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Welcome to the 342nd edition of the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter, shared with 35,264 peers. My name is Stefan Wolpers.
This week, we point to Geoffrey Moore’s ‘Technology Adoption Life Cycle,’ and that ‘Agile’ has entered the laggards segment. We also delve into an essential team success factor — stakeholder trust — and reflect on ‘balancing long-lived teams with short term coordination and alignment.’
Then, we learn how to determine best whether an idea is worth pursuing and define six ‘first principles’ for product leaders to deal with team topology, from ownership to alignment to autonomy. Moreover, we follow Behzod Sirjani, who believes that NPS has been turned into a useless vanity metric while it has actual value for measuring ‘word-of-mouth loops.’
Also, we advocate not focusing on productivity but, for example, on value, quality, speed, and flexibility, as they may lead to higher productivity later on. Lastly, we enjoy a fireside chat with Marty Cagan, where he addresses empowerment, adopting a product-led mindset, and why project-oriented companies should consider becoming product-oriented.
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🏆 Tip of the Week
📺 Mind The Product: In this video, Marty Cagan addresses empowerment, adopting a product-led mindset, and why project-oriented companies should consider becoming product-oriented: "Fireside chat with Marty Cagan."
➿ Agile & Scrum
- 📖 In this excerpt from ‘The Art of Agile Development,’ James Shore delves into an essential team success factor: "Stakeholder Trust."
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🎯 Product
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Todd Jackson shares his experience as a seed-stage investor at First Round Capital on how to best figure out whether an idea is worth pursuing: "How to Validate Your Startup Idea."
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Yi Lv advocates not focusing on productivity but, for example, on value, quality, speed, and flexibility, as they may lead to higher productivity later on: "Productivity Focus."
🛠 Concepts, Tools & Measuring
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Reforge: Behzod Sirjani believes that NPS has been turned into a useless vanity metric while it has actual value for measuring ‘word-of-mouth loops:’ "How to (Really) Measure NPS."
✂️ Cutting Room Floor
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John Cutler reflects on change, contrasting different viewpoints of incumbents and change agents: "Old Guard, New Guard."
📯 How to Pass the Product Owner Certification — PSPO I, PSPO II, and PSPO III
The first article of this mini-series established that you do not need a certificate to become good at what you do, for example, working as a Scrum Master or Product Owner. However, getting certified may be a piece of sound investment advice. If you want to take advantage of the signaling power that Scrum certificates seem to have, the question is how to pass the Product Owner certification?
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