Rituals are defined as a series of “actions or type of behavior regularly and invariably followed by someone.” No where is this truer than in Scrum rituals. So many Scrum teams repeat rituals so regularly, invariably, and mindlessly that they end up losing the benefits these rituals provide.. Like all things Agile, responding to change > mindlessly following a plan (or […]

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With constant pressure to fail fast and ship fast, digital product people oftentimes oversee a fundamental rule to any solution-driven output. They fail to dive deeper into their “raison d’etre” ; the problems they set up to solve for the people who encounter them. Principle I: Become infatuated with a problem As digital product people, […]

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