Backlog Management
+3
May 19, 2026
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2 min read
A backlog item is a hypothesis, not a commitment. Treat it like one and you'll stop building things nobody needs.
Data-Driven Decisions
+2
May 12, 2026
The dashboard says retention is 85%. That number is from a cohort that no longer resembles your current users.
Team Alignment
May 5, 2026
The VP who demanded that integration left two months ago. The ticket is still marked urgent.
Apr 28, 2026
That competitive analysis from Q1? Three of those features have shipped. Two pivoted. One company got acquired.
Apr 21, 2026
Product writes a spec. Engineering reads a different spec. Nobody notices until the PR is open.
+4
Apr 14, 2026
You track bugs and velocity. You don't track how fast your team makes decisions. That's the metric that matters.
+5
Apr 7, 2026
If nobody touched it in 90 days, it's dead. You're just too polite to say so.
Product Management
Mar 24, 2026
Roadmaps are snapshots pretending to be plans. By the time you present one, half of it is already wrong.
+1
Mar 23, 2026
3 min read
Your customers are telling you what they need. You're just not listening fast enough.
You shipped it. Nobody noticed.
Your calendar is full. Your decisions aren't.
Decision decay is costing your team more than you think
