Tag: book
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“Big Bang Disruption” (Book Review)
After reading “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey A. Moore, I read “Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the age of Devastating Innovation” by Larry Downes and Paul Nunes. I could stop the book review right here by saying that the product lifecycle of a traditional product looks very different to that of a “Big Bang Disruptor”. The…
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User stories revisited, learning from Gojko Adzic
As Gojko Adzic is currently drafting his book titled Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your User Stories, I picked up the following useful tips from his latest draft: Main learning point: Even if you think that you know all there is to know about user stories, I still recommend you read “Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve…
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“Agile Retrospectives” (Book Review)
I believe that retrospectives can be incredibly valuable to any team. Taking the time every now and then to take a step back as a team and to reflect. How are you doing as a team? What have you learned from the things you did or released in the past period? Where and how can…
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“The Lean Entrepreneur” (Book Review)
At first, when I picked up “The Lean Entrepreneur” I was slightly skeptical. I wondered how much new stuff I was going to learn from yet another book on “lean” practices. However, this book by Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper does provide a lot of interesting case studies and practical tools to implement. “The Lean Entrepreneur” can provide…
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“Collaboration Explained” (Book Review)
The book “Collaboration Explained” by Jean Tabaka was published in 2006 and had been on my ‘books to read’ list for quite a while before I finally got my hands on it. Jean Tabaka specialises in Agile software development and has worked closely with a host of businesses and teams to implement Agile methodologies. In “Collaboration…
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