Product Development: Iterative Learning for Continuous Value Delivery

Master estimation in Agile and Scrum. Improve forecasting, manage uncertainty, and align expectations using empirical data and collaborative …

Deliver what matters. Shape systems and decisions around customer outcomes, not internal convenience.

Learn how an effective backlog guides product strategy, prioritises value, and supports decision-making, rather than serving as a simple list of tasks …

Resilience must be designed into products from the start, not added later. Build systems to detect, contain, and recover from failures, making …

Explains how Scrum supports continuous flow and agility by prioritising Sprint Goals, Done increments, CI/CD practices, and outcomes over rigid sprint …

Stop firefighting late-stage bugs—discover how shifting left saves time, money, and reputation by building quality in from the start. Learn the …

Optimising the throughput of work across the value stream to improve speed and reduce bottlenecks.

Teams struggle not from lacking frameworks, but from ignoring feedback. Success depends on acting on signals, fostering safety, and empowering real …

Understand and apply Agile Values and Principles based on first principles. Build a foundation for true agility and continuous value delivery

Validating product value requires releasing features to real users in production, gathering feedback, and measuring usage, satisfaction, and business …

Optimise Agile execution with Agile Planning Tools. Enhance backlog management, forecasting, and collaboration across teams.

Scaling agile beyond teams to drive enterprise-wide transformation and innovation.

Many organisations misunderstand Product Ownership, treating it as simple backlog management instead of a strategic, accountable role essential for …

Align strategy with execution through Portfolio Management. Prioritise investments, optimise value streams, and drive organisational agility.

Martin is in EST for 6 months and available for hands-on consulting in North America. This month’s spotlight: How tracking estimation accuracy is …

Continuous delivery is achievable for any software, regardless of complexity. Success depends on investment in automation, quality, and process …

Learn key strategies for building business resilience and continuity, including observability, system decoupling, routine deployments, team …

Explores how technical excellence in Agile development reduces risk, prevents technical debt, and boosts product quality and delivery speed through …

Stop flying blind after release—learn why telemetry is vital to your Definition of Done and how real feedback drives better software, value, and team …

Managing the development, maintenance, and governance of software applications throughout their lifecycle.

Explores why traditional Dev-Test-Staging-Production pipelines fall short and highlights audience-based deployment for safer, faster feedback in real …

Explores how empowering and engaging diverse software teams boosts motivation, collaboration, and product quality through trust, feedback, skills …

Balancing risk and speed when getting software into production.

Explains why Sprints are valuable even with continuous delivery, highlighting benefits for planning, feedback, communication, and predictability in …

Explores how Azure DevOps shifted from slow, two-year releases to rapid, continuous delivery, highlighting the benefits of fast feedback, agility, and …

Explores how increasing deployment frequency, stable environments, and fast feedback loops improve software delivery, reduce time to market, and align …

Explores why true organisational agility needs more than Agile development, highlighting the importance of continuous delivery, quality, and removing …

Explores why special sprints like Sprint Zero or hardening sprints undermine Agile by delaying work, increasing risk, and reducing continuous delivery …

Understanding how technology and organisational structures interact to shape software delivery and team effectiveness.

Hiring an unqualified Scrum Master limits team growth, reduces agility, and hinders value delivery. Effective Scrum Masters drive change, coaching, …

Explains how Kaizen’s continuous improvement principles enhance Scrum and Agile teams, with practical tips for retrospectives, workflow optimisation, …

Explains how DevOps and Agile work together to enable continuous delivery, rapid feedback, and customer value in software development and product …

Learn three key Agile strategies: define clear completion criteria, avoid overcommitting in Sprints, and prioritise backlog refinement for better team …

Learn how effective Sprint planning boosts Agile team performance, with practical workshops, coaching, feedback, and adaptable methods for continuous …

Explores how teaching the reasons behind Agile practices boosts team engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement, helping teams adapt and …

Learn how to identify authentic agile practices, spot common myths, and understand cultural barriers that hinder true agility in modern software …

Explains why Story Points are subjective and unsuitable for comparing teams, and highlights objective metrics like throughput and value for measuring …

Learn practical steps to help Scrum teams achieve continuous delivery, clarify business value, integrate feedback, and build empowerment within 90 …

Technical Excellence encompasses engineering practices and methodologies that enhance agility, improve code quality, and enable continuous delivery.

Explains why true agility requires end-to-end automation and short feedback loops, not just Agile teams, to maximise value and efficiency for …

Explains how true self-management in Scrum requires active, disciplined effort from Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Developers, not chaos or lack …

Throughput is a delivery metric used to inspect how much work is completed per unit of time, enabling analysis of flow efficiency and system …

Explores how frequent code deployments improve code quality, reduce technical debt, enable faster feedback, and support iterative, user-focused …

Explains how to create, apply, and improve a Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum to ensure software quality, transparency, and consistent delivery of …

Practical experience is essential for effective Scrum Masters; certification alone is insufficient. True expertise comes from guiding teams, solving …

Failing to deliver a usable product each agile iteration leads to lost trust, technical debt, poor adaptability, misaligned expectations, low morale, …

Explains why empowering teams to adapt their processes boosts agility, reduces waste, and fosters innovation, using real-world examples and practical …

Explores why teams ignore clear signals from Agile and Scrum, highlighting how culture and fear hinder continuous improvement and effective …

Explores how practical use of Scrum fosters adaptability and resilience in teams, highlighting the value of flexibility over rigid rules in complex …

Explores how focusing on Scrum’s core principles—empiricism, transparency, and value delivery—leads to true agile success, beyond just following …

Explains why regular backlog refinement is essential in Scrum, how to make backlog items ready for Sprint Planning, and ways to measure effective …

Explores how empowering Agile teams to adapt their processes boosts flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, and maximises value and return …

Mandating Agile or Scrum fails without cultural change; true agility requires trust, transparency, and a supportive environment, not just tools or …

Explains how empirical Agile models improve project outcomes by increasing visibility, enabling change, reducing risk, and delivering value …

Adapting based on evidence, not assumptions, through inspection and transparency.

Explores Agile’s historical roots, the loss of human connection in business, the impact of competence gaps, and why a return to core Agile principles …

Learn how to assess and improve your organisation’s innovation capability using evidence-based management and key metrics like technical debt, …

Explores why diligence—consistent attention to quality and standards—is vital in Agile teams, how it’s often overlooked, and practical steps to foster …

Explains why a clear Definition of Done is vital in Agile and Scrum for quality delivery, transparency, and risk mitigation, with tips for team …

Learn how Evidence-Based Management uses data to guide Agile teams, improve decision-making, track value, and boost innovation, customer satisfaction, …