About the Authors

Sam Laing (left) and Karen Greaves (right)

We are Sam Laing and Karen Greaves. We have worked in software our whole lives. With Type A personalities and a strong work ethic, we have both done our share of overtime on death march projects. Eventually we knew we had to find another way. Agile brought us together when we worked at a company trying to do Scrum for the first time.

In 2012, we took the plunge and started our own business, Growing Agile. Since then we have been doing the work that we are passionate about - introducing and improving agile. Best of all we have a positive impact on other people’s lives.

If we have one principle at Growing Agile it is continuous experimentation. We used this principle to figure out different ways to help Product Owners. This book represents our current thinking about how best to approach this.

As always, we love feedback, so don’t hesitate to send us your thoughts via email info@growingagile.co.za or Twitter @GrowingAgile.