How Important is Understanding the Gap?

I have to admit I am guilty as anyone falling into the trap of the latest and greatest way to hypothesize, iterate and develop great products. I enjoy playing with many of the tools laid forth but find myself failing to see the forest because of all the trees. In the latest iterations of many Read More …

Jobs To Be Done Matrix

I have been pretty vocal in the past about using Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Mapping should be left on the Shop Floor, and along with a couple other blog posts, Shaping your Customers Vision and Kill the Sales and Marketing Funnel. I think these types of tools lead us down a precarious path when Read More …

Outcome Realization is a Continuous Process

The outcome is really not at the end of the target. . It’s some place like in the middle because this should sustain until the end of its life cycle. -jd Evan Leybourn:  You’re absolutely correct. The idea of an outcome is we should be able to incrementally achieve value towards that outcome. It doesn’t Read More …

Should Projects Ever End?

Evan Leybourn pioneered the field of Agile Business Management; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. He keeps busy as a senior IT executive, business management consultant, non-executive director, conference speaker, internationally published author and father. In this podcast, Evan breaks new ground and challenges the notion that projects Read More …

Is Agile Project Management the Same Outside of Software?

I asked Evan Leybourn this question. Evan pioneered the field of Agile Business Management; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. He keeps busy as a senior IT executive, business management consultant, non-executive director, conference speaker, internationally published author and father. Evan Leybourn: That’s a surprisingly hard question to answer. Read More …

Drucker aligned w Lean & Lean Startup

I was also surprised that I saw Lean and Lean Startup principles within the Drucker framework. Not that he wasn’t about continuous improvement, but how does those thoughts parallel with Drucker? – Joe Dager The Podcast and Transcription is available at: The Drucker Institute Peter Gandolfo:  I think the concepts are very complementary. To give Read More …