Hypothesis-Driven Development for Scrum and Product Delivery
Scrum Teams work in complex and uncertain environments where outcomes are unpredictable and variables are interdependent. In the context of product discovery and development teams should form hypotheses to learn more about potential problems or opportunities.
A hypothesis-driven approach allows Scrum Teams to explore assumptions through experimentation, helping to reduce risks and manage complexity. By basing their next steps on the results and data from these experiments, teams make more informed decisions. Goals, and even Product Backlog items, should be treated as hypotheses to test. This approach is rooted in empiricism, where knowledge is gained from experience and evidence, not assumptions.
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Blog Post
And after reading Jeff Gothelf’s and Josh Seiden’s book “Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously”, I realized that the world is full of complex problems. This got me thinking about the relationship between Scrum and modern organization...
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Blog Post
In this blog, we dispel a series of myths associated with product discovery in Scrum. Myths such as “it's a phase in the process and can not be done in a Sprint,” “It's only for greenfield projects,” to “ The DoD stops us from doing Discovery”.
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Hypothesis-driven development offers a structured approach to problem-solving and innovation while minimizing risks, enabling evidence-based decisions, and fostering experimentation. This series includes the benefits of a hypothesis-drive approach for Scrum Teams and product delivery as well as templates and examples of different hypothesis formats.