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October 18, 2021October 19, 2021

Keep actual effort and outcome visible

Beam me up We all understand how a star trek transporter works. Which is surprising since it’s not real and I don’t even understand how my toaster oven works. But,…

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June 18, 2021October 21, 2021

The Mindset That Kills Product Thinking

The service provider antipattern baked into our thinking, processes, and culture. Here’s how it hurts us.

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May 10, 2017July 6, 2021

Dual Track Development is not Duel Track

If you’ve heard the term “dual-track development” before, this article explains where it comes from, and what it means.

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May 3, 2017

Backlog Grooming Bugs Me

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″] I wrote this article, a rant really, in April 2014. It was lost in a website shuffle a couple years ago, and someone recently asked if…

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April 13, 2015

Common Agile Practice Isn’t for Startups

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″] Why common Agile processes like Scrum and Extreme Programming can cause startups to focus on the wrong thing When working with startups individually or coaching in…

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February 10, 2015

Product Discovery Immersion

Jeff Patton & Associates has designed a fast-paced, high energy event for Product Teams If a typical course is like learning to swim from a powerpoint deck, our 5-day immersion…

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January 30, 2015

Jeff Patton’s Book Released: User Story Mapping

I wrote a book. This is my friend Liya holding her copy. I’m not nearly as pretty. It’s About User Story Mapping I’m known for coining the term “story mapping,”…

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August 30, 2009

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Prioritization

Summary: From the Editors of StickyMinds.com – Managing an agile project based on uncensored “Very High,” “High,” and “Low Priority” user stories or backlog items used to induce stress on…

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April 20, 2009July 6, 2021

Kanban Development Oversimplified

How Kanban-style development gives us another way to deliver on Agile values Years ago — Feb 25th 2008 to be exact — I wrote this draft article. At the time Kanban…

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February 16, 2009

The Product Owner and the Product-shaped Hole

What the product owner needs to worry about isn’t in the product backlog If you’ve read one of my blog essays before, you know this isn’t going to be a…

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