Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video covers how to use maps to help figure out where to grow your teams and their skillsets. As always, a full transcript is included below the video. And If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to your organization, don’t hesitate to reach out via Twitter or…
Mapping Mondays – Tower and Moat
Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video covers an interesting gameplay known as Tower and Moat which can be devastating to a market when executed well. As always, a full transcript is included below the video along with some links to the ILC play. And If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to…
Mapping Mondays – Negative Gameplays
Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video covers negative gameplays and how you can search your maps and gameplays for exploitable weaknesses before your competitors do. As always, a full transcript is included below the video. And If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to your organization, don’t hesitate to reach out via…
FASTER Fridays – Story Points
Happy Friday! This week’s #fasterfridays is a great watch if you have hidden work in your teams. We talk about using story points – as opposed to hours – to generate insights across some different categories of work. If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to your organization, don’t hesitate to reach…
Mapping Mondays – Value Chains
Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video goes back to basics and covers the notion of looking at User Needs as well as constructing a Value Chain and ultimately turning it into a map by applying various aspects of motion and direction to the components. As always, the links in the video are below, and a…
FASTER Fridays – Relative Sizing
Happy Friday! This week’s #fasterfridays touches on one of the more challenging parts of software development – estimation. We talk about Planning Poker, and then touch on Team Estimation which approaches estimation from a different perspective with the same goals. If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to your organization, don’t hesitate…
Mapping Mondays – Innovate, Leverage, Commoditize
Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video covers a very powerful gameplay called Innovate-Leverage-Commoditize where you allow others to figure out the market for you, and then simply commoditize what they discover. As always, the links in the video are below, and a full transcript is included below the video. And If you’re interested in finding…
FASTER Fridays – Retrospectives
Happy Friday! This week’s #fasterfridays is a good chance to reflect on our work and our process through the use of retrospectives. Specifically we are using it to help teams develop a mechanism for inspecting, experimenting with, changing and owning their process. If you’re interested in finding out how to apply this to your organization,…
Mapping Mondays – Agile, Lean and Six Sigma
Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video covers one of Simon Wardley’s Doctrines – “Use Appropriate Methods”. It’s a quick dive into how and when to use different methods. As always, the links in the video are below, and a full transcript is included below the video. And If you’re interested in finding out how to…
FASTER Fridays – Prioritization and Sequencing
Happy Friday! This week I started a new series around Mapping and Strategy and I’m excited to announce the start of a second series I’m calling #fasterfridays. FASTER is an acronym for a method I developed to help organizations deliver faster (it stands for: Form, Align, Sequence, Test, Execute, Realize). The heart of it is…