User Stories don’t belong in the Marketing Backlog
User stories are a poor fit for marketing backlogs. What marketing work items should look like, and how to build a backlog that actually delivers.
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Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership — written from 15+ years in the field.
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Improving SAFe thru Professional Scrum
SAFe implementations often under-develop team-level Scrum discipline. How Professional Scrum training and coaching strengthens the foundation SAFe sits on.
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Kanban ·
Adding Flow Metrics to Your SAFe Implementation
SAFe implementations often focus on ceremonies and roles while ignoring the underlying flow. Adding Kanban-style flow metrics makes the system evidence-based.
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Forecasting in SAFe Without Story Point Theater
Forecast in SAFe with smaller slices, throughput, and cycle time instead of story-point-heavy PI planning. A lighter way to size features and plan.
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Agility ·
Planned vs Actual vs Actual Actual Business Value
Planned, Actual, and 'Actual Actual' Business Value in SAFe PI Objectives: why the gap between them signals broken goal-setting, and what to do about it.
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SAFe Is a Framework, Not a Methodology
The difference between a framework and a methodology matters. SAFe gives you structure and choices, not a prescriptive path, and that changes how you use it.
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