๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ : ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข-๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฃ
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ .
โถ Doing that will result in so much noise that it will make you lose track of what's most important to your customer right now.
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Regularly clean up your backlog If itโs not a priority in the upcoming three months, remove it; you won't do it, trust me.
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญโ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐.
โถ The result is, for sure, many miscommunications and lots of rework, which destroy your relationship with engineers and designers, and delay your timeline.
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Clear, detailed collaborative user stories. Make sure everyone knows whatโs expected.
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ.
โถ Treating your team only as implementers reduces team buy-in and ownership, potentially missing valuable ideas they can contribute.
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Involve the whole team in backlog grooming sessions and ask questions, to engage them, not only about the feasibility of the solution but also to make them wear your hat for a few minutes.
4๏ธโฃ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.
โถ This can lead to a fancy, feature-packed product with poor functionality and a delay in delivery due to using too many workarounds to add features in a hurry.
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Focus on critical tasks first. The glitter can wait ๐.
5๏ธโฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ , ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .
โถ Your team will miss the bigger picture and long-term goals that they should work on and plan, Non-scalable technical solutions may also be another side-effect.
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Prepare at least three sprints ahead, the content of these sprints should be relevant and serve a clear business goal, with enough details about what you need to build.
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๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐-๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ ๐๐.