Food for Agile Thought #249: Ruinous Scrum, Losing Out to SAFe, Sarah Cooper’s Product Discovery, Lying to Customers

TL; DR: Ruinous Scrum, Losing Out to SAFe — Food for Agile Thought #249

Welcome to the 249th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,763 peers. This week, we analyze the ruinous Scrum claim of some developers; we empathize with a failed attempt to avoid SAFe, and we learn about the success of an ambitious change project with Scrum.

We then delve into the journey of Sarah Cooper and her approach to product discovery as a comedian; we reassure our belief that lying to customers is unacceptable, and we analyze five critical success criteria of Design Thinking.

Lastly, we thank Bob Sutton for an interview on change and identifying pockets of excellence.

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🏆 The Tip of the Week: Ruinous Scrum

(via Stack Overflow): Does scrum ruin great engineers or are you doing it wrong?

Stack Overflow picks up a thread of its software engineering site with a bold claim.

Source: Stack Overflow: Does scrum ruin great engineers or are you doing it wrong?

Agile & Scrum

(via Mind The Product): Why we Fought SAFe and how we Lost

Stephen Culligan shares an honest and humorous tale of a ‘failed’ attempt to take on SAFe.

Source: Mind The Product: Why we Fought SAFe and how we Lost

Bob Sutton (via IDEO U): 🎙 How Great Leaders Set the Tempo of Change

In this interview, Bob Sutton reflects on change and identifying pockets of excellence.

Source: IDEO U: 🎙 How Great Leaders Set the Tempo of Change

Author: Bob Sutton

Jeff Bubolz (via Agile Alliance): A 6 Month Cultural Transformation with Scrum

Jeff Bubolz and Laura Henderson share their lessons learned from an ambitious change project.

Source: Agile Alliance: A 6 Month Cultural Transformation with Scrum

Author: Jeff Bubolz

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Product & Lean

Sarah Cooper and Trung Phan: 😂 Sarah Cooper’s 10,000 Hours

Trung Phan delves into the journey of Sarah Cooper and her approach to product discovery as a comedian.

Source: 😂 Sarah Cooper’s 10,000 Hours

Authors: Sarah Cooper and Trung Phan

Rich Mironov: Lying To Customers

Rich Mironov elaborates on his narrow, somewhat puritanical view about product manager conversations.

Source: Lying To Customers

Author: Rich Mironov

Christina Wodtke: Five Habits of Design Thinking

Christina Wodtke analyzes five critical success criteria of Design Thinking.

Source: Five Habits of Design Thinking

Author: Christina Wodtke

📯 Using Unhangout to Host a Virtual Barcamp or Open Space — Hands-on Agile #24

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🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition

Read more: Food for Agile Thought #248: Large Scale Agility, Silos & Politics, Beyond Product-Market Fit, The Art of Innovation .

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