Business Value

Business value in software projects

Posted on May 21, 2026  | 5 minutes  | Stefan Zils

Business Value Floor 95 for software projects: the 5th percentile of simulated outcomes. Value at Risk reframed as reliably achievable value.

Feature Hypotheses Simulation

A Product Owner's experiment with financial risk thinking

Posted on May 19, 2026  | 7 minutes  | Stefan Zils

FHS is a small Python library that simulates 10,000 futures per feature hypothesis so Product Owners can prioritise on a numerical decision basis — expected value, Business Value Floor 95, worst case, …...

Burnt

A chef's comeback story and kitchen leadership lessons

Posted on October 17, 2021  | 3 minutes  | Stefan Zils

Can a star chef act agile? It is challenging to explain agile or lean methods to customers or outsiders. In the agile environment, many examples and metaphors from software development dominate.