I Have a dream: (about Product Development)

From a while back, but still as relevant today as back then. Feel free to join in…

#iHaveADream that Project Managers are incentivised to kill projects early, by exposing assumptions about value & testing them quickly

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) November 18, 2015

#IHaveADream, that estimates will no longer be used as a tool of commitment and control, but simply to inform better decisions.

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that we will realise that delivering change is not a tap — it is better to fund the team than the fund the work. #NoProjects

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that the next generation of leaders will understand the negative impact of using unrealistic dates to “motivate” teams.

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that delivery date forecasts are based on probabilistic analysis and always come with confidence intervals.

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that the value of creating and maintaining asymmetric options is better understood

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that teams developing products will know whether the #CostOfDelay is worth $1k/week, or $1m/week.

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

#IHaveADream, that the power of hierarchy and management through fear will fade

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) March 8, 2015

This one wasn’t a dream, but in 140 characters sums up quite nicely:

Plan —> Forecast
Resources —> Teams
Push —> Pull
Reqmnts —> Expmnts
Projects —> Initiatives
Dates —> CostOfDelay

— Joshua J. Arnold (@joshuajames) May 10, 2016