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Stop ‘delivering’ software with Agile — it doesn’t work

Clickbait-y title or not — i’ve got some stern truths for you.

10 min readAug 14, 2018

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Stop ‘delivering’ software with Agile — it doesn’t work

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James Whitman
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When users take Product Design into their own hands

When a Product has a fundamental flaw but there's enough to keep them using it, they'll find workarounds for the parts they don't like

5 min readMay 27, 2018

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When users take Product Design into their own hands

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Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems

Your tools are not the problem, your reliance on them is.

3 min readFeb 27, 2018

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Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems

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The currency of the modern world: Your attention

Forget about paying for your goods and services with money the currency of the modern world is your ability to pay attention.

8 min readFeb 24, 2018

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The currency of the modern world: Your attention

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Cycle Time — Using data to help empower and create powerful agile teams

Learn how you can use cycle time within your teams to allow them to become self empowered to create amazing products.

10 min readFeb 17, 2018

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Cycle Time — Using data to help empower and create powerful agile teams

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Killer Apps, Tech, Books and Working Practices of 2017

A breakdown of all the killer apps, tech, books and working practices of 2017 that made this year great.

10 min readDec 15, 2017

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Killer Apps, Tech, Books and Working Practices of 2017

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James Whitman

Effective User Story Creation (and all the other bits needed on a ticket)

All the bits and bobs you need for an effective User Story, including how to write one and how to structure acceptance criteria.

5 min readJun 16, 2017

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Can and should I work on more than one thing at a time as a Product Manager?

The great debate on whether we should just focus on only delivering one feature at a time, or whether we should work on multiple streams…

4 min readMay 18, 2017

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Can and should I work on more than one thing at a time as a Product Manager?

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Build, Measure, Learn: How important is Software Engineering to me as a Product Owner?

Exploring how important good Software Engineering is to Products from a Product Owners perspective

9 min readMar 14, 2017

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The Product Half-Life

How all that we do in Product and UX only has a limited time of effectiveness

6 min readJan 29, 2017

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The Product Half-Life

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James Whitman

James Whitman

Product Manager & sometimes I write | I believe we can make great experiences and we'll get there with Tech | @whitmaan www.whitmaan.com

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