Agile is not excuse for POOR quality

the Triple Constraint; success of your product is impacted by cost (budget), time (deadlines) and scope (features).
As product manager you can trade between these three constraints.

Agile Value, Quality and Constraints diagram

VALUE = A value proposition is a promise of value to be delivered. It’s the primary reason a prospect should buy your product.

QUALITY = It describes the degree to which we elegantly meet user needs in terms of completition, usability, efficiency, scalability, adaptability, reliability, etc.

Quality and Value are not-negotiable

the Triple Constraint

CONSTRAINTS = the Triple Constraint; success of your product is impacted by budget, deadlines and features.
As product manager, you can trade between these three constraints.
However, changing the constraints of one means that the other two will suffer to some extent.

  • Cost: The financial constraints of a product, also known as the budget
  • Scope: The tasks required to fulfill the product’s goals
  • Time: The schedule for the project to reach completion

By Lubos Schramek on September 30, 2020 in the Agile notes

Backlog Structure | 20-30-50 rule

By Lubos Schramek on October 27, 2020 in the Agile notes

What is the right level of detail for product backlog? 20/30/50 rule by Bob Gales gives you guideline on how to structure product backlog.

Agile is not an excuse for a lack of Roadmap

By Lubos Schramek on October 01, 2020 in the Agile notes

Agile teams must absolutely know where they are going... and the goals they want to achieve must be clear.

Agile ≠ Dogma

By Lubos Schramek on September 29, 2020 in the Agile notes

You are not agile if you dogmatically follow process (even specific agile framework) – instead of adapting your activities in order to achieve your goals

Product backlog is not documentation

By Lubos Schramek on September 23, 2020 in the Agile notes

Keep product documentation somewhere else - use Google Docs, Notion, Miro, GIT, Sphinx or any other tool. Don’t use tasks as documentation.