agile PM blog
This blog captures Luke Hohmann’s freshest thoughts about Agile, product management, building great software, and the many events/meetings that he is invited to. For those who have not met Luke in person, here’s a sample of what you can expect…
- Innovation in 3 Steps — Core Lessons from SAP
Innovation continues to be a hot topic in the business press. That’s not terribly surprising, because no matter how much cost you squeeze out of your processes, you’ve got to innovate to grow. Unfortunately, a lot of companies just flat out get Innovation wrong... - I’m a persona!
One of my clients told me last week that I’ve become a persona in their development efforts (they’re building a really cool tool suite of tools—more on that as we get closer to the Agile conference). They actually say things like “Well, what would Luke want to do... - Martha Amram is Coming to the Agile 2008 Conference
I know that many agilists are fan of Real Options theory. I know I’ve enjoyed discussing how mature agile teams create powerful options for the business... - Unlike Size (of Firm), Experience (of Consultant) Matters
As Agile practices continue to be adopted by organizations, we’re seeing a substantial increase in the number of consulting firms providing services regarding Agile practices. That’s not surprising, as market demand motivates consulting firms to create supply. Unfortunately, what they’re supplying just isn’t all that helpful, and, in some cases, downright harmful... - Purpose of the Agile Alliance
I’m sitting here in the Boston airport getting ready to fly home from a very productive Agile Alliance Board meeting. We ran most of the meeting as an open space, with all the of the virtues and some of the concerns that open space entails. One session for which the entire board had energy/passion is the purpose of the Agile Alliance... - Don’t Let Discrete User Stories Hurt Overall Usability
I just logged into the Marriott rewards program web site to purchase some additional Marriott rewards points for my account. Unfortunately, I have to take a quick break from this task to write this blog. Now, stay with me and help me understand if this makes sense to you. I sign into the site using my Marriott rewards number and password... - “Remember the Future” in Recruiting
Remember the Future is an Innovation Game® that enables to generate a rich and detailed understanding of what “success” looks like for products and services. But it can be used for more than just products and services... - Top 10 Things an Architect Should Know
I’m fortunate enough to share thoughts and ideas with some of the world’s foremost software architects in a few private groups. Recently, Richard Monson-Haefel started a discussion about the top 10 things an architect should know. Of course, I contributed some ideas, and, I’m really honored that Richard thought enough of these ideas to include them in his final result... - Entropy Reduction and Sustainable Agile Development
A recent post by Ryan Marten of Rally Software describes a “cool down” process for a team at the end of a release. In my book “Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions“ I refer to this as an entropy reduction episode... - Some Answers to “What’s Collaboration?”
In my last post, I shared some questions I received about collaboration from Chad, a graduate student studying collaboration for his thesis. I had fun answering these questions, as I was able to revisit and reinterpret my thoughts from when I wrote “Journey of the Software Professional.” Looking forward to your thoughts and comments on this topic. 1...