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Agile Transition

Can Pure Scrum Actually Work?

TL; DR: Pure Scrum? Can you rely on pure Scrum to transform your organization and deliver value? Not always. While…

Product Team Empowerment Anti-Patterns

TL; DR: Product Team Empowerment Anti-Patterns Leadership anti-patterns often undermine product team empowerment — an essential success factor in Marty…

The Inverted MoSCoW Framework: Stop Building What You Do Not Need

TL;DR: Inverted MoSCoW The inverted MoSCoW framework reverses traditional prioritization, focusing on what a product team won’t build rather than…

Why Leaders Believe the Product Operating Model Will Succeed Where Agile Initiatives Failed

TL; DR: Why Leaders Support the Product Operating Model Despite Agile’s Failure Why might leaders turn to the Product Operating…

Product Washing: The Pitfalls of a Superficial Product Operating Model Transformation

TL; DR: Product Washing By all means, the “Product Operating Model” (POM) has surged in popularity, especially among traditional organizations…

Transformation to Agile Primitives: Rebuilding Agility from the Ground Up

TL;DR: A Guide to Escape Agile Framework Fatigue Undergoing a transformation to Agile Primitives from a botched [insert your failed…

Agile Primitives — Beyond Frameworks

TL;DR: Agile Primitives Are we losing sight of what truly matters in Agile? The future isn’t about rigidly adhering to…

Founder Mode: The Dark Side of a Hyped Model

TL;DR: The Perils of Founder Mode This article delves into the darker aspects of Founder Mode, popularized by Paul Graham…

The Pre-Mortem: Preventing Product Failure Before It Strikes

TL; DR: The Pre-Mortem: A Non-negotiable Part of Your Product Development Toolbox Do you want to build products that avoid…

From Transparency to the Perils of Oversharing

TL; DR: Why Too Much Transparency Can Have a Detrimental Effect While transparency is often touted as essential in Agile,…