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  • XYZ System: Research

    XYZ System: Research

    Now that you’ve seeded your story and fleshed out the ideas in Brainstorming, It’s time to enter the Research phase. The Research phase is meant to add some scope to the story and find its edges. The story can be any size, but it is during the research phase that you can determine the appropriate…


  • XYZ System: Brainstorming not brainfarting

    XYZ System: Brainstorming not brainfarting

    Your story has begun, you’ve seeded your brainstorming with various points of view (‘As a’) Now it’s time to develop the story by brainstorming. Where to start?“A good point to begin with is the end”let’s dive into that piece of philosophy. What needs to happen for your story to become a reality?What does the outcome…


  • Agile Stories: Whats the story?

    Agile Stories: Whats the story?

    XYZ System: Agile Stories to Brainstorming. Section Summary: 1. If you at least get everyone to ask the same way then you’ll add clarity and consistency. 2. If you go to the next step and expand the context you’ll understand your project better. A Story in Agile is the name you give your idea.The idea…


  • XYZ System. In the beginning…

    XYZ System. In the beginning…

    NASA Engineering wrapped in Agile Organisation.Big Promise, but it’s not a promise it’s a system.The last major thing I did in my previous company before I sold it was to implement a system. A system where by engineers could build the things we needed and organise themselves without me, as a manager being involved. I…