How Much Authority does a Product Owner Need?

Most Product Owner conflicts aren’t really about prioritization. They’re about authority. Who decides what belongs in the product vision? Who owns the roadmap? Who can… Read More

Can a Product Owner also be a ScrumMaster?

In our experience, a great ScrumMaster adds a ton of value for their team. It’s one of those roles where, when done well, everything else… Read More

How to Show Up to a Meeting

Just in the last week, we’ve had three conversations with clients lamenting that their colleagues are silent or distracted in meetings where our clients know… Read More

Humble Confidence

During an assumptions brainstorming session with a client, we were looking at risks and potential negative surprises (so they could systematically address them). One key… Read More

Should the Product Owner come from the Business or from IT?

This is one of the most common questions IT organizations ask when they get serious about Product Ownership. Should the Product Owner come from “the… Read More

New Year’s Experiments (instead of resolutions)

It’s easy to look at New Year’s resolutions with a bit of skepticism. If you’re like most of us, you’ve got plenty of failed January… Read More

How to Do Quarterly Planning That Holds Up Past Week Three

The week-three problem Most organizations we work with end their quarterly planning feeling pretty confident. They’ve aligned backlogs, mapped dependencies, refined and approved OKRs at… Read More

Quarterly Planning Done Right

Quarterly planning doesn’t fail because teams lack discipline or effort. It fails because most planning processes assume a level of predictability that complex work simply doesn’t have. In this episode, Peter Green and Richard Lawrence share a better way—one built on shared understanding, meaningful goals, and a sustainable rhythm for learning and delivery. Read More

AI for better BDD

We finally had to turn off Copilot because the suggestions were so bad. AI results are only as good as the training data and the… Read More

Our Favorite “Modifications” to Scrum

The Scrum Guide, the official definition of Scrum, has changed over the years. But various practices have become “standard Scrum” even if they’re no longer… Read More