Story Points Don’t Work the Way You Think

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If you've ever been in a backlog refinement meeting (maybe you call them "grooming" meetings instead—tomato, potato), you've probably heard more than one conversation that sounds something like this: Alice:…

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The Power of “Good Enough”

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I've been working for the past several months on a hobby project with a few friends. It's been quite a case study in process, and it's taught me a lot…

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Instead of Permission or Forgiveness, Ask for Support

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You've got an idea. Perhaps you've developed a phased plan for widespread organizational improvements. Or maybe you just want to change up the format of a meeting that seems to…

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Stop Saying Product Owners are Irrelevant for Clickbait
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Stop Saying Product Owners are Irrelevant for Clickbait

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Agile community, we need to talk. I love a good hot take, I do. And I absolutely believe that we are allowed to interrogate our ceremonies, roles, processes, etc., for…

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“What” and “How”: The Theory of Everything

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Product nerds are in a unique position. We follow the lifecycle of an idea all the way from inception to delivery, and if we get a moment to breathe—a moment…

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Stop Treating Your Successes Like Failures

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In our daily standup recently one of the developers on my team mentioned that he'd scheduled a meeting with the other engineers to go over the results of a spike…

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