by Dhaval Panchal | Apr 29, 2023 | Culture, Favorites, Management, Systems Thinking
I started my agile journey twenty years ago. At the time, I was a Java programmer and a UML modeler, and I lucked into working in an XP team. Joining an experienced XP team was uncomfortable at first. The practices were very different from what I was used to. Kent...
by Dhaval Panchal | Mar 31, 2023 | Favorites, Management, Product
Summary of takeaways from Geoffery Moore’s book, Crossing the chasm. Since its first publication in 1991, it has been a canon for marketing and sales decision-making in product management. The groups in the technology adoption cycle represent a unique psychographic...
by Dhaval Panchal | Mar 6, 2023 | Favorites, leadership, Scrum
Imagine a stencil. It leaves the insides open to your implementation. You can place your stencil on paper, color the interiors, make intricate patterns, or trace along the boundary. The outcome holds the same shape regardless of the fill you choose to put. Similarly,...
by Dhaval Panchal | Jan 26, 2023 | Favorites, leadership, Systems Thinking
Disagreements are not conflicts. Disagreements are a healthy part of a collaborative dynamic, but conflicts are not. The critical outcome is that people strengthen their relationships as they work through disagreements, whereas the result of the conflict is that...
by Dhaval Panchal | Nov 3, 2022 | Favorites, leadership
A problem can be defined as the gap/difference between the things as desired and things as perceived. For example, it is close to noon, and I perceive hunger or rumblings in my tummy. I can attempt to close the gap/difference by making myself a sandwich or a salad and...
