Purpose: The purpose of this process is to answer the question, “Do we have a worthwhile and viable project?” The project mandate is usually the only document that exists when this process starts, and this is not enough information [...]
Define the product vision Before proposing a roadmap of changes, actions to take and features to build, it is essential to capture the ideal future state in a crisp product vision. We create product vision boards to capture underlying assumptions [...]
Discovery When an organisation employs a Design/Build Agency to deliver a Digital project; such as a CMS re-platform, website redesign or mobile app. The agency will typically suggest undertaking a ‘Discovery Phase’ before jumping into any Design work. But [...]
Sprint reviews are not retrospectives. A sprint review is about demonstrating the hard work of the entire team: designers, developers, and the product owner. At Atlassian we like to keep our sprint reviews casual. Team members gather around a desk for [...]
What is a stand-up in scrum? In many sports like (American) football and rugby, the team huddles before each play. The huddle is strategic: it keeps the team informed, connected, and calibrated throughout the game. For software teams, the [...]
What is sprint planning? Sprint planning is an event in scrum that kicks off the sprint. The purpose of sprint planning is to define what can be delivered in the sprint and how that work will be achieved. Sprint [...]
