LLMs and Agile: Why Pit Them Against Each Other?
Just because we develop faster, does that mean we no longer need Agile? This idea betrays a misunderstanding of what Agile is.
Articles tagged “Product & Agility”
Why Software Quality Is Determined Before the First Line of Code Is Written
High-quality software is well-designed software before it is well-built software. Let’s take a look at how to get there.
If you think Agile is expensive, think of it as a risk premium
The problem is that the benchmark (Waterfall) leads to software that doesn’t meet users’ needs…
Take back control of your development, without the illusion of estimates
Don’t ask, “How long will this take?” Instead, ask yourself if you can break your work down into even smaller pieces.
There are different kinds of MVPs: it all depends on the context
Some MVPs cost 10,000 euros; others, 10 million euros. The goal is the same, to acquire real users, but it all depends on the market.
Once a ticket, always bullshit
User Story or technical task? Behind a battle of words lies the trade-off between today’s value and tomorrow’s.
12 Creative Ways to Screw Up Your Sprints
“It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from the mistakes of others.” Warren Buffett talks about investing; I talk about sprints.
Waterfall: A Recipe for Failure
Sequential methodologies do not work for business software, primarily because of tunnel vision. Is there an alternative? Agile.
The Retrospective: Agile’s DNA
If you had to keep just one thing from Agile, keep the retrospective. As a forum for continuous improvement, it paves the way for problem-solving.
Walking Skeleton
The Walking Skeleton aims to lay a solid foundation for reaching the MVP while minimizing technical debt. It’s a step worth formalizing.
Example Mapping, the Most Underestimated Agile Practice
It would be a mistake to think functional design is the PM’s job alone: we think better together, working from concrete examples.
PoC vs. MVP: We Won’t Agree
A PoC validates a marketing or technical idea, while an MVP aims to acquire your first users.
Project vs. Product: Words Matter
A project exists because we envision a goal to be achieved. A product has no end and evolves based on user feedback.
Scrum: A Framework for Agile Experts?
My main criticism of Scrum is that it says nothing about functional design. If you want it to work, it’s up to you to fill in the gaps.
No one knows what a User Story is anymore
“As a user, I want to connect to the database, so that I’m connected to the database.” Great… not. Surely we can do better than that.
False Progress
Every feature added to a product increases its complexity and raises the risk of errors. So be absolutely certain of the value it adds.
To estimate or not to estimate, that is the question
Rather than making estimates, which are as accurate as a broken clock (which is right twice a day), break your work down into smaller tasks.
Criticism is easy; art is hard.
A simple account from someone who had the audacity to try to book a train ticket via the SNCF Connect website.
Danger zone
As Agile has spread, it has been distorted, becoming synonymous with micromanagement and absurd practices. Yet we need Agile now more than ever.
