Design work sometimes feels slow, and not well suited to quick agile cadences and Scrum events. Learn UX techniques that fit beautifully into Scrum, and practice these techniques with a cross functional team in class.
Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways. None of them good.
Posted on February 7, 2019.Late last month, after a particularly frustrating meeting I posted the following tweet: It turned out, not surprisingly, that I wasn’t the only one dealing with this failed project management … Continue reading Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways. None of them good.
Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Posted on October 30, 2017.Josh Seiden & I are thrilled to announce the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by leading practitioners … Continue reading Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Funding agility. What’s the right model?
Posted on October 2, 2017.16 5-star reviews for Sense & Respond: “Gothelf and Seiden starkly highlight that our twentieth-century management systems and practices simply cannot function in a world of constant change. In this … Continue reading Funding agility. What’s the right model?
The Shit Umbrella
Posted on April 27, 2015.Image courtesy of http://danielle-carlson.blogspot.dk/2011_02_01_archive.htmlI’m regularly asked how to get organizations to start buying into a leaner more agile way of working. While no one tactic holds the key to success, … Continue reading The Shit Umbrella
Want to make your teams more successful? Change their names.
Posted on April 12, 2015.Boom! Lots of companies these days echo the “fail fast, fail often” mantra. Yet, when push comes to shove (and by push, I mean getting code out to production) very … Continue reading Want to make your teams more successful? Change their names.
Startup design: The Xmas Light Metaphor
Posted on January 31, 2010.I would venture a guess that in most designers' experience they rarely get to create something from scratch. Typically, we're called in to rework, redesign and ultimately clean up somebody … Continue reading Startup design: The Xmas Light Metaphor