Introduction
Ground Rules & Principles for Success
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You Can Do This (4:37)
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Pareto Principle & Parkinson's Law (14:20)
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Cognitive Bias Trap: Authority Bias. Don't Be Intimidated by Buzzwords, Engineers, Managers & Executives, Technologies/Technology, or even Costs (6:48)
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The Completeness Fallacy and the Illusion of Explanatory Depth (6:26)
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There is no silver bullet. "Agile" is not the Answer Alone (9:15)
The Intake Process
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Goals & Deliverables (5:30)
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The BIG Problem: It's Easy to Get Lost. The Critical Importance of an Information Scaffolding (3:43)
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The Busy Boss Test. What are the Five Things? And Five For Each of Those? Prior Domain Knowledge Should Not Be Required (5:42)
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"Five Things" Structure, Terminology, and an Example (20:23)
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Tools: What to Use & What NOT to Use (8:55)
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The Power of Group Knowledge. Uncovering & Synthesizing Pockets of Knowledge. (10:07)
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Top Priority: Get to the End First. The Importance of Iterations. (6:57)
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Don't Block Ideas. Always Allow a Path. (11:03)
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When You Don't Know What You Don't Know. "Poking Holes" to Gain Insight. (6:58)
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Combatting Artificial and/or Toxic Urgency (4:25)
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Productivity Hack: Wireframing (5:48)
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A "Five Things" Analysis is NOT "Waterfall" (7:01)
Estimation, Cost/Budget, & Timeline Planning
Evaluating Technology Choices
Conclusion
