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MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need

Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs

Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP

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Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP

Your Product Is Not Your Business

Spotting the Dark Matter Tasks on Your Team

Using an MMP to Discover the Best Solution for Your Problem

How to Handle Stories That Aren't Completed in a Single Sprint

MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need

Creating Great Sprint Goals

Agile Does NOT Make You Go Faster

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agile
- Feb 18, 2019 Using an MMP to Discover the Best Solution for Your Problem
- Dec 10, 2018 MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need
- Nov 19, 2018 Agile Does NOT Make You Go Faster
- Aug 27, 2018 Dividing and Conquering: Finding the Right Size for Your Team
- Aug 13, 2018 Taking an Active Approach to Transparency in an Agile Team
- Apr 23, 2018 Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs
- Apr 9, 2018 How To INVEST In Your User Stories
- Mar 19, 2018 Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path
- Feb 26, 2018 Finding The Right Scrum Master Job
- Feb 5, 2018 Can the Length of Your Iteration Change in the Middle of Your Project?
- Jan 22, 2018 Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
- Dec 18, 2017 Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master
- Nov 27, 2017 Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team
- Jul 17, 2017 The Case for Eliminating Epics
- May 22, 2017 Is Your Process A Rose Or A Dandelion?
- Mar 20, 2017 Start With Stickies, Not With Tools
- Feb 20, 2017 Scrum Master Demand Is at It's Strongest Point Ever
- Jan 23, 2017 3 Ways Product Owners Can Help with a Great Sprint Planning
- Dec 19, 2016 Every Team Member Is a Scrum Master
- Sep 26, 2016 The Daily Scrum is a Planning Meeting...Not a Status Meeting
- Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
- Jan 21, 2016 Get More out of Your Sprint Review
- Dec 8, 2015 Saving Christmas with Scrum
- Apr 20, 2015 Release Planning from the Top Down
- Apr 2, 2015 Where Afternoon Standups Go Wrong
- Jan 17, 2015 Choosing the Best Scrum Master
- Dec 4, 2014 Getting the Most out of Your Scrum of Scrums
- Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
- Aug 15, 2014 Turning Your Standups on Their Head
agile planning
- Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
backlog refinement
- Jul 9, 2018 Using the Blocking and Tackling Backlog Refinement Pattern to Ensure a Great Sprint Planning
- Jul 8, 2016 What's the Right Amount of Backlog Refinement?
capability debt
- Oct 23, 2016 Solving Capability Debt Within Your Organization
coaching
- Sep 10, 2018 Coaching Your Product Owner As A Scrum Master
customer development
- Mar 13, 2013 If You Build It They Will Come, and Other Lies You've Been Told
epics
- Jul 17, 2017 The Case for Eliminating Epics
- Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
estimation
- Jun 4, 2018 Using An Estimation Grid To Improve User Story Estimation
flyway
- Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control
git
- Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control
lean
- Nov 21, 2016 Stop Doing Experiments and Start Making Bets
- Oct 23, 2010 No deadline. No ship. It’s that simple.
lean startup
- Nov 21, 2016 Stop Doing Experiments and Start Making Bets
- Mar 21, 2016 Why Your Minimum Viable Products Probably Are Not Viable nor Even a Product
- Feb 16, 2016 Beware Your Early Adopters
migrations
- Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control
mvp
- Apr 24, 2019 Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP
- Mar 21, 2016 Why Your Minimum Viable Products Probably Are Not Viable nor Even a Product
