Debunking Agile myths no.2: Creativity suffers when using Agile
I’ve been involved in an interesting discussion that stemmed from an article written by Marcus Lillington from the guys over at Headscape: ‘Does Agile methodology lead to poor interface design’. It’s a...
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Defect management in Agile: try the andon cord method from lean manufacturing
There are lots of tools that proclaim to help manage defects within your software. We’ve tried a few of them (JIRA, Pivotal Tracker) and I’ve personally been involved in projects where a third party...
View ArticleAgile 101 | Estimating delivery dates – part 1: estimating before the project...
Introduction This post covers the estimation of a project before it’s started. In part 2 I’ll discuss how to refine the estimate once the project is underway and in part 3 I’ll discuss how to account...
View ArticleAgile 101 | Estimating delivery dates – part 2: refining estimates throughout...
Introduction In part one I explained how to estimate project delivery dates before your project had started. In this part, I’ve taken the same model but refined it so that you can calculate delivery...
View ArticleAgile 101 | Estimating delivery dates – part 3: refining estimates to account...
Introduction In part one I explained how to estimate delivery for a project that hasn’t started, which is crucial for overall resource planning, managing stakeholder expectations and for helping other...
View ArticleUser story writing techniques: avoiding the circular story by focussing on...
Introduction We’ve all seen them, and some of us are guilty of having written them. I’ve certainly seen enough evidence that the circular user story is a common mistake. User stories are usually...
View ArticleMoving to agile – the trials and tribulations of a digital agency in need of...
Introduction Back in 2010 we were asked to create a complex web application; something that hadn’t been done before. Something that we didn’t know was even possible. In fact it turned out that no one –...
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Agile toolkit: use user story mapping to define, prioritise and build better...
Introduction I’ve talked in the past about a technique called Impact Mapping. Impact mapping is a useful decision making tool which can work well with a lean startup approach when figuring out what...
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The Continuous Attention to Individuals’ Needs (CAIN) retrospective
Introduction For a few years I’ve been thinking there must be a better way to work. In fact I’ll take that further: given we spend a lot of our waking lives doing work, there must be a better way to...
View ArticleTips on how to run effective customer research sessions
Interviewing users is one of the most beneficial investments you can make in the development of a product, but it can also be one of the most challenging. We’ve run quite a few of these sessions over...
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