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Weekend Reading – Use the KANO Model to Rationalise Feature Requests for User Delight and -Satisfaction
Dear all, many of our clients are currently moving from a "demand-driven" IT model to a more intentional and value-oriented "product-like" IT model. Value is usually understood as business value. And that makes sense, as every "IT Product" in the end has to contribute...
Weekend Reading – Agile2: A New Iteration of the Agile Manifesto 20 Years after?
Dear all, the Agile Manifesto is turning 20 shortly and it seems everything has become/is in the process of finally turning agile these days. Agile has undoubtedly changed the way we work. And for the better. Still, the Agile of the original Manifesto is limited in...
The Impactors/Impacted Map
The Impactors/Impacted map is a different take on a stakeholder map. It is a helpful tool that creates agreement and visualizes a team's view on the relative importance of the stakeholders. It aims to separate the "impactors" – the ones wielding the power – from the...
Weekend Reading – The Tool Series: Create a Different View on Your Stakeholders Using the Impactors/Impacted Map
Dear all.Yet another never ending week… Most of you are probably familiar with stakeholder mapping as a technique to understand who influences a project or is being influenced by it. We have used stakeholder maps for years now and we always found that highly impacted...
Weekend Reading – The Tool Series: Create Your Organization’s Mission in Less Than 1 Hour with The Mission Statement Tool
Dear all, you may have noticed my recent LinkedIn post highlighting the 2015 McKinsey research result that transformations are 5.5 times more likely to succeed when everyone understands how her work relates to the overall organization's vision. Or, as Darden Business...
Weekend Reading – The Tool Series: Connect Outcomes to Features Using Impact Mapping
Dear all, late again. Teaching my class at Rosenheim University online took a bit longer today... Back to Weekend Reading: this week I was witness to a few intense discussions that were majorly demands/features-driven. To my mind rather pointless. Ultimately,...