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
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
Using CAPED to Survive Big Time Zone Differences
Collaborators in Europe, dev teams in India, key customers in Asia. Many of our US-based clients work with people 5, 7, or even 12 time… Read More
A Better Way to Approach Stakeholder Management
In our recent Advanced Product Owner course, the homework for the week was to take a stakeholder request and turn it into a situational interview. Read More
Why Projects Feel Fine Until They Don’t
We’ve noticed that almost all big initiatives follow the same pattern. Early on, teams are busy with development work in their Sprints, milestones are getting… Read More
“I Want to Feature Mine Everything Now”
A senior leader wrapped up a Feature Mining session recently, looked around the room, and blurted out, “This is amazing. I want to Feature Mine… Read More