I speak with Mary and Ellen about their book Discover to Deliver.  Creating a Structured Conversation about the discovery process.  If you want to build the right thing you need to get people together and explore the space, find the value and find a way to confirm.

They evaluate the dimensions of features along the following dimensions:

• User
• Action
• Data  
• Control
• Interface
• Environment
• Quality

I love the fact that they went for a visual management, lean startup and agile delivery to pull this book together.  

Take a look here http://www.discovertodeliver.com/voices.php

-Enjoy

Karl and I chat about Kanban and Visual Management.  For those listeners who are familiar with my podcast you will know that Visual Management on physical boards is a topic that I am personally interested in and love helping my clients with.  

Karl thinks about kanban boards with the following acronym T.I.P.

• Token - The representational piece that moves through the process, different types may be used
• Inscription - Graphics and words on the card representing what needs to be done
• Placement - Where it is within the process and the space of the board

Enjoy the podcast.

-bob payne

In this episode I speak with Kent McDonald regarding his work in Agile business analysis, our lab at the conference, his books and his work as the chair of Agile 2013.  I have worked with Kent for several years and find his talent, humor and pragmatism a wonderful addition to any project.

Enjoy our talk and say hello to him at Agile 2013.