As the title of my newsletter suggests, I'm obsessed with the mess of product development. Over the last couple of weeks, I've spent a lot of time with operations leaders trying to bring some order to that mess. They show me mad-scientist Miro boards, sprawling spreadsheets, Jira dashboards, and carefully written docs.
Thanks John for this precious reflection. I think it's fascinating to seek a balance between a certain level of shared semantics, and the diversity that can flourish on top. The question i'm really treying to grapple with is what does it make sense to stasndardize and is it intellectyally honest to provide affordances (such as a definition of what a product unit is, how it connects with others, how they combine into experiences, respond to customer needs... and down to how they connect with teams and capabilities...?)
This is one for the weekend. I am having a nomenclature phase - have you considered aligning your usage of the terms outcome and impact with Outcomes over Output? Activity - Output- Outcome - Impact. Based on the value exchange.
I love the connecting dots phrase, I actually have a lightning talk based on this idea and submitted to a few conferences to talk on it. It’s such a powerful mental model.
Thanks John for this precious reflection. I think it's fascinating to seek a balance between a certain level of shared semantics, and the diversity that can flourish on top. The question i'm really treying to grapple with is what does it make sense to stasndardize and is it intellectyally honest to provide affordances (such as a definition of what a product unit is, how it connects with others, how they combine into experiences, respond to customer needs... and down to how they connect with teams and capabilities...?)
This is one for the weekend. I am having a nomenclature phase - have you considered aligning your usage of the terms outcome and impact with Outcomes over Output? Activity - Output- Outcome - Impact. Based on the value exchange.
I love the connecting dots phrase, I actually have a lightning talk based on this idea and submitted to a few conferences to talk on it. It’s such a powerful mental model.