Untrapping Product Teams

Untrapping Product Teams

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Untrapping Product Teams
Untrapping Product Teams
Don’t focus on estimation. Concentrate on shared understanding instead.

Don’t focus on estimation. Concentrate on shared understanding instead.

Until the team has a shared understanding, estimates are pointless.

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David Pereira
Aug 31, 2020
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Until the team has a shared understanding, estimates are pointless.

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At 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, we had our weekly refinement session. As a Product Owner, I wanted to get five items ready for the upcoming sprint. Unfortunately, we refined only two items during the whole session. I left the room, frustrated.…

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