We had another great West London Lean Coffee session on 15th December with some excellent discussions.
Here’s what we talked about.
Things We Discussed
Online Boards Vs Physical Boards
We talked about whether it was better for a team to use an online board or a physical one. We felt that for visibility then a physical board could be better, however the use of large touch screen boards means that the line between physical and virtual can now be blurred. The act of physically moving cards on a board has an important effect on people and shouldn’t be discounted. However there is more chance of losing cards from physical boards.
We also talked about how there were various JIRA plugins that could allow you to photograph your physical board and update the JIRA project automatically which are useful. Here’s an example.
Top Three Benefits of Agile For the Customer
We talked about earlier demonstration of value, the adaptive nature of agile to change and how that could help the customer influence a product. There’s also a greater chance of good quality when using agile methodologies
Challenges Implementing OKRs
OKRs are Objectives and Key Results. We talked about how roadmaps could be themed to link results and deliverables to metrics and also the customer impact.
The Best Test For a Service Company
We talked about how validating a service company really shouldn’t be seen as different from a product one, particularly when one looks at how to identify the customer base and test assertions and business strategies on it.
Things We Didn’t Get To
- Top 3 Benefits Of Agile For People In The Business
- Lean Today – Is The Waste Really Eliminated?
- Estimation Costs – Waterfall vs Agile
The next Lean Coffee will be on January 26th. Hope to see you there.