John Yorke
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8 years 8 monthsJohn Yorke is an Agile Coach for WWT Asynchrony Labs, he leads the Product Owner Chapter within Asynchrony and runs a Product Ownership Meetup in St Louis. John has over 20 years working in software delivery, as a developer, designer, project manager and department head. Now as a coach he support clients with Agile Transformations as well as coaching the delivery teams in house. He is also a write and speaker on agile topics.
Company
WWT Asynchrony Labs
Job Function
Consulting
Job Title
Agile Coach
Industry
Computer Software - SaaS
Interests
Agile
Development Lifecycles
IT Operations
Leadership
Lean
Plan-driven Development
Process Improvement
Project Management
Releases
Requirements
Test Automation
Country
United States
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3 Elusive Qualities of a Great Product OwnerWhen it comes to guiding the development of a product and ensuring you’re building what the user actually needs, a product owner is the most important hire for the team. There’s just one problem: A good product owner can be really hard to find. The characteristics that make a good product owner are elusive, but here are three qualities you should prioritize in your search. |
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Henry Ford: Master of Lean Agile ProcessesHenry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, was a captain of industry who revolutionized production. He also was one of the greatest influencers of the processes we call lean and kanban today. John Yorke believes Ford's ideas about process improvement made him a pioneer for systems thinking and agile software development. |
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The Reason Scrum So Often Fails Agile TeamsThe core of the Scrum framework for managing product development is the three key roles: ScrumMaster, product owner, and the development team. This triad is what makes Scrum so successful—when it works. However, it is the absence of these three roles that is the root cause of the majority of unsuccessful adoptions. |