“Of course the best solution to the problem of how to effectively drain the swamp is to prevent the swamp from forming in the first place.”

“Ideally it is simply a business decision whether there is enough value to actually warrant shipping.”

“Of course this is all just semantics ... Story, Task, Spike, Backlog Grooming ... what's the big deal? The answer to this lies in the fact that we use words to communicate intent …”

“Rather than worry about whether 'we are agile', teams should primarily be concerned with whether they are providing the business with what it needs …”

With this context, the team is much better equipped to be able to produce solutions appropriate for the target personae and any decisions … can be made in the context of the user and the business value.

“Naomi has often said that the reason is that the team has an innate ability to do two things: prioritize their work and look out for each other.”

“Asking 'why' is perhaps the most valuable of all questions both in life and software development / product management.”

“… have generally missed the mark by NOT actually off-shoring development ... just off-shoring some element of the development process; usually testing.”

“Practicing iterative/incremental development in a distributed environment requires modifications to some of the basic agile techniques.”