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On A Cure for Task Estimation Obsession

I agree w/ getting rid of the estimates but this takes a very mature team. In my experiences most projects if you are dealing w/ contractors on an "x" timeline this won't work. I worked w/ some inmature teams that prematurely tried this and failed...

On Ready, Fire, Aim: A Rebuttal

its a terrible anology and should not be associated w/ Scrum. Good scrum teams have a mature backlog and items are well estimated and done criteria should be VERY clear. Ready fire aim by definition states that a team may not be "focused" on the r...

On The top six technical practices every Product Owner must know about

good article but isn't it really the scrum master who should help the team with "simple design". Not that there is anything wrong with knowing this as a PO but not much to contribute as a PO.

On Being an Effective Product Owner

thanks good stuff as I'm about to interview for another Product Owner role, thanks!

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