The inherent correlation between scope of impact, and level of uncertainty.

I teach teams to write hypotheses but they always end up too big. Here's how I break them down into testable components.

Building the right thing, and building the thing right

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Asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem

A survey of how tech projects run across the industry highlights Scrum being absent from Big Tech. Why is this, and are there takeaways others should take note of?

A definition of DDD as a software design discipline

#ux and developer collaboration on a real initiative. What *really* happened. This is why I have trouble answering "so what do you think of dual track?" .... because teams that are in the zone adapt their approach constantly to match the problem & work pic.twitter.com/0OTGTaE8Kj— John Cutler (@johncutlefish) December 7, 2019

A thread on "Starting Together"1/n Here is how lots of teams work:1) PMs and designers focus on the "next thing"2) Developers work on the "current project"What's wrong with this?Outcomes suffer, even if it feels more efficient.Why ...? pic.twitter.com/xQzKgMpm9p— John Cutler (@johncutlefish) September 18, 2021

A phase-by-phase look at the web process from ideation to launch and beyond, providing context to the moving parts of a web project.

A survey people in user experience and product management shows that these professionals disagree on who should be responsible for many key tasks, like doing discoveries and early design.

Savvy development teams are aware of the importance of acceptance criteria for user stories. In this post we don’t just address the concept of acceptance criteria, but also explain how to write acceptance criteria and provide you with practical examples.

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Well-defined leads to well-designed.

From typography and layout to color and iconography, you’ll notice a lot of subtle differences throughout the tool.

User-story maps help Agile teams define what to build and maintain visibility for how it all fits together. They enable user-centered conversations, collaboration, and feature prioritization to align and guide iterative product development.

A primer to the basics of Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

At its core, Agile is about delivering value, getting feedback, and repeating the process as quickly as possible. In most Agile…

The S.P.I.D.R acronym for User Story splitting recharged (++)

When it comes to defining user stories, I always give the cake examples to the teams I work it.

Working from a prioritized backlog of small user stories allows a team to get early value and frequent, high-quality feedback. Learn how to split any story.

Building successful digital products requires two things: building the right product, and building the product right.

Dual-track agile is an agile methodology that contains two separate tracks. There’s the “Discovery” track, and the “Delivery” track. Dual-track agile enables product teams to work on research and product development in parallel.

The Scrum Guide provided in HTML format on the web.

Despite having co-written an award-winning book on the topic and lecturing, teaching and coaching on the topic for nearly 10 years now, I…

Service-blueprinting workshops require thoughtful planning and hands-on facilitation.