App Prototyping with Absolute Beginners – Creating a Shared Understanding of How Empiricism Works

by Stefan Wolpers | Apr 3, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, agile transformation, Lean and Product, Product discovery, Prototyping, Stakeholders

TL;DR: App Prototyping with Absolute Beginners Yes, even absolute beginners can prototype an app. And learn a lot about agile product management, Scrum, empiricism, product design, and user experience along the way. If you intend to live up to Scrum and agile product...

Using Video for Communications [Project Case Study]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 1, 2021 | Stakeholders, Video

I like doing the communication bits of projects, and when I worked on a large software rollout there was plenty of opportunity to create buy in and engagement through communication. In this article, I’ll share a project management case study: a time when we used...

Product Backlog Defense – Common Patterns of Stakeholder Interference

by Stefan Wolpers | Mar 28, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Product backlog, Scrum anti-patterns, Stakeholders

TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Moreover,...

The Definitive Guide to Project Success Criteria

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jan 31, 2021 | How To, Stakeholders, This article contains affiliate links.

I get asked about project success criteria a lot – in fact, it’s one of the most searched terms on this site. So I thought it was about time that I pooled all my resources into one definitive guide to project success criteria. Let’s start with a definition of project...

Gifts for Managers [2020 Edition]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Nov 22, 2020 | Stakeholders, This article contains affiliate links.

This year I have rounded up a selection of presents that would make suitable gifts for managers, colleagues and project teams. There are also a few extra-special (i.e. too expensive for a Secret Santa office idea) presents that you could either club together to buy,...

9 Project Communications You Should Have Sent This Year

by Elizabeth Harrin | Nov 4, 2020 | Stakeholders

I remember that a few weeks after I started back at work after maternity leave, one of my long-time stakeholders sent a message to someone pretty high up in the business saying ‘project communication was so much better when Elizabeth was around’. It’s nice to hear...