Kanban — Is It Hurting Your Engineers?
Kanban was designed for assembly line production, not software development. Learn how to spare your engineers and stop the Kanban insanity.
Aha! Blog
The Alpha Engineer
The Alpha Engineer rules Silicon Valley and all great technology ecosystems. He holds the highest rank in technical communities worldwide and is rewarded with the…
Help! — My Product Manager Lost His Mojo
Brief periods of misdirection and confusion have happened to me and every product manager I have managed or worked with. When it happens, it’s everyone’s responsibility…
Why Do We Build Products That Suck?
Is your product unsatisfying to customers? Worse, do you hate working on it? It’s one thing for your customers who probably only need to tolerate it for less than an hour…
Hey Engineers — Your Product Manager Needs a Hug
My engineering friends, please consider the following sentences as a heartfelt plea. I know that we are taught in business to focus on the rational and ignore the…
Hey Product Managers — Stop Pissing Off The Engineers
Do you know a product manager who always makes the development team mad? Learn the 5 things all product managers should avoid saying to engineers.
All I Needed to Know I Learned at a Startup
I wanted to pause to consider all that I am grateful for and what — if any — advice I could pass along to my kids. And I had a revelation. My most important life lessons…
Should Your Startup Take a Moonshot?
The moonshot is the purported antidote to incrementalism. It is about great aspirations and what happens when smart people do not worry about what’s possible today. To…
The Holy "Scrum" War
One of our generally mild-mannered beta customers caught me by surprise recently when he said, “Scrum zealots are like vegans and barefoot runners who keep trying to…
"Goal First" — A Product Roadmapping How-To
A goal-first mindset is key to success. Learn how to use our product roadmapping tool as a framework for setting goals and sharing your product strategy.
