Author: jfox@blulantern.com
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Is LeSS More? Scaling LeSS vs SAFe
So you’re trying to scale agile beyond a single team, huh? Been there. After years of writing code and then somehow ending up as a Scrum Master (funny how that happens), I’ve seen organizations wrestle with this question: do we go with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) or the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)? Spoiler alert: it’s complicated,…
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The Technical Product Owner’s Guide to API-First Product Strategy
The $10 Million API Mistake Picture this: You’ve just launched what you think is a killer B2B product. Your UI is slick, your features are solid, and early customers seem happy. But six months later, you’re hemorrhaging deals because enterprise clients can’t integrate your product into their existing workflows. Sound familiar? This exact scenario cost…
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Technical Debt as a Product Decision: A Framework for Prioritization
Most conversations about technical debt start with developers grumbling about messy code and end with business folks glazing over at talk of “refactoring” and “architectural improvements.” But here’s what gets lost in translation: technical debt isn’t a developer problem wearing a business costume. It’s a business problem that happens to live in code.