{"id":1735,"date":"2018-09-11T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2021-06-11T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:57:20","slug":"design-thinking-scrum-and-the-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/design-thinking-scrum-and-the-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Thinking, Scrum and the bottom line!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That methodology came up again recently which made me revisit its spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In less than 6 minutes, what am I talking about?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pXtN4y3O35M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pXtN4y3O35M<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAgility and agility. That word is so much used, that it has almost lost its meaning. Almost labelled as a buzz word with no substance, a shame, but it should not be a lost cause!<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Kint has her stand on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/scrum-vs-design-thinking-same-different-jennifer-kint\/\">two most buzzing<\/a> method nowadays: Scrum and Design Thinking. Scrum was itself developed to build software. Design Thinking is from a Standford Professor: David Keller and was there to help the design process. Design thinking pays attention to the <em>-human-<\/em> context. What I like from Design Thinking and that I had forgotten are the method&#8217;s attributes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>(Wikipedia)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; The human rule, which states that all design activity is ultimately social in nature, and any social innovation will bring us back to the &#8216;human-centric point of view&#8217;.<br \/>\n&#8211; The ambiguity rule, in which design thinkers must preserve ambiguity by experimenting at the limits of their knowledge and ability, enabling the freedom to see things differently.<br \/>\n&#8211; The re-design rule, where all design is re-design; this comes as a result of changing technology and social circumstances but previously solved, unchanged human needs.<br \/>\n&#8211; The tangibility rule; the concept that making ideas tangible always facilitates communication and allows designers to treat prototypes as &#8216;communication media&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Design thinking steps:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billyloizou.com\/uploads\/6\/3\/3\/9\/63395385\/design-thinking_orig.jpg\" width=\"749\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/p>\n<p>Any method has its pros and cons. Any agile one has the following cons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need people convinced by the method. The leader must understand the common pitfalls like: too many iterations can mean meaningless ones. No lock down of the iteration objectives as anyway&#8230; there will be one more iteration.<\/li>\n<li>Decisions taken without the right competencies or on the fly and resulting in bad coding or affecting dependencies.<\/li>\n<li>And you probably have to decide what needs to be &#8220;sprint-ed&#8221; and what should not be. Yes&#8230; everything cannot be &#8220;sprint-ed&#8221;!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, Design Thinking allows a lot of time to prototype and try. Scrum is into the implementation of earlier decisions.<br \/>\nThe current need for organization to reinvent themselves, to use the latest recognized methodology, to use the right people at the right place for <em>-hopefully-<\/em> developing innovative products or services is urgent.<br \/>\nIt is therefore utterly important to make sure that any related or associated process (PMO, Finance, Decision making, etc.) is as lean as possible too. Yes, I would bet that the ecosystem of processes or activities that supply the build of new services MUST be agile TOO.<br \/>\nOtherwise, you will quickly realize that agile&#8230; will not be, well, very agile in some situations!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That methodology came up again recently which made me revisit its spirit. 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