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Brian Farkas

If it’s truly minimal, it won’t be viable.
The Paradoxes of Product

If it’s truly minimal, it won’t be viable.

We build to control, and in doing so, lose control.
The Illusion of Control

We build to control, and in doing so, lose control.

If you don’t know who the user is, it’s probably you.
The Mirage of the User

If you don’t know who the user is, it’s probably you.

If you can’t measure it, just call it qualitative.
The Way of Data

If you can’t measure it, just call it qualitative.

Move Fast, But CC Everyone.
The Corporate Condition

Move Fast, But CC Everyone.

Scope Creep Is Just Ambition Without Therapy.
The Product Abyss

Scope Creep Is Just Ambition Without Therapy.

All estimates are lies agreed upon
The Gospel of Agile Hypocrisy

All estimates are lies agreed upon

We iterate, therefore we exist.
The Paradoxes of Product

We iterate, therefore we exist.

Retrospectives are how we repeat the past with insight.
The Gospel of Agile Hypocrisy

Retrospectives are how we repeat the past with insight.

Ship, learn, forget, repeat.
The Serenity of Acceptance

Ship, learn, forget, repeat.

If your roadmap fits on one slide, are you dreaming big enough?
The Paradoxes of Product

If your roadmap fits on one slide, are you dreaming big enough?

Be agile - after waterfall planning.
The Gospel of Agile Hypocrisy

Be agile - after waterfall planning.

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