Capturing Requirements or Solving Problems?
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One of the derogatory terms sometimes applied to software professionals is “order-taker.” Yet, we work in a profession that’s rich with language and practice that focuses us on doing just that. In the end what matters most isn’t that we created what people asked for on time and in budget, but that we actually delivered the real benefit they need. This talk is about that.
In this short talk I’ll talk about how focusing on outcome and impact changes practice. I’ll discuss approaches like pragmatic personas, story mapping, prototyping, and testing. These and other practices don’t capture what people want, but help us discover what they need.
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Capturing Requirements or Solving Problems?
Jeff Patton
Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, and UX Design and Design Thinking to end up with a holistic product-centric way of working.
Please log in to watch this conference skillscast.
One of the derogatory terms sometimes applied to software professionals is “order-taker.” Yet, we work in a profession that’s rich with language and practice that focuses us on doing just that. In the end what matters most isn’t that we created what people asked for on time and in budget, but that we actually delivered the real benefit they need. This talk is about that.
In this short talk I’ll talk about how focusing on outcome and impact changes practice. I’ll discuss approaches like pragmatic personas, story mapping, prototyping, and testing. These and other practices don’t capture what people want, but help us discover what they need.
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- Empathy Driven Design (SkillsCast recorded in April 2017)
- Agile at Scale: Inspired by Spotify (in London on 15th - 16th July 2019)
- Martine Devos' Certified Scrum Product Owner (in London on 12th - 13th September 2019)
- SC London 2019 (Software Craftsmanship London) (in London on 3rd - 4th October 2019)
- P3X - People, Product & Process eXchange 2019 (in London on 31st October - 1st November 2019)
- Agile Around The World (in London on 1st July 2019)
- Digital Leadership July (in London on 1st July 2019)
- Using Agile Techniques to lead your startup and Scale-up your Company (SkillsCast recorded in June 2019)
- Measuring Agility with Plandek (SkillsCast recorded in June 2019)
Thanks to our sponsors
Capturing Requirements or Solving Problems?
Jeff Patton
Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, and UX Design and Design Thinking to end up with a holistic product-centric way of working.