This is the fifth and final article in the “Product Discovery Workbook” series. Here are the links for the previous ones: Discovery vs Inception; DoR (Definition of Ready); Hands-on Product Discovery; DoD (Definition of Done). Here we will share some ramblings about Discoveries. Remember the key to a Discovery is…

This is the fourth article in the “Product Discovery Workbook” series. Here are the links for the previous ones: Discovery vs Inception; DoR (Definition of Ready); Hands-on Product Discovery. This is a checklist of things that are needed in order to exit a Discovery successfully. …

This is the third article in the “Discovery Workbook” series. Here are the links for the previous ones: Discovery vs Inception; DoR (Definition of Ready). — — HANDS-ON! — — The goal of a Discovery is: “To gather insights and contextual evidence in order to prioritize opportunities to be ‘Inception ready.” The main activities involved…

This is a checklist of things that are needed in order to start a Discovery successfully. If you need to sell a Discovery, please see the previous article “Discovery vs Inception”. “PRODUCT TEAM” PREREQUISITES Discovery Champion — accountable representative to ensure access to stakeholders and tools nominated; Shared Purpose — get buy-in to…

Often when starting working on a new project with a new client you need to find the best way to kick-off the project. To do this, you collectively (you & client) need to answer these 2 questions: What is the right thing to do? How to deliver it right? To…

Decided to give my first contribution to Miroverse with the template for the Liberating Structure “What, So What, Now What? W³”. Please feel free to use the template: https://miro.com/miroverse/what-so-what-now-what-w/ The Liberating Structure “What, So What, Now What? W³” is one of the 33 structures created by for facilitating meetings and…

What is it? Wash-ups can be considered a type of “post-mortem”, as they occur after the project is concluded. We currently use them at Equal Experts mainly for more complicated projects — e.g. we missed delivery goals, the team wasn’t able to manage conflicts, etc. …

Why not make retrospective adapted to the time of the year of yearly events? That’s how the “Valentine’s Day” Retrospective came to my mind! This is a post still in the retro mood. Disclaimer: I know I am 2 days late! Hand design — you can get the template here Steps: …

Bullseye Retrospective was envisioned for Scrum teams to frame the discussion around their sprint goal and outcomes. You can use it with teams that adopted different methodologies too, if the goal of the previous weeks’ work is clear enough. Steps: Write the sprint goal on a post-it (different shape or color); …