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Danielle Downs

Measuring Progress in Agile

One of the great myths about Agile project management is that it is difficult to track and forecast progress. This is a total fallacy.

9 min readMar 13, 2024

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Measuring Progress in Agile

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Danielle Downs

Why Hybrid Working is the Worst of both Worlds

Why mandating hybrid or in-person days may be counterproductive

16 min readJan 14, 2024

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Why Hybrid Working is the Worst of both Worlds

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Danielle Downs

Merits of Just-In-Time Analysis

This article discusses the merits and drawbacks of just-in-time analysis and estimation in Agile product development

6 min readNov 10, 2023

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A diagram showing the cone of uncertainty and cost of change in Agile vs Waterfall

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Danielle Downs

How to Escape Your own “Build Trap”

10 real-world steps a Product Owner can take to make the leap from being stuck in “The Build Trap” to becoming fully empowered

15 min readAug 28, 2022

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How to Escape Your own “Build Trap”

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Danielle Downs

ReMarkable 2 update: one year on

I recently noticed that my first Medium article was written over a year ago and my original reMarkable 2 review was in need of an update.

8 min readMay 15, 2022

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Photo of defective Marker Plus

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Danielle Downs

“Product Owners are not Backlog Owners”

Reading a post on LinkedIn by David Pereira (April 2022) and a reply from Florian Sperber got me thinking….

14 min readMay 6, 2022

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Product Owner roles & responsibilities depicted in a Venn diagram

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Danielle Downs

ReMarkable 2 Review

I’ve always preferred taking handwritten notes during meetings, as typing away on a laptop can give the impression you’re not listening…

6 min readMar 27, 2021

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Danielle Downs

Danielle Downs

Head of Product with 15 years’ experience working with multiple cross-functional Agile teams in fast-paced B2B and B2C environments

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