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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿšจ

Are you measuring success by ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ or ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž?

In my latest article, I dive into a conversation I had with Gary Cohen about the dangers of focusing too much on ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, and ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€”and why we need to preserve space for ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Metrics like story points and velocity can give us useful data, but ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ should always be the true measure of success. As Roman Pichler said, โ€œThe goal of product management is not just to deliver features but to deliver value to the customer and the business.โ€ And Melissa Perri reminds us, โ€œYou are not a feature factory. You are here to solve problems and deliver outcomes.โ€

Read the full article here: https://www.edensoftlabs.com/post/popapiwpel

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