The gap finder found the hole I dug
The backlog could create and complete work, but missed the lifecycle in between. A story map gap analysis exposed the trust and platform gaps.
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82 cards in four hours — but which