Build a shared understanding of the Basic Words

There are many sayings that we use to keep the discussion going:

• Autonomy

• Done

• Fast (or Slow)

• Minimum Viable Product

• Proof of Concept

• Self-organizing

• Value

Most often, the room has a few different understandings of these words.

Just nobody says it out loud. We take them for granted.

Imagine:

• Autonomy and Self-organization without boundaries and expectations.

• Proof of Concept which took 3 months to get done.

• Perfect Minimum Viable Product.

• Being Fast when the mean lead time for a change is 5 weeks.

• Saying that something is Almost Done.

• Delivering Value by working on a feature for 6 months before the initial release.

Questioning the ubiquitous language might be worth doing.