Agile Banana

Chapter Eight: Priorities 80 percent of a product's value is found in 20 percent of its features, so build those features first and deliver them to your customers as fast as possible Quick Summary You want to start delivering to your customers as soon as you possibly can 80 percent of the value is in 20 percent of the features - the trick is building the 20 percent first To prioritise the backlog, ask yourself which items have the biggest business impact, mean the most to the customer, and are the easiest to complete Main Points To get started with Scrum, the first step is putting together a backlog and a team. Initially, just get a week's worth of backlog ready. Gradually build up the backlog until it holds everything that could possibly be included in the product. The trick is deciding what to work on first. 'You want to start delivering value to your customers as soon as you possibly can.' Product development has repeatedly shown that 80 percent of the value is conta...

Chapter Seven: Happiness Teams can quickly triple their productivity by understanding what will make them happier and focusing on one small improvement each sprint Quick Summary Triple team productivity over just a few sprints simply by asking them what makes them happier and acting on it Quantify happiness - be scientific about it and compare it to actual performance. Happiness is a predictor of future performance. At the end of each sprint, use a 'retrospective' to identify one small improvement that will make the team happier, and figure out how to measure success in the next retro. Main Points 'People aren’t happy because they’re successful; they’re successful because they’re happy'. Not only does happiness predict future performance, but performance improves even if people are only a little bit happier. Therefore, teams should ask themselves the following questions at the end of each sprint. 1. On a scale from 1 to 5, how do you feel about your role in the company?...