CHOW #296: Backlog Blinkers

Bill is a Product Manager in a large software product firm, which has decades of leadership in their target segment. He has over 20 years of experience at this company and has excellent relationship with the major customers of the product. John, the new CEO, had come from a new-age software company. He proposed several […]

Trend log, no backlog

In my opinion, one of the most overused words in the software industry is ‘innovation’. I understand there is a wide spectrum of enhancements that can be called ‘innovations’ – minor enhancement that improves a business process to a module that supports a new business process to a new application that is disruptive. Here is […]

CHOW #293: Experimentation and Research Issues

An enterprise exists to deliver value to its stakeholders. Continuous delivery of value to stakeholders is the mantra that industry leaders now chant in their offices all day long. Now, how do they deliver this continuous value? One important aspect of creating better customer outcomes is that allowing associates to experiment and fail. The organisation […]

The Mantra of Enterprise Success: Delivering Stakeholder Value through Agile

An enterprise exists to deliver value to its stakeholders (Customers, Associates and Shareholders). Continuous delivery of value to stakeholders is the mantra that industry leaders now chant in their offices all day long. Now, how do they deliver this continuous value? People are now sold on Agile as the approach to develop products and services […]