"All software is created to satisfy a human need or desire. Know who they are and seek to understand the need form their perspective. It will help immensely.“

#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving

– Pablo Bouzada quoting Doc Norton at #DWX2025

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

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Pay less attention to
whether or not what you are doing
is true to the process framework.

Pay more attention to
whether or not what you are doing
is producing the desired outcomes.

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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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Involve your quality assurance person in the creation of your acceptance criteria.

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The entire team benefits from knowing and understanding the persona(s) they're creating solutions for. Better still - they could meet and speak with actual users.

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Psssst - getting people together to create a shared understanding is usually NOT a waste of time.

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“Don’t spend a dollar’s worth of time on a ten cent decision.” ~ Peter Turla

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Here's a little secret - it is perfectly acceptable if all of the stories in a feature, epic, theme, or initiative never get delivered.

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

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All software
is written
to satisfy a human need
or desire.
Know who they are
and seek to understand
the need from their perspective.
It will help immensely.

#agile #KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment

The best solutions often do not involve writing any code--

-- are you investigating any of those options?

@AgileSquirrel@twitter.com

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