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Is this an Initiative or an Epic or a Story?
Focusing (only) on Product Backlog Management demotes Product Managers & Product Owners to mere Backlog Managers.
Ravishankar R
Sep 6
Will AI replace Product Managers?
Will AI replace Product Managers?
Will AI replace Product Managers? Is that even a valid concern to have?
Ravishankar R
Sep 6
Timebox : An invitation that you shouldn't avoid!
Timebox : An invitation that you shouldn't avoid!
Scrum is a conversation framework and timeboxes are just invitations for conversation.
Ravishankar R
Sep 6
Scrum, Sprints & Hans Hoffman!
Scrum, Sprints & Hans Hoffman!
It is no wonder in this complex work domain, learning happens through unusual sources.
Ravishankar R
Sep 6
Is ‘Over-estimation’ a bad thing?
Is ‘Over-estimation’ a bad thing?
A question that comes my way quite often from fellow practitioners “Is over-estimation a bad thing?”
Ravishankar R
Aug 21
Combat interruptions and changing customer expectations better!
Combat interruptions and changing customer expectations better!
When interruptions and changing customer expectations rears its head (and it will), work together as a Scrum team to answer these questions…
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Its time to up the game! PBR is more than just cleaning your home!
Its time to up the game! PBR is more than just cleaning your home!
If you have a task / job / feature / story split into different parts, and different priorities for different people, then it’s likely that…
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Pick what battles are worth fighting for!
Pick what battles are worth fighting for!
Trying to perfect the ability to predict is definitely a futile exercise.
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Planning to tolerate variability!
Planning to tolerate variability!
In short, never get your capacity full at the beginning of the Sprint in your Sprint Planning event.
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Ten for Ten, the most important — yet the least spoken!
Ten for Ten, the most important — yet the least spoken!
Here are the important, yet least spoken assumptions (misconceptions) practitioners hold around their planning approach:
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
It is never ‘OR’, rather a much needed ‘AND’
It is never ‘OR’, rather a much needed ‘AND’
‘Scrum doesnt work for us and hence we are planning to switch to Kanban’ is the most trending phrase in our industry dealing complex work.
Ravishankar R
Aug 5
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