PinnedBye MediumThe time has come to go into hibernation. — I’m grateful for how Medium has helped me to grow my online presence and personal brand. However, I don’t see any benefit to becoming bigger on a platform that limits how I can engage with all my followers. What is the point of more followers if you can’t reach them? …Product Management1 min readProduct Management1 min read
PinnedAbout MeI stopped writing on Medium. If you want to stay updated on my latest articles then register to my newsletter at mdalmijn.com. If you want to work with me head over to dalmyn.com. 🖖 My name is Maarten Dalmijn. I help teams beat the Feature Factory and discover better ways…Product Management1 min readProduct Management1 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·PinnedWhy roadmaps reflect the level of Agile inadequacyThe Penguin Principle for Agile transformations — I was in the fifth and final round for a Product Owner position. I remember being tired of responding to all kinds of questions, often the same I had answered before. Especially considering I already jumped through quite a few hoops— I had completed a personality test and an intelligence…Product Management9 min readProduct Management9 min read
Published inUX Collective·PinnedUser Stories are ill-suited for expressing requirementsSplitting User Stories into more User Stories often means you are deceiving yourself (and your users too!) — Nussi Einhorn posted the following picture on LinkedIn: The left-hand side of the image portrays a confusing mess of User Stories. Try scanning them and getting the gist — you won’t. The right-hand side of the picture showcases a crisp and clear alternative by using descriptive titles that summarize the…UX6 min readUX6 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·PinnedThe only thing that matters when planning a SprintCrafting a clear and overarching Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning — Boxer Mike Tyson once said: “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” — Mike Tyson In military warfare a similar saying exists: “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder No matter how much time you spend planning, you can…Scrum5 min readScrum5 min read
Apr 16My Book Goes To ProductionI struggle with perfectionism. Nothing is ever good enough. I had to learn to be proud, even when I kept noticing all the things that were wrong or could be better. That's why my book going into production is a big step for me. Your book going into production means…1 min read1 min read
Published inSignalbound·Aug 22, 2022Unwarranted faith in the GANTTThe biggest tragedy of the one-year feature GANTT chart, together with precise timelines, is not that we will deliver less value by operating as a Feature Factory. The true disaster is the death spiral of demotivation. Let me break down what I’ve often seen happen: • One of the first big…Product Management2 min readProduct Management2 min read
Published inSignalbound·Aug 8, 2022You can’t prevent the messThese two blockbuster movies show the messy nature of complex work, though what comes out is the opposite of a mess. The two movies had opposite starting points: Movie A : They knew from the outset they were trying to do things nobody had done before. …Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Published inSignalbound·Jul 28, 2022“It’s almost done”Famous last words at the Daily Scrum. I have heard them repeated many times over. “It is done but not yet tested” is another example. And then it still turns out it it isn’t done — “We need a bit more time”. And then it is almost done again, yet…Scrum1 min readScrum1 min read
Published inSignalbound·Jul 27, 2022Ask a Product Owner #3 — Stakeholder Management💡 Please let me know what topic should I address in a future session of ‘Ask a Product Owner’! 💡 On LinkedIn, all my connections and followers had the opportunity to ask any burning question they might have related to Stakeholder Management. I’ve packaged all the questions anonymously here together…Product Management6 min readProduct Management6 min read
