[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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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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…
Agile Development is More Culture Than Process
Why thinking of agile as culture and not just process explains resistance and difficulty in teaching and learning the approach Culture, not process I’d been working with Josh and lots…
The New User Story Backlog is a Map
Why the flat user story backlog doesn’t work, and how to build a better backlog that will help you more effectively explain your system, prioritize, and plan your releases. This…
Twelve Emerging Best practices for Adding UX Work to Agile Development
How experienced UX practitioners have adapted to work happily in Agile environments Is user experience relevant where you work? 6/10/2008 Don’t know what I want, but I know how to…
Secrets to Automated Acceptance Tests
In the years that I’ve been involved with agile development, I’ve noticed an ongoing crusade for a holy grail that teams have been striving to reach: fully automated acceptance tests….