Why Agile Is Really Risk-Driven Development
Value and risk are correlated almost everywhere. You cannot remove the risk that comes with real value, but you can de-risk it efficiently. That is agile.
Tag: for-product-managers
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Finding AI Gold With Lean Startup Techniques
Most AI efforts start with tools and demos. Better to use product discovery to aim AI at a real business constraint and test the riskiest assumption first.
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Is Spec-Driven Development a Step Forward or Back?
Spec-driven development looks like a step backward if you read it as requirements theater. The better frame: the spec is a higher-level language for intent.
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Goal-Based Loop Engineering: From Spec-Driven to Outcome-Driven
Spec-driven development points an agent at a deliverable. Goal-based loops let you point it at a condition instead: the question is whether the condition you picked is an outcome or just green tests.
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Product Ownership Topology: Who Makes the Tough Calls?
Product ownership is an accountability, not a job title. How I think about it for one team, for an inbound/outbound split, and for a platform team getting asks from five different products.
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Kanban WIP Limits for Spec-Driven Agentic Development
When you are running specs through coding agents, the spec is the work in progress. WIP limits are the valve that keeps agentic throughput from piling up in front of the humans who still have to review it.