Should you use story points
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Agile
Are product owners a broken concept?
By Daniel Ploeg
/ July 29, 2020
Product owners are a broken concept
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Option / Backlog item expiry date
By Daniel Ploeg
/ June 24, 2020
Backlogs often become a dumping ground for ideas. Some of those ideas are good, others might need some exploration before...
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High performing team or better cross team interactions?
By Daniel Ploeg
/ May 7, 2020
A high performing team might make the difference in a small organisation, but as you grow its requires teams of teams to reach outcomes. Optimise the right thing for those outcomes.
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“It’s on the Backlog”
By Daniel Ploeg
/ February 24, 2020
I've heard this being said a number of times with teams and it often reminds me of the story the...
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Uncovering embedded options through a bias for delivery
By Daniel Ploeg
/ February 17, 2020
I've recently been thinking about a number of experiences in my career where organisations who have a bias for delivery...
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Use options instead of backlogs
By Daniel Ploeg
/ February 12, 2020
Often we become constrained in our thinking by the language we use - a good example is the use of...
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The Melbourne Cup Retro
By Daniel Ploeg
/ September 4, 2019
I’ve been doing this retrospective format for a number of years now and it’s been very useful. Given that we’re...
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