business value

Mar

2019

Dave West: “Is Agile Against Documentation?”

Blowing Smoke, business value, Dave West, Documentation, Failing Fast, Learning Fast

One Friday afternoon, I watched, live, in person, Dave West -- CEO of Scrum.org -- speak in a big event... his speech was both funny and educational. Long after his speech, three things that he said stayed and lingered in my consciousness...up to this day... and maybe forever: "Agile is not against documentation... Agile, is against waste!" "It is not about failing fast... it is about learning fast!" "If you are not delivering business value... you are just blowing smoke!" Would you agree? Please feel free to post and share your thoughts! P.S. He also spoke of other things... lots…

Sep

2018

By Clarence Galapon

The Guiding Spirit for Assigning Business Value to Planned and Actual Business Value of a Business Objective During ‘PI Planning’ and ‘Inspect and Adapt’

business objective, business value, exuberance, irrational, value

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, I passed by a bake sale for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and originally as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen. Lots of goodies and very friendly volunteers. Two items caught my attention... I asked how much $ for the two items. The volunteer informed me that it is up to me ... to self-determine the $ value of it... the $ that I give is a donation to the foundation... I could even opt not to give any money at all and take the goodies with…