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The PM Stages of Grief - Updated 2022-08-26 - You are not a true PM until you have gone through the stages of grief on your project...

Pirate Your Way to Growth - Updated 2022-08-26 - Don't know where to start to measure and drive the growth of a product, process, program, or project? Plunder growth like a pirate with the AAARRR fra...

Measure Your Success: The Diffusion of Innovations - Updated 2022-08-26 - The Diffusion of Innovations is a powerful measure of success for product managers. You can also apply it in other areas. Let's take a moment to under...

Heroes Love Failure - Updated 2022-08-26 - It is tough to be Captain Proactive. Always resourceful. Always figuring it out. Always saving the day. Then, when it's your turn for help… queue the...

How accurate are vowel counts anyway? - Updated 2022-08-26 - Words like colonel fail immediately, yet the rule persists. The rule persists so much, vowels are the primary mechanism for syllable counts in almost...

You only need 5 data points to start - Updated 2022-08-26 - Uncertain about a decision? Don't buy into the myth that you need deep data sets... There are decisions you can make with only 5 data points...

High Quality Isn't Always the Goal - Updated 2022-08-26 - Do you use bleach while in designer clothes? Why not? Don't you want to work in the most comfortable, form-fitting outfits? Isn't it more luxurious to...

Strategy, Operations, Tactics, and Doctrine - Updated 2022-08-26 - Do you try and answer who, what, why, how, and when for every project? Stop! Segment your work into Strategy, Operations, Tactics, and Doctrine to bui...

Is there a relationship between Bitcoin and the Fed? - 2022-04-18 - The answer to this question may help glean insight into Bitcoin's status as a speculative market. This speculation on speculation was due to a debate...

News Headline Callouts - 2022-02-23 - The chart that follows visualizes the mean number of headlines each site produces per pull...

News Headline Analysis - Updated 2022-02-23 - What follows is an analysis of Internet news headlines. To create the dataset, a script ran daily to capture the headlines from the news sites that fo...