Comments on: Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests http://www.coachingagileteams.com/2009/08/30/agile/powerful-questions-n-requests/ by Lyssa Adkins Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:45:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Silicon Halton Agile/Lean P2P | Blog | Silicon Halton Agile/Lean Open Space Highlights http://www.coachingagileteams.com/2009/08/30/agile/powerful-questions-n-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Silicon Halton Agile/Lean P2P | Blog | Silicon Halton Agile/Lean Open Space Highlights Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:24:15 +0000 http://lyssaadkins.wordpress.com/?p=368#comment-1408 [...] 3) Powerful Questions for Non-Software:  We talked about how to leverage Agile in marketing.  We agreed that often ‘customers’ know what they DON’T want but they rarely know what they DO want.  How could we apply Agile in those situations?  First off all, it’s rational to expect people to be irrational.  People need to see something tangible before they can realize what they want and a great way to help customers figure this out is to ask more powerful questions.  For example, instead of asking a customer “what do you want?” ask them “If you had Feature X, what would that do for you?“.  You can read more about Powerful Questions here and here. [...] [...] 3) Powerful Questions for Non-Software:  We talked about how to leverage Agile in marketing.  We agreed that often ‘customers’ know what they DON’T want but they rarely know what they DO want.  How could we apply Agile in those situations?  First off all, it’s rational to expect people to be irrational.  People need to see something tangible before they can realize what they want and a great way to help customers figure this out is to ask more powerful questions.  For example, instead of asking a customer “what do you want?” ask them “If you had Feature X, what would that do for you?“.  You can read more about Powerful Questions here and here. [...]

]]> By: Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests http://www.coachingagileteams.com/2009/08/30/agile/powerful-questions-n-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:11:26 +0000 http://lyssaadkins.wordpress.com/?p=368#comment-75 [...] Mayer gave a practical and experiential session at the end of Agile 2009.  Lyssa has written more about this on her blog.  The original name for the session was Human-Centred [...] [...] Mayer gave a practical and experiential session at the end of Agile 2009.  Lyssa has written more about this on her blog.  The original name for the session was Human-Centred [...]

]]> By: fitzgeraldsteele http://www.coachingagileteams.com/2009/08/30/agile/powerful-questions-n-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-74 fitzgeraldsteele Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:45:26 +0000 http://lyssaadkins.wordpress.com/?p=368#comment-74 I was really hoping to attend this session, but there was a 'session full' sign on the door by the time I got there. I peeked through a crack in the down, and saw you all sitting in a circle. Thanks a lot for the session review and the links! I was really hoping to attend this session, but there was a ‘session full’ sign on the door by the time I got there. I peeked through a crack in the down, and saw you all sitting in a circle.

Thanks a lot for the session review and the links!

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