What is the next small thing you could do to progress toward the desired outcome?

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Smaller steps are lower risk.

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Example mapping can help you think through ways to slice a story into independently deliverable pieces. Look for clusters of related scenarios - same variant, same persona, etc.

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Smaller steps means learning faster.

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Deferred delivery is added risk

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What is something you could do today that would allow you to learn more about what you should do next?

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Focus fosters progress.

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Even when you absolutely know what you need to build, breaking it down into tiny steps helps you validate you're still on the right path.

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A simple solution today is better than a robust solution next week.

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Larger batches do not result in more frequent delivery.

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If the team can't easily see what small piece of end to end value is being delivered next and/or what hypothesis is being tested next, your story map is not yet ready.

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“…Simple is not the same as easy, and the worst thing you can do is to make a simple task unnecessarily complicated.”

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Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.

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