Stop Shipping Waste: How to Align Teams and Finally Fix Your Product Backlog

TL;DR: Stop Shipping Waste

When product teams fail to establish stakeholder alignment and implement rigorous Product Backlog management, they get caught in an endless cycle of competing priorities, reactive delivery, and shipping waste.

The result? Wasted resources, frustrated teams, and missed business opportunities. Success in 2025 requires turning your Product Backlog from a chaotic wish list into a strategic tool that connects vision to value delivery. Learn how to do so.

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Escape the Feature Frenzy, Build to Sell with Sandrine Olivencia – Hands-on Agile 66

TL; DR: Escape the Feature Frenzy, Build to Sell with Sandrine Olivencia — Hands-on Agile 66

Join Sandrine Olivencia on how to escape the Feature Frenzy and build instead products and services that sell. (The recording is in English.)

📺 Watch the video now: Escape the Feature Frenzy, Build to Sell with Sandrine Olivencia – Hands-on Agile #66.

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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 what it will. Deliberately excluding features helps teams streamline development, avoid scope creep, and maximize focus on what truly matters.

While it aligns with Agile principles of simplicity and efficiency, it also requires careful implementation to avoid rigidity, misalignment, or stifling innovation. Used thoughtfully, it’s a powerful tool for managing product scope and driving strategic clarity.

Read on and learn how to make the inverted MoSCoW framework work for your team.

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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 costly mistakes, meet customer needs, and drastically enhance your career prospects? Then, the pre-mortem is your secret weapon!

By imagining how a project might fail before it even begins, teams can identify and mitigate hidden risks early, ensuring a more resilient, successful outcome. This article explains why pre-mortems are a brilliant tool for risk mitigation, improving your team’s decision process, and how they can transform your product development process. Learn how to apply this proactive strategy and create bulletproof products.

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Transformed Meets the Scrum Guide

TL; DR: Transformed & Scrum

Despite criticism from the product community regarding Scrum as a framework for effective product creation, namely Marty Cagan himself, I believe that it is worthwhile to compare the principles that help form successful product teams with those of Scrum. Let’s delve into an analysis of “Transformed” and how its principles align with Scrum’s.

Let’s delve into how Scrum matches the five key product principles identified by Paweł Huryn in Transformed — Age-of-Product.com.
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Alignment Tools: Creating Better Relationships Between Stakeholders and Teams

TL;DR: Alignment Tools

Understanding and implementing the right alignment tools in agile product development can significantly enhance the effectiveness of your team and organization. Fostering better relationships between stakeholders and teams can ensure strategic clarity, improve adaptability, and maintain a user-centric focus.

This article provides actionable insights on leveraging these tools to build trust, enhance collaboration, navigate risks, and maximize value creation. This will ultimately lead to more successful product outcomes aligned with organizational goals.

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