Full Circle

Embracing the Full Circle of Value-Driven Development

Value and Features: - Value as Priority: Emphasizes that the essence of value in software development is obtaining what is necessary or desired. - Feature Delivery: Highlighting the importance of features as the primary carriers of value, suggesting that delivering features early enhances access to this value promptly.

Management Focus: - Value-Oriented Management: Advocates for management techniques that focus on the value output rather than stringent adherence to schedules or reliance on non-value adding artifacts. - Effective Estimation and Selection: While estimation can be utilized if necessary, prioritizing tasks based on performance trends ('Yesterday's Weather') is deemed more beneficial for continuous progress.

Build Process: - Requirement for Complete Products: Stresses on the need to develop a small, but complete, functioning product every few weeks, which should operate correctly and adhere to high design standards. - Integral Design and Testing: Underlines the continuous responsibility of keeping the product well-designed and thoroughly tested. Both developers and business stakeholders are involved in ensuring the product meets rigorous quality standards.

Simplicity in Execution: - Simple Process, Significant Commitment: Despite the simplicity of the process described, a comprehensive commitment from all organizational levels—from top management to developers—is indispensable for successful implementation.

Call to Action: - Implementation Urgency: Encourages immediate action with a proactive attitude towards showing tangible software results.

Further exploration of these concepts, challenges, and intricacies in applying these principles is suggested in Chapter 13, "Not That Simple," providing a deeper understanding of navigating through complex project scenarios while adhering to these streamlined principles.