Chapter 5. Deliver Value

Introduction

A guiding principle that warrants some extra discussion is the principle of “Deliver value.” It seemed appropriate to explain this principle in a bit more detail given how much lip service is given to the idea of delivering value in the agile mindset. In this chapter I discuss some key concepts surrounding value delivery, including Feature Injection, minimum viable product, and minimum marketable feature.

Feature Injection

Feature Injection is a term coined by Chris Matts for an alternative approach to analysis. This approach is derived from the idea that as we pull business value from a system, we inject the features that represent the work the team does (outputs) to create that value (outcome). The key ...

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