Agile
Honest writing about product, operations, leadership, and the career in between.
Demystifying Agile: A Plain-English Guide to the Ceremonies
If you’ve recently moved into a SaaS or tech environment from corporate learning, project management, or operations, …
Read moreStory Points, Point Roulette, and the Great Estimation Debate
If you’ve been in a planning poker session where someone put down fifteen points for a task everyone else estimated at five, …
Read moreWhat a Good Retro Looks Like (And Why Most Are Awkward Therapy Sessions)
If your retrospectives feel like awkward therapy sessions where someone mentions a problem that doesn’t get solved, and …
Read moreEpics, Stories, Tasks: The Hierarchy That Only Makes Sense Once You've Broken It
If you’ve come from project management or corporate learning into a SaaS product environment, someone has probably told you …
Read moreThe Stand-Up That Isn't Standing Anyone Up
The daily stand-up has a reputation problem. People hate it. Every “how to improve your stand-ups” article gets …
Read moreWhen Agile Becomes a Religion (And That's a Problem)
I worked at a company once where the product team was fanatic about Agile. Every standup was attended. Every retro was …
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