- Feb 16, 2016 Beware Your Early Adopters
mysql
- Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control
organizational theory
- Nov 21, 2016 Stop Doing Experiments and Start Making Bets
- Jan 28, 2014 Zappos and the Elimination of Managers
personas
- Oct 14, 2015 The Choosers versus Users Dilemma
- Aug 6, 2014 Using Personas to Give Backstories to Your Users
product management
- Apr 24, 2019 Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP
- Mar 11, 2019 Your Product Is Not Your Business
- Feb 25, 2019 Spotting the Dark Matter Tasks on Your Team
- Feb 18, 2019 Using an MMP to Discover the Best Solution for Your Problem
- Dec 10, 2018 MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need
product owner
- Apr 24, 2019 Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP
- Mar 11, 2019 Your Product Is Not Your Business
- Feb 25, 2019 Spotting the Dark Matter Tasks on Your Team
- Feb 18, 2019 Using an MMP to Discover the Best Solution for Your Problem
- Dec 10, 2018 MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need
- Dec 3, 2018 Creating Great Sprint Goals
- Sep 10, 2018 Coaching Your Product Owner As A Scrum Master
- Jul 9, 2018 Using the Blocking and Tackling Backlog Refinement Pattern to Ensure a Great Sprint Planning
- Jan 22, 2018 Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
- Jun 26, 2017 My Team Works Hard But We Never Seem To Finish. Why Not?
- Apr 17, 2017 Putting Value First With The Reverse User Story
- Jan 23, 2017 3 Ways Product Owners Can Help with a Great Sprint Planning
- Jul 8, 2016 What's the Right Amount of Backlog Refinement?
- Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
release planning
- May 19, 2015 Help! My Team Keeps Missing Releases
- Apr 20, 2015 Release Planning from the Top Down
scrum
- Jan 21, 2019 How to Handle Stories That Aren't Completed in a Single Sprint
- Dec 3, 2018 Creating Great Sprint Goals
- Oct 8, 2018 How Many Teams Can A Scrum Master Work With?
- Sep 10, 2018 Coaching Your Product Owner As A Scrum Master
- Jul 23, 2018 Should A Manager Be A Scrum Master?
- Jul 9, 2018 Using the Blocking and Tackling Backlog Refinement Pattern to Ensure a Great Sprint Planning
- Apr 23, 2018 Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs
- Mar 19, 2018 Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path
- Feb 26, 2018 Finding The Right Scrum Master Job
- Feb 5, 2018 Can the Length of Your Iteration Change in the Middle of Your Project?
- Jan 22, 2018 Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
- Dec 18, 2017 Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master
- Nov 27, 2017 Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team
- Oct 23, 2017 3 Simple Things Scrum Masters Can Do To Improve Their Craft
- Sep 25, 2017 The Best Books to Help Scrum Masters Sharpen Their Skills
- Aug 14, 2017 Becoming A Non-technical Scrum Master
- Jun 26, 2017 My Team Works Hard But We Never Seem To Finish. Why Not?
- Apr 17, 2017 Putting Value First With The Reverse User Story
- Mar 20, 2017 Start With Stickies, Not With Tools
- Feb 20, 2017 Scrum Master Demand Is at It's Strongest Point Ever
- Jan 23, 2017 3 Ways Product Owners Can Help with a Great Sprint Planning
- Dec 19, 2016 Every Team Member Is a Scrum Master
- Sep 26, 2016 The Daily Scrum is a Planning Meeting...Not a Status Meeting
- Aug 11, 2016 Choosing the Right Sprint Length
- Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
- May 8, 2016 The 3 Levels of a Scrum Master Removing Impediments
- Jan 21, 2016 Get More out of Your Sprint Review
- Dec 8, 2015 Saving Christmas with Scrum
- Apr 20, 2015 Release Planning from the Top Down
- Apr 2, 2015 Where Afternoon Standups Go Wrong
- Jan 17, 2015 Choosing the Best Scrum Master
- Dec 4, 2014 Getting the Most out of Your Scrum of Scrums
- Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
- Oct 24, 2014 Stop Estimating Spikes!
- Aug 15, 2014 Turning Your Standups on Their Head
