Kent McDonald and Heather Mylan-Mains on Socratic Questioning

Published: Dec. 6, 2017, 4:06 a.m.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Kent McDonald and Heather Mylan-Mains on their talk at Agile 2017 about Socratic Questioning\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n - Socratic questioning n approach to learning which is based on getting to answers through a question-based dialogue\n - Frequently what is presented at the beginning of a product investigation is a proposed solution rather than exploring the real need\n - There are six categories of questions to expose assumptions, change perspectives and delve into an issue or opportunity\n - There are other techniques which are needed when there is uncertainty about the existence of a problem or opportunity\n - This approach is not just restricted to elicitation \u2013 it can be used very effectively in a team situation when exploring options and identifying challenges\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2AX6pX8\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2AX6pX8