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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 5, Origins of Agile Approaches

Johanna Rothman

That set the scene for the Scrum certifications in about 2002. Certifications Changed How We Think of Agile Approaches. From about 2003-2009, Scrum worked for many of my clients. Until we finished work and released increments of value more often, as in the Incremental lifecycles , we couldn't use short feedback loops.

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Learning from Failure: Product Manager Style

The Product Coalition

Thanks to the success of the original Peek, TwitterPeek was released shortly after in 2009 receiving a much frostier reception. Start by defining your Minimum Viable Customer who you can use as a focus group to start the feedback loop. Check out our certifications here. What went wrong? Look for Product Market Fit.