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Why I don’t use real hours for sprint planning
OK, so several of my friends and colleagues pointed me to Mike Cohn’s recent blog post about why he doesn’t use story points for sprint planning. I left a couple of comments on his blog, but I couldn’t...
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What iteration-less agile really means
I’ve written about the idea of an iteration-less process before, and we’ve been using the spirit of the idea at the startup I work at (Cinch) for the past few weeks. The idea is simple, and has two...
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Conference – Lean & Kanban 2009
I will be speaking at the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference which is being held in Miami, Fl in the coming February (18th to 20th). There is a great line-up of speakers, so if you’re at all interested...
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Adopting lean software development: What is a user story?
I recently got an email from a reader (Dmitry Lobanov) who had some questions about the process stuff I’ve written about here. With his permission, I’ve reproduced the contents of his email and have...
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Announcing the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup
Hi folks, I’d like to announce the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup. The first meeting is scheduled for the end of the this month – on the 30th of April. I’m going to present on the topic that...
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Update: Lean & Kanban 2009 Conference
This is a reminder to everyone that this year’s Lean & Kanban Conference is scheduled for the 6th – 8th of May. The venue is the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Check out the...
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In search of the viral loop
Just finished reading Viral Loop. As we think about the distribution side of things for Zolodeck, I figured it couldn’t hurt to read about how a bunch of companies achieved massive scale. It’s a good...
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Designer-driven vs. metrics-driven product design
An interesting question cropped up over dinner the other night – does metrics-driven design have any place in the world of designer-driven product design? For instance, Apple is famous for not using...
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Love and the minimum MVP
The start of a new project is always exciting… there’s the anticipation of awesomeness that can make one giddy It’s the potential of the idea, the opportunity of the clean slate, the possibility of...
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Make something people want
I’ve been reading Paul Graham’s essays for a long time: since 2001, when an old friend introduced them to me. I was excited by the way he writes about startups and what startups can accomplish. In my...
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