Deep dive into Value: What is it? Are you sure?
Value is often used when designing and deciding on what work to do next. It’s central to both Agile and Lean principles. Together we will explore the question of value and challenge each other on what it is and how we use it?
After defining some language around value and looking at some possible models on how it can be used, we will jump into a group exercise to dig deeper to uncover gaps in our mental models and gain new insights into what this value thing is and how we can use it more effectively.
Outline/Structure of the Interactive
Short talk to set context and enabling constraints for group discussion to explore our understanding, beliefs, assumptions and perceptions of whats constitutes value and how it can be used.
Learning Outcome
Uncover gaps in our understanding of customer value and how its used
Discover new insights about customer value
Take home something you can apply in how you use customer value
Models for understanding customer context, operationalising customer value and other emergent insights from the group.
(Note that I have updated slide link to actual slides used during the presentation)
Target Audience
Product Owners, Product Managers, Scrum Masters, Developers, Testers, Analysts, UX, CX, Everyone.
Prerequisites for Attendees
None
Links
This will be a revised and improved version of talk that I gave at Melbourne Agile and Scrum user group meetup : https://www.meetup.com/scrum-12/events/259256102/
schedule Submitted 4 years ago
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