Experimentation ⁽¹¹⁾

A roadmap can be many things. More than once, roadmaps for traveling helped me reach my final destination. A roadmap is also a statement of intent and direction in product management. It contains organized and prioritized problems underpinned by whatever horizon you choose. The product…

We prefer options that are known to us. The ambiguity effect is a cognitive bias that describes how we tend to avoid options that we consider to miss information. It can cause companies to remain committed to failing systems, rather than opting for improvement. When…

Recently I came across an experimentation evangelist job post that reads: "... our experimentation culture ..." I quickly noticed that the word order is not optimal. Much better like this: "... our culture of experimentation … ". Since experimentation is intentional, culture comes first because…

After over two years without writing I have a new direction. Experimentation. Here's how it happened. Five years ago I started the Agile blog elastictribe.com. An important rule I have followed is to prioritise the build up of experiences and opinions over following a schedule.

Can you identify a high performance team? Have you been part of one? High performance teams are a league of their own because no two teams are the same. How a team interacts can set a level of communication, collaboration and adaptation that can result…