8 Problems That Masquerade as ‘Our Sprint Is Too Short’

In our coaching, we often hear, “Our sprint length is too short. We want to change it from X to Y weeks.” The time box… Read More

Claude’s Plan Looked Completely Reasonable

I recently built a small internal app with Claude Code to solve a longtime pain we’ve had. The results were great in the end, but… Read More

Don’t Build Workflows Left-to-Right

Workflows. They’re at the core of most business systems. And they have a common shape: gather data (from humans and/or various other systems), process the… Read More

Two Months to One Week

Last week, I shared results from our poll on cross-functional teams. Only about a quarter of respondents said their team was set up to deliver… Read More

Surprisingly few teams are actually cross-functional…is yours?

We’re back after an insane May teaching CAPED (Complexity-Aware Planning, Estimation, & Delivery) workshops, including our flagship Certified CAPED Consultant course in Boston… Read More

Precision Bias and AI in Product Management

LLMs drive the cost of detail and polish to zero. ChatGPT or Claude can spit out a detailed PRD or a long list of user… Read More

Vertical Slicing’s Elephant in the Room

I just wrapped up three straight months of teaching vertical slicing workshops with different clients. I helped them learn how to slice initiatives into Minimum… Read More

Vertical Slicing and Team Structure Poll – Thank You

Thanks for telling us about your situation! We’ll use your feedback to shape future content. In the meantime, here are some relevant past articles and… Read More

Addressing Complexity Mid-Project

People often learn about CAPED (Complexity-Aware Planning, Estimation, & Delivery) while they’re in the middle of a big project, and it suddenly becomes clear that… Read More

Project Estimates Are Better without a Detailed Plan

In my years as a senior program manager, I saw a pattern repeat itself over and over again. In the early days of a release,… Read More