I gave a talk at Agile Yorkshire this evening – on the general theme of “how to maximise the amount of work not done”. Here’s what I covered:

• There’s no such thing as a requirement (so always challenge)
• The importance of prioritization (especially trimming the tail of the 80:20 curve)
• Feature splitting (including de-prioritizing the low value bits)
• Options Engineering (including the cheap option and the “do nothing” option)

For anyone that’s interested, here’s a copy of the slides:

• Powerpoint: Agile Yorkshire – 12-05-2015 – Tony Heap – There’s No Such Thing as a Requirement
• PDF: Agile Yorkshire – 12-05-2015 – Tony Heap – There’s No Such Thing as a Requirement

Thanks to everyone who attended and especially to Matt for the pint!