I always cringe a little inside when I hear someone say, “You can’t innovate on schedule.” While it’s true that no one can predict exactly when someone will come up with a breakthrough idea, it’s also true that the idea…
When people with Agile experience see the Rapid Learning Cycles framework, it looks familiar. That’s not an accident. Our first attempts with Rapid Learning Cycles used Scrum. We knew that some people in the Scrum world, including some well-known consultants,…
the majority feel their company is lagging behind in its innovation efforts — and already paying for it with sluggish revenues, slow growth and little innovation outside the R&D department. Yet, these issues are mere harbingers of what could lie…
To the average person, “agile” means “able to move quickly and easily.” Product development is often perceived to be too slow, take too long, and lack the ability to respond to new information that may come in late in a…
When innovators use Rapid Learning Cycles in early development, they get acceleration for their best ideas, as others fail faster. That leads to more predictable schedules with faster time-to-market.
I know you can because I’ve seen it happen over and over again, as innovation leaders and teams move away from using “silver bullets” that don’t work, following experts that have never shipped their own product, or listening to advice…
