Focus is one of the superpowers a product team must have to build great stuff. It's the ability to say Yes to whatever gets you closer to your goal...
Read MoreFocus is one of the superpowers a product team must have to build great stuff. It's the ability to say Yes to whatever gets you closer to your goal...
Read MorePicking up sports when you're out of shape is uncomfortable. You really don't want to be the old guy with the beer belly in the gym. You don't want to...
Read MoreA new project starts with a slide deck. We'll think about the details of our problem, come up with a solution and present a high-level plan. The board agrees and...
Read MoreIf you're in the corporate software development space, you've heard about the Hertz / Accenture lawsuit. It's an Enterprise-class nightmare where more than 30 million dollars were burned on a...
Read MoreSoftware engineers learn early on that building stuff means taking little steps at a time. Once you get into the profession, that means tickets. Whether you're doing Scrum or Kanban,...
Read MoreIf there is one thing I wish this industry would understand better, it’s the cost of adding complexity. We train our analysts to describe what to build. We teach our...
Read MoreAgile is not a religious cult. We don't have High Priests that preach our dogmas. We don't quote wisdom from books that everyone pretends to have read. To become one of...
Read MoreLarge enterprises are unwieldy. Their people might be competent and their visions might be sound, but turning around the proverbial tanker takes time. Libraries have been written about change management and...
Read MoreWhen training for any sport, consistency is key. Amateur judoka will count their wins. Professionals will focus rigorously on their technique. A beginning football player goes home disappointed that he didn't...
Read MoreWaterfall teams that finally get some customer feedback are usually in for a rude awakening. All of a sudden, people start to complain. Quality is low and the scope is...
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