Dear All For the past few years I've believed that an option cannot have a negative value. It has been suggested that it is possible for an option to have a...
I've come up with a simple mnemonic and pictures of different kinds of options. Can you see any use for this? Might it be possible to draw some kind of options...
Folks, Just a reminder that if you'd like to present at the Lean Software & Systems Conference in Long Beach, California next May 4-6 then you have just one...
I just stumbled across this article from 2005: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/nov05/mckenna/index.html I've only skimmed it but it looks...
I like the make/ break the model approach, since it brings the most valuable technique of Analysis to the point: the swift application of abstraction and...
... yeah, now for the price of what - that's what I'm puzzeling about. No idea yet. ¦= PS only investment advisors can reduce risk for free ;o) (risk = option...
Kanban (TDD/ BDD) Think Real Options are a great way to explain to your boss that interrupting your work with `this and that' the whole day is not for free. So...
some more remarks: 1. I strongly agree that in the coordination of the work of Analysts and Testers (and also Documenters) lies a large potential. But keep in...
Now that I've read the comic book, here a few thougts: Part I of ... Now that I have understood the benefits of Real Options*, how to apply it for everyday...
Dear All We constantly hear about techniques to improve our influencing skills. We develop leadership skills to better communicate and create visions that ...
I've been meaning to get Benjamin Mitchell and Julian Everret in to speak to the guys at Songkick for a while, but my focus has drifted elsewhere as I'm no...
Thanks to Chris Matt's training I've just bought a second plane ticket to Tel Aviv. Expensive, but I want to fly on that day. Now I've just gotta keep my...
This HBR article on Performing a Project Premortem<http://hbr.org/2007/09/performing-a-project-premortem/ar/1>reminds me of the real options thinking process. ...
A while back Andy Pols recommended "Predictably Irrational" to me. I read it and loved it. There is a great section on helping people to make decisions without...
Last weekend whilst travelling the length of England I joined a twitter conversation (?). Here was one of my tweets... "A plan is an ordered list (by expiry)...
I had a chat with Chris Matts last night at XTC. Just wanted to summarise what I got (and didn't get) from it, in case anyone else finds it interesting and it...
Hi everyone, I thought I'd share a blog post I wrote talking about how sticky notes help maintain more options by separating out brainstorming from trying to...
Hi All Just posted a comic strip ( www.tinyurl.com/yc9ajmc ) on Real Options and Black Scholes. It explains why Black Scholes should not be used to price Real...
Is there anyway I can get a few more copies of that comic book that was available at Agile2009? I only brought back 2 and they've been floating around. :) ...
Hi, Last week Chris and I have posted an article to our blog on how we think real options can help improve lean software development. We would love to have...
Folks, My colleague here at Songkick, Michael, works on prioritising and selecting features for the development team, and he likes to make use of science to do...
Hi All I just had an amazing couple of days in Stockholm with Ola Ellnestam and the Agical team discussing Real Options. Ola will be in London next week for XP...
The inaugural Lean Software & Systems Conference is now open for registration and paper submissions. Register or submit now at http://atlanta2010.leanssc.org/ ...
welcome to the group Michael! cheers Julian From: Julian Everett Sent: 03 November 2009 17:31 To: 'Michael Nygard ' Cc: 'James Lewis' Subject: RE: Convergence...
As an organizer of a small Agile user group<http://agileottawa.wordpress.com/>and potentially a small Agile conference I’ve noticed that the Community lacks...
