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Working In The Open
How sharing work, ideas, and processes can build better products and stronger organizations “Working in the open” is a collaborative and transparent way of working where people share their work, ideas, and processes publicly or within a broader community. This can include sharing progress updates, challenges, decision-making processes, and final outcomes. The goal is to…
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Fibonacci sequence effort values used to estimate agile story points
Numbers from the Fibonacci sequence (Wikipedia) are often used in Agile methodologies for estimating the amount of effort or complexity a task will need to be completed. These story points, which are really Fibonacci sequence effort values, are assigned through a technique called Planning Poker. It can also be used by individuals to estimate story…
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Re: Was Design Thinking Designed To Not Work?
I came across an interesting article recently called Was Design Thinking Designed To Not Work? by Debbie Levitt on Medium that asks if IDEO’s approach scales to other organizations (and posits they don’t). It’s thought provoking, but after reading it, I came away feeling that it misses the mark. Design Thinking isn’t supposed to solve…
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Working in the open
Working in the Open is a buzzword that is encouraged by many organizations, but can be really daunting to implement. What is it, what are some benefits and how can you do it? “Working in the open means showing people the work you are doing, as you’re doing it. At a minimum this should be…
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Planning Poker for Sprint Planning
I found this resource when looking at an easy way to plan and prioritize during sprint planning. It works well for online, and inperson (as long as everyone has a laptop/computer/device). https://planningpokeronline.com/