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2019 Goals Gone off the Rails? 3 Ways to get Back on Track

Mind the Product

getting a certification (be it scrum, agile, product, coaching … you name it). Approach goal: “Be more appreciative of my CTO’s actions.”. Avoidance goal: “Avoid arguing with the CTO.”. Nothing personal with CTOs … for example purposes only!). Anthony Grant & Gordon Spence (2009). getting a promotion.

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Backlog Refinement Takes You from Vision to Value

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Agile Conference, IEEE Conference Publications (2009): 333-337. Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis. Enabling Specification: The Key to Building Agile Systems.” Her most recent book, co-authored with Mary Gorman, is Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and Analysis. EBG Consulting.

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

Business of Software Conference

Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. It’s not a business book per se, but it has informed much of how we think about product design — a constant quest to create beautiful things that make people smile!, , Bethany Pagels-Minor, Apple, Agile Coach. Good to Great by Jim Collins. Rich Mironov, Mironov Consulting.