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Month: February 2015

Agile · Communication · New features · Product management

Virtual UATs

February 20, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

One of the key elements of Agile product development is to get frequent feedback from users to validate that your development is headed in the right direction.  One way I have been experimenting with getting this feedback is through weekly 10 minute ‘product videos’ that I make every Friday.  In these recorded sessions I demonstrate… Continue reading Virtual UATs

Book reviews · Pop culture

More recommended reading

February 20, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

For my pop-culture blog this week I’m going to point you to another blog: http://tickledtk.com/2015/02/five-unread-comic-books-begging-to-be-read-fandom5/ And her blog entry is about 5 great new (or relatively new) comic books to check out.  I’ll try to move beyond comic books in my blogging entries soon but right now there are lots of good ones on my… Continue reading More recommended reading

Leadership · Reading

Recommended reading

February 19, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

This week’s leadership post is really just a recommendation of a great resource.  This is in part because of the week I have been having which has kept me from writing something longer.  But it is also because I regularly enjoy the articles from this source. If you’ve not reading http://www.strategy-business.com/ I encourage you to start. … Continue reading Recommended reading

music · questions

Simple-minded question

February 17, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

Today’s question brought to you by the 1980s, and especially by a band I listened to a lot in those days, Simple Minds.  If you really listen to there lyrics you’ll discover that in truth it’s not that simple.  Enjoy: What you gonna do when things go wrong? What you gonna do when it all… Continue reading Simple-minded question

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Reading Marvel

February 17, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

This week I read the final parts of Spider-verse – the big Marvel event for Spider-Man for 2014-15 coming off of the last big Spider-Man event which was the whole Superior Spider-Man event.  As I have written before, Spider-Man has long been my favorite character and I really enjoyed both Superior Spider-Man and Spider-verse as… Continue reading Reading Marvel

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Why you need an internal innovation team

February 17, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

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Agile · Principles · Product management

The long haul

February 13, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while and have seen my comments about Agile software development, you know that I appreciate the principles of Agile.  I think they reflect not just a good way to make software but also a good way to live.  One of those core principles concerns sustainable development.  It… Continue reading The long haul

Pop culture

Spider-Man

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

It’s a great time to be a Spider-Man fan.  Marvel is wrapping up an excellent story line called Spider-verse that has introduced dozens of great new characters from across the ‘multi-verse’ who will hopefully play a role in the ongoing saga of this central Marvel comics character.  At the same time Marvel and Sony just… Continue reading Spider-Man

Communication · Leadership

Leaders lead people

February 12, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

Just a few brief thoughts today that I wanted to post yesterday but couldn’t find time to write up. This should be an obvious insight but somehow it gets missed.  Leaders do not lead projects or initiatives – they lead people.  And that means that people skills are vital for effective leadership.  Communication – both… Continue reading Leaders lead people

music · questions

Why?

February 10, 2015 ASBIVLeave a comment

My question today is why? Not, ‘why do things happen the way they do?’ That question makes me think of an old Tracy Chapman song (shows how old I am): Why do the babies starve when there’s enough food to feed the world? Why when there are so many of us are there people still… Continue reading Why?

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