Author: Maik Seyfert

Profit from the awareness of your internal processes that comes with The Ladder of Inference. Use that to questions and validate your assumptions, beliefs and actions.

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In product development there is a lot of focus on the value creating units, the teams. As many products are developed in a complex context with a certain degree of uncertainty, teams should apply emergent development practices. Teams also should make decision out of their context rather than developing a product based decisions they didn’t make or where not involved in. Teams already get good support in order to do so by adding roles like Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches. What is often forgotten about, is to also adapt the environment that the team is working in. The consequence is that, once teams reach a certain maturity regarding emergent and self-organized way of working, conflicts with regards to the team’s …

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Extreme Programming (XP) is a methodology for agile software development. It is a good method for boosting software quality, accelerating the incorporation of customer feedback and is healthy for developers. It is one of the more vital methods in software development compared to phase based methods like waterfall or even scrum with its more rigid structure. Compared to other methods Extreme Programming emphasizes on engineering practices for software development. Extreme Programming comes with five values and a set of practices.

This question has been the primary thing of focus for most people who are new to Scrum. Yes, it seems daunting at first, but it is not a challenge to get the right answer.

Wardley maps rotate around strategy. They involve coming up with a shareable understanding and intuitive of your context. They allow you to provide awareness, crucial for building a reliable strategy. Wardley maps play a critical role, especially when starting a non-profit or business. Also, you need these maps when anticipating the future or inspecting the competition. Other than this, you can use Wardley maps to analyze industries for opportunities.