- Jul 22, 2014 Meet the Timestamp Sticky
- Jun 24, 2014 Stories versus Themes versus Epics
- Apr 24, 2014 Using Hit Rate to Gauge Success
- Mar 26, 2014 Velocity Is Not the Goal
scrum master
- Oct 8, 2018 How Many Teams Can A Scrum Master Work With?
- Sep 10, 2018 Coaching Your Product Owner As A Scrum Master
- Jul 23, 2018 Should A Manager Be A Scrum Master?
- Mar 19, 2018 Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path
- Feb 26, 2018 Finding The Right Scrum Master Job
- Jan 22, 2018 Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
- Dec 18, 2017 Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master
- Oct 23, 2017 3 Simple Things Scrum Masters Can Do To Improve Their Craft
- Sep 25, 2017 The Best Books to Help Scrum Masters Sharpen Their Skills
- Aug 14, 2017 Becoming A Non-technical Scrum Master
- Feb 20, 2017 Scrum Master Demand Is at It's Strongest Point Ever
- Dec 19, 2016 Every Team Member Is a Scrum Master
- Aug 11, 2016 Choosing the Right Sprint Length
- May 8, 2016 The 3 Levels of a Scrum Master Removing Impediments
- Jan 17, 2015 Choosing the Best Scrum Master
scrum of scrums
- Dec 4, 2014 Getting the Most out of Your Scrum of Scrums
shipping
- Oct 23, 2010 No deadline. No ship. It’s that simple.
spikes
- Oct 24, 2014 Stop Estimating Spikes!
sprint
- Jan 21, 2019 How to Handle Stories That Aren't Completed in a Single Sprint
- Dec 3, 2018 Creating Great Sprint Goals
- May 28, 2018 The Destination Is The Goal, Not The Journey
- Jun 26, 2017 My Team Works Hard But We Never Seem To Finish. Why Not?
sprint goals
- May 28, 2018 The Destination Is The Goal, Not The Journey
sprint planning
- Jul 9, 2018 Using the Blocking and Tackling Backlog Refinement Pattern to Ensure a Great Sprint Planning
- Jun 4, 2018 Using An Estimation Grid To Improve User Story Estimation
- Jan 23, 2017 3 Ways Product Owners Can Help with a Great Sprint Planning
standups
- Sep 26, 2016 The Daily Scrum is a Planning Meeting...Not a Status Meeting
- Apr 2, 2015 Where Afternoon Standups Go Wrong
- Aug 15, 2014 Turning Your Standups on Their Head
team chartering
- May 7, 2018 Starting Your Team On The Right Foot With Team Chartering
team leadership
- Aug 27, 2018 Dividing and Conquering: Finding the Right Size for Your Team
- Jul 23, 2018 Should A Manager Be A Scrum Master?
- May 7, 2018 Starting Your Team On The Right Foot With Team Chartering
- Oct 23, 2016 Solving Capability Debt Within Your Organization
- Mar 26, 2014 Velocity Is Not the Goal
- Jan 28, 2014 Zappos and the Elimination of Managers
- Feb 14, 2011 How to Build the Right Team
themes
- Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
user stories
- Feb 25, 2019 Spotting the Dark Matter Tasks on Your Team
- Jan 21, 2019 How to Handle Stories That Aren't Completed in a Single Sprint
- Jun 4, 2018 Using An Estimation Grid To Improve User Story Estimation
- Apr 23, 2018 Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs
- Apr 9, 2018 How To INVEST In Your User Stories
- Jul 17, 2017 The Case for Eliminating Epics
- Apr 17, 2017 Putting Value First With The Reverse User Story
- Jul 8, 2016 What's the Right Amount of Backlog Refinement?
- Nov 10, 2015 Evil User Stories for Modeling Evil Users
- Oct 14, 2015 The Choosers versus Users Dilemma
- Mar 16, 2015 Splitting User Stories Across Teams
- Feb 19, 2015 How to Best Slice User Stories
- Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
- Oct 24, 2014 Stop Estimating Spikes!
- Aug 6, 2014 Using Personas to Give Backstories to Your Users
- Jul 22, 2014 Meet the Timestamp Sticky
- Jun 24, 2014 Stories versus Themes versus Epics
value
- Nov 27, 2017 Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team
velocity
- May 28, 2018 The Destination Is The Goal, Not The Journey
- Nov 27, 2017 Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team

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