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Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 11 – Conclusion and Final Notes

As 2021 comes to a close we bring our re-read of Project to Product to a close as well (buy a copy and dive into the book https://amzn.to/2WzvPac – Amazon Affiliate link). The conclusion of the book brings the discussion back as a reflection on the turning point of the Age of Software. Given that this is my third read of this book my perception may be different than yours. At a philosophical…

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 10 – Chapter 9: Value Stream Management

Chapter 9 of Project to Product (buy a copy and re-read the book with us https://amzn.to/2WzvPac, Amazon Affiliate Link) ties the three layers of the author’s model together and exposes the third epiphany from his visit to the BMW plant that has been the central plot element of the book. The chapter puts all the parts together, but instead of relating how he connects the infrastructure, I want to…

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 9 – Chapter 8: Specialized Tools and the Value Stream

This week, Chapter 8 of Project to Product  https://amzn.to/2WzvPac (Amazon Affiliate Link). I was presented with a scenario this week in which product, UX, development, testing, and security operated within their own boundaries with their own goals and tools — silos. Even though this was a discussion scenario it is easily one of the most common problems I observe in organizations once they begin…

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 8, Chapter 7: The Ground Truth of Enterprise Tool Networks

https://amzn.to/2WzvPac Before we dive in I would like to share an observation. I have re-read any number of books over the years. Some have not held up well and I just moved on; others reinforced the ideas and excitement I garnered during the first read and that is great.  The really exciting re-reads are those that for whatever reason deliver new revelations. Project to Product is one of the…

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 7, Chapter 6: Tracking Disruption

This week, the PC version of the Kindle software I use seems to have lost its copy of Project to Product — I have gotten reasonably adept at reading on all of my devices therefore got the re-reading done. While not the end of the world, it makes this week’s chapter on disruption and the role of technical debt in some of the stories shared by Kersten even more poignant. In the chapter the author…

Re-Read Saturday, Project to Product, Week 6, Chapter 5: Connecting to Business Results

As the previous chapters have highlighted, we can measure the flow items that enter and exit a value stream. There are a number of suitcase words (words that have many ideas packed in them) such as value streams and flow items. Chapter 5 of Project to Product connects flow items and metrics to business results. The integrated view is where the real power of the model is found (but only if you…