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Kill the…

Things to stop doing. Each post here argues for retiring a PM ritual that solved a problem you no longer have. Some are uncomfortable; that's the point. If a habit was rational in 2015 and isn't now, the cost of keeping it is the cost of every wrong move it produces.

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7 entries
  1. 01Kill the 'I Built It in a Weekend' FlexSpeed to demo is a vanity metric. The 'I built it in a weekend' flex measures the cheapest, least durable thing. Ask if it was still running the weekend after.4 min readJun 26
  2. 02Kill the AI Office Hours. They're 2026's Agile Transformation.AI office hours are 2026's agile transformation: ceremony, no shipped output. Three replacements: paired shipping sessions, eval reviews, kill list reviews.8 min readMay 26
  3. 03Kill the OKR. The Quarterly Cycle Is Now a Liability.The 12-week OKR cycle is now a liability. Replace it with a Rolling Outcome Ledger: 3-7 active bets, 2-4 week decision deadlines, no end-of-quarter scramble.13 min readMay 26
  4. 04Kill the Feature Request Queue: Your Backlog Is a SignalYour 847-item backlog rationed scarce engineering time. Three replacements: signal synthesis, prototype-first investigation, and an outcome bet ledger.10 min readMay 26
  5. 05Kill the APM Program. Hire, Train, Promote Builders.LinkedIn CPO Tomer Cohen killed the APM program. The 12-week Product Builder apprenticeship replaces it: four prototypes, one production ship, no rotation.10 min readMay 26
  6. 06Kill the PRD. The Prototype Is the Spec.The PRD was a 2015 solution to a 2015 problem. Three artifacts replace it: a working prototype (built in Claude Code), an eval rubric, and a one-page README.11 min readMay 26
  7. 07The PRD Is Dead. Here's What Replaces It.Product Requirements Documents were a necessary evil in a world where building was expensive. That world is gone.3 min readMar 26
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