The Power of “Good Enough”
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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The Power of “Good Enough”
Instead of Permission or Forgiveness, Ask for Support
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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Instead of Permission or Forgiveness, Ask for Support
Listening to Customers is About Knowing What They Know, Not Doing What They Say
You have to listen to your customers. This is well understood. If you don't, you're setting yourself up to fail. The heart of the product nerd's job is to understand…
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Listening to Customers is About Knowing What They Know, Not Doing What They Say
Pictured: A Product Owner, being useless
Stop Saying Product Owners are Irrelevant for Clickbait
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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Stop Saying Product Owners are Irrelevant for Clickbait
“What” and “How”: The Theory of Everything
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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“What” and “How”: The Theory of Everything
Stop Treating Your Successes Like Failures
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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Stop Treating Your Successes Like Failures