Why your riskiest assumption is a great place to start with any new product or idea

“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.” This is a model...

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4 approaches to track your assumptions, when starting to work on a new business idea

Not all assumptions have an equal impact on your new venture. Here's how to explore this space in greater depth.

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How to choose a useful measure of incremental progress for your team

Velocity this. Velocity that. Ultimately, if you want a quantiative early warning system, you need to have good metrics. And know how to use them.

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Velocity 10 min read
Why estimating cognitive effort simplifies knowledge work

Plan your team's capacity where there is a lot to get done and it all feels a bit wooly.

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How to simplify a complicated process, so that even a 2.5 year old would understand them

When you get down to first principles, you can be quite surprised how powerful and reusable they are.

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Why building for the entire market bloats timeframes, and what to do instead

If your time frames are spinning out of control, it might be due this easily overlooked subtlety

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How to resource projects and products--optimizing for elapsed time, motivated teams, and budget

Compare the true cost of centralized control and scope planning to alternative approaches

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Velocity 5 min read
How to optimize for your tech company's scarcest resource

Resource optimization at most companies is still a bit medieval.

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How to determine if systemic factors slow down your teams' velocity

Global maximums are often not immediately visible, yet they are usually worth pursuing more than anything else first. Figure out how to have your comp...

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The one thing Steve Jobs did that turned around Apple

After a nasty battle with Apple shareholders, Steve Jobs, then the original founding CEO, was ousted. He went on to create NeXt computers (later acqui...

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Metrics 1 min read
The only KPI checklist you will ever need

Get the criteria for great metrics summarized in one checklist.

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How to analyze the impact of velocity on your release date

Dates have a significant implication for the rollout across the company and existing client base. Figure out how much your velocity is impacting those...

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