by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 9, 2020 | Project Management
In our Product Visioning series, we have come to an important stage where we have to guess a tentative timeline for the prioritized feature list. Ideally, for agile teams, it would be great if they could start working without a need to guess the release timelines. And...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Oct 8, 2019 | Chow
Every Agile Team knows that Retrospectives are one of the important feedback mechanisms for Continuous Improvement. While doing a release level retro, where, say the release spans across 4 months, how to avoid the ‘Recency Effect’? Suggested Solution We...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Oct 6, 2019 | Agile
Let us start with Feedback. From Dictionary: Feedback (/ˈfiːdbak/) noun information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement. Feedback is one of the very important factors for the...
by Santhana Krishnan G | May 12, 2019 | Chow
My team wants to resize their stories every sprint. Our release consists of 8 sprints of 2 weeks each. We are in our 5th sprint. Our actual velocity is lower than the release planning velocity. Are we doing it right? If your answer is either ‘yes’ or...
by Santhana Krishnan G | May 12, 2019 | Agile
What is sizing? “Sizing a project is about grouping its user stories based on agreed upon complexity factors” Let me explain. When you hear, T-shirt size M or L, what comes to your mind? “May be a right fit!” “30 or 40 inches of shoulder...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Dec 17, 2018 | Chow
From Release Planning till delivery, how frequently a scrum team’s Product Owner should prioritize the backlog to get maximum benefit? Suggested Solution: Product Priotization has to be a continuous exercise. Teams continually reprioritize items in their backlog...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Dec 17, 2018 | Agile
At any given time, Product Backlog contains features / user stories at myriad sizes with varying levels of details. As the backlog evolves over a period, teams usually would keep the important and clear stories at the top. This is achieved by regular prioritization....
by Santhana Krishnan G | Sep 10, 2018 | Chow
A few Product / Service and their Features have been given. Could you please share what the Advantage and Benefit for this would be? Suggested...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Sep 10, 2018 | Agile
A product’s success is usually decided by the strength and value of its features. Specifically what those features mean to the targeted customer. How to do we understand and enhance the value of a feature from customer perspective is what we will explore in this...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Jun 13, 2018 | Chow
Assuming we want to build a collaborative tour planning tool, come up with Journey Map for the following scenario: Persona: Nisha, Mother, aged 34, Professional, Higher Income Group, Spouse (Shiva) is also a Professional, Having a daughter of 6 years old Goal: Visit a...
