Structures.
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🎯 Product
(via Mind The Product): 🎙 Getting the max from an MVP
In this podcast, Dan Olsen reflects on the many ways you can turn a hypotheses validation into a v1.
: 📺 The Role of User Research in a Continuous Discovery World
In this video, Teresa Torres explains how user research fits into continuous product discovery.
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🛠 Tools & Measuring
(via boxesandarrows): Flawed Products Harm - A Framework to Respond
Lisa D. Dance presents the “3Q-DO NO HARM” framework to help you avoid causing harm at scale with your product.
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