How to prioritize your hypothesis so you know what to test first.
Velocity should be renamed “future tech debt”
Posted on October 23, 2019.(Want to get this article in your inbox? I publish one article a month and share it in my newsletter first. You can sign up here and join 40k other … Continue reading Velocity should be renamed “future tech debt”
Why does every project have to be Agile these days?
Posted on June 18, 2019.Truly agile teams enjoy the ability, desire and safety to respond to change over following a plan.
The Lean UX Canvas
Posted on December 15, 2016.(Lean UX Canvas V2 is now live and a brand new video showing how to use the Lean UX Canvas is now available.) In most of my work these days I don't … Continue reading The Lean UX Canvas
Agile vs Lean vs Design Thinking
Posted on October 11, 2016.There’s an unforgettable scene in my favorite movie, Goodfellas, where Joe Pesci, Robert DeNiro and Ray Liotta pay a late night visit to Pesci’s mom. Despite their best efforts to … Continue reading Agile vs Lean vs Design Thinking
Maintaining the winds of change
Posted on August 1, 2016.I’m often asked how to get executives on board with cultural and process change. It seems that product teams buy into the ideas of lean and agile relatively quickly … Continue reading Maintaining the winds of change
Lean UX in the Enterprise
Posted on December 1, 2015.I've spent the past 5 years speaking, teaching, coaching and working with teams aspiring to bring a customer-centric point of view to their product development processes. Some have seen great … Continue reading Lean UX in the Enterprise
Agile is not a substitution for vision
Posted on May 18, 2015.In his blog post from 2011, Mike Cottmeyer, an agile consultant and coach, listed off the 13 most common reasons his clients began their agile transformation. The list contains … Continue reading Agile is not a substitution for vision
7 Steps to Giving the Best Presentation of Your Life
Posted on February 2, 2015.I give a lot of talks. I’d like to think I’m pretty good at it at this point. But it hasn’t always been this way. Sure, years of playing … Continue reading 7 Steps to Giving the Best Presentation of Your Life
The biggest mistake in product discovery: missing the value
Posted on October 27, 2014.In 2010 we visited Ireland for the first time. My wife and I made Galway our first stop. This was the first time we'd been this far away from the … Continue reading The biggest mistake in product discovery: missing the value