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The Planned Attention framework v1
I started the Planned Attention newsletter to answer a question that had been simmering in the background for over a decade. I was a fan of the agile…
May 2
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April 2024
Product Managers are not superheroes
I believe in self-organizing teams that own a product. Companies get their best work done when their engineers not only care about the product but are…
Apr 19
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What to do when we run out of tickets
A peculiar side effect of iterative buffer planning
Apr 11
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Mike Veerman
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Support Swarming Sessions
Most teams these days are responsible for running their product. Even those who are shielded from the end user through Operators and Support Engineers…
Apr 4
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March 2024
What's the business value of self-organization?
Out with top-down planning and task assignment! The ideal software delivery team is self-organized. But why? I started my consultancy career in large…
Mar 28
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The Macarena and bespoke feature requests
A DJ is working hard to keep the dancefloor going. But in front of the booth, a girl is trying to get his attention. It's her friend's birthday, and she…
Mar 21
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Fixed Budget
why project management is essential when working with vendors
Mar 14
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More feedback is not “more better”.
Feedback is the lifeblood of software products. Rather than relying on BDUF, we steer our development with feedback as our compass. I remember learning…
Mar 7
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February 2024
Four flavors of operational work
Those who read my newsletter for a while know how much I stress the need to plan operational work. While product people only care about features…
Feb 29
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Taming the stream of ideas
Every company has a divide between those who think about the product and those who build it. Salespeople won't touch an IDE, but they fantasize about…
Feb 22
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Autonomous teams still need our guiding hand
We all preach the gospel of self-organizing teams. Gone are the days when managers assigned tasks to their people. Engaged and empowered teams are the…
Feb 8
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One size fits none
Long-term planning in a start-up is very different from planning in a multinational. What works for a 3-person product team breaks down in a department…
Feb 1
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