Agile Transition
The Fantastic Optimus Alpha Approach to Data-Informed Retrospectives
TL; DR: Optimus Alpha Creates Useful Retrospective Format In this experiment, OpenAI’s new stealthy LLM Optimus Alpha demonstrated exceptional performance…
AI in Agile Product Teams: Insights from Deep Research and What It Means for Your Practice
TL; DR: AI in Agile Product Teams I have been interested in how artificial intelligence as an emerging technology may…
Psychological Safety: Misunderstood, Yet Mission-Critical
TL; DR: Psychological Safety as a Competitive Edge Psychological safety isn’t about fluffy “niceness”—it is the foundation of agile teams…
Forensic Product Backlog Analysis — A New Team Exercise
TL; DR: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis Exercise The Forensic Product Backlog Analysis: A 60-minute team exercise to fix your Backlog.…
Is the Era of the Scrum Master Coming to an End?
TL; DR: Three Data Points Pointing to the Decline of the Scrum Master’s Role If you hang out in the…
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…