Agile
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Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 1: Define Your Why
Your agile transformation isn’t proceeding the way you thought. People use the right agile words, but they’re not changing how…
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Product Manager vs. Product Owner
For many years, people have debated what the difference between the product manager and the product owner role is, if…
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Whats Next? – Agile disruption
A question from a LinkedIn follower, I thought I’d share my answer with readers: “Hey Allan, I’m giving this a…
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Highlight Risks When Reporting Defects
A reader asked me this question: “How do I report on the 1000 (or so) defects in our system? I…
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Making Consensus-based Product Decisions
Consensus is a powerful approach to generate strong buy-in and shared ownership of a decision. But it can be challenging…
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User Story Reflections
Users As its name suggests, a user story describes how a user or customer uses the product–a digital product is…
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It’s all digital, stupid.
I’m the stupid one. For years now I’ve heard people talk about “digital” but I failed to grasp the significance.…
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5 tips for using Retrospectives as a tool for dissent
I recently shared this article on twitter from HBR, True Leaders Believe Dissent is an Obligation – the spirit of…
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Tips on When Product Backlog Grooming should Take Place
Option 1: In the Sprint Review Meeting Your first option is to work on the product backlog in the sprint review meeting. Assuming…
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