Story Points and Velocity Signal Team Immaturity
Explains why relying on story points and velocity signals team immaturity in Scrum, and highlights better ways to build confidence and predictability …
Deliver valuable, usable products through iterative learning, customer feedback, and continuous improvement. Align strategy, discovery, and delivery to maximise outcomes and reduce risk.

Product Development is the systematic process of delivering valuable and usable products through iterative learning, customer feedback, and continuous improvement. It encompasses the alignment of strategy, discovery, and delivery to maximise outcomes while minimising risk. This concept is crucial as it enables teams to respond effectively to changing market demands and customer needs, fostering an environment where innovation can thrive.
By integrating practices from Agile, Lean, and DevOps, Product Development promotes a culture of collaboration and transparency, allowing cross-functional teams to work cohesively towards shared goals. It emphasises the importance of understanding customer feedback loops, which inform product iterations and enhancements, ensuring that the end product not only meets but exceeds user expectations.
The long-term, systemic nature of Product Development means that it is not merely about delivering a product but about creating a sustainable framework for ongoing value delivery. This approach encourages teams to embrace experimentation and learning, leading to improved efficiency and effectiveness in product delivery. By focusing on continuous improvement and adaptability, organisations can cultivate resilience and maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving landscape. The emphasis on value delivery ensures that every effort contributes meaningfully to the organisation’s strategic objectives, reinforcing the importance of a well-defined Product Development process in achieving long-term success.
Explains why relying on story points and velocity signals team immaturity in Scrum, and highlights better ways to build confidence and predictability …
A Definition of Workflow explains how work moves through each stage, using clear rules and limits to make progress visible and support team …
Explores how Agile has shifted from top-down management to decentralised decision-making, highlighting ongoing challenges and the move towards true …
Learn to manage software projects using Scrum and Visual Studio, covering backlog management, sprint planning, team collaboration, agile testing, and …
Agile emphasises values and principles to guide teams through complex, uncertain work, enabling adaptation and improvement where fixed steps cannot …
Explores how a skilled product owner drives value, aligns teams with strategy, and boosts product success during economic uncertainty and …
Explains why environment-based branching slows development, and recommends using feature flags and progressive rollouts for simpler, faster, and safer …
Explores the limitations of story points, optimal team sizes, and the benefits of emergent architecture for improving agile practices and team …
Explains how to scale Professional Scrum across multiple teams using Visual Studio Team Services, covering automation, Nexus integration, and …
Learn DevOps principles and hands-on CI/CD using Azure DevOps Services, Visual Studio, and Azure to improve team collaboration, delivery, and …
Finding a skilled Scrum Master is challenging; true effectiveness requires deep Scrum knowledge, coaching ability, and alignment with your team's …
Explores the benefits and challenges of collocation in Scrum teams, comparing face-to-face collaboration with remote work, and offering practical …
Learn how to build a compelling business case for agile adoption by aligning benefits with key metrics, stakeholder goals, and inclusive change …
Change in organisations is a continuous, evolutionary process driven by experimentation and adaptation, not a one-time transformation or fixed end …
Explains how Scrum teams rely on three key roles—Influencers, Entrepreneurs, and Makers—to balance leadership, value creation, and technical delivery.
Unrealized Value is one of the four key value areas of Evidence‑Based Management and represents a group of measures focused on the potential value …
Change succeeds when everyone understands and engages with it. Broad Scrum training empowers all roles to identify blockers and drive real, lasting …
Learn how Kanban practices can be integrated into Professional Scrum teams to improve workflow, transparency, and delivery using the new Scrum.org PSK …
Fostering innovation, risk-taking, and value-driven decision-making in business.
Managing and reducing technical debt to maintain sustainable development velocity.
Liberating Structures is a set of simple, adaptable facilitation methods designed to make meetings more interactive, inclusive, and productive. Each …
One Engineering System (1ES) is a strategic standardised, integrated framework designed to streamline software development by unifying tools, …
Enable Business Agility to rapidly adapt, innovate, and deliver value in an ever-changing market.
The art of unlocking potential in teams and leaders through guidance rather than directives.
Align strategy with execution through Portfolio Management. Prioritise investments, optimise value streams, and drive organisational agility.
Fostering engagement, ownership, and high performance within agile teams.
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Emerson Process Management

Milliman

DFDS

Healthgrades
CR2

Akaditi

Lockheed Martin

Xceptor - Process and Data Automation

Qualco

Epic Games

ProgramUtvikling

Capita Secure Information Solutions Ltd

Higher Education Statistics Agency

Graham & Brown

Philips

Big Data for Humans

Brandes Investment Partners L.P.

Genus Breeding Ltd

Ghana Police Service

Nottingham County Council

New Hampshire Supreme Court

Washington Department of Enterprise Services

Washington Department of Transport

Royal Air Force

Teleplan

Microsoft

Healthgrades

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.

Alignment Healthcare

Deliotte