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Product Adoption: Don't Build Before You Feel Pull
The best time to solve a feature adoption problem is before development. Talk about the user's project, look for real pull, and don't build on polite interest.
Tag: for-product-managers
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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.
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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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AI Agents Run Toward Goals. Are Yours Worth It?
Claude's /goal feature lets agents work until a completion condition is met. Most examples are output-oriented: tests pass, backlog empties. Outcome is missing.
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Product Ownership Topology: Flow vs Theater
The issue isn't the title on the org chart — it's who has the standing to make tradeoffs. How I think about ownership across teams, platforms, and groups.