Title: Collaboration Warm-Up Exercise: Agile Product Development
Question 1:
How did the use of design thinking at the outset of Agile implementation impact the project?
Question 2:
How can leaders facilitate an Agile operations environment?
Question 3:
Assume that you have been assigned to an Agile team to develop an updated website for a fashion retailer. What steps should the team take to launch a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
Title: Adopting Agile Processes
Feedback
Design thinking helped the team to empathize and analyze a variety of stakeholders’ needs and identify the most important problems to solve. Design thinking also promoted collaborative brainstorming on possible solutions and integration of varied perspectives
Involve a representative cross-section of stakeholders in design thinking and Agile planning; Encourage debate and critical thinking throughout the process; Involve naysayers in the process to improve buy-in and reduce risks
The development of a MVP would include:
Identification of desired functions and features of the site from the perspective of each type of stakeholder, including customers
Research on the functions and appearance of competitors’ sites
Evaluate budget and timeline constraints
Development of prototypes
Collection and analysis of customer and stakeholder feedback after using the prototype
Deployment of the MVP
Evaluation of the function and performance of the MVP
Report findings of MVP evaluation
Recommend modifications
Implement modifications
Title: Final Submission Return to your course in Blackboard where you will write a reflection response addressing the following questions:
Have you had any experience working on Agile teams? If so, what were the benefits and difficulties of the Agile approach?
If not, using this exercise, what benefits and challenges do you foresee applying an Agile approach in your current or future workplace?
How can the challenges of Agile be mitigated or overcome?
