What Does Agile Look Like When the Cost of Iteration Is High?
In domains where the cost of iteration is high, like hardware product development, medical devices, or video production, we often see a tension between a desire to use an interactive approach to adapt and learn and a desire to do detailed up-front planning to avoid costly changes late in development. Unfortunately, many end up in a “worst of both worlds” hybrid of agile and waterfall. But with a few key shifts in thinking, it's possible to have the best of both worlds—an approach to planning that resolves complexity early, making late changes less likely and less expensive.
Bio - Richard Lawrence
Richard Lawrence is a long-time agile practitioner, trainer, and coach and the cofounder of Humanizing Work. He works primarily with leaders and product managers to create contexts in which people can collaborate to produce meaningful outcomes in their work.
Richard is a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer, as well as a certified trainer of the accelerated learning method, Training from the Back of the Room. He has been a popular speaker at Agile meetups and conferences since 2005.
When he’s not helping clients transform their work, you might find Richard experimenting in the kitchen, making music, or working alongside his family on their budding regenerative wine farm in Western Colorado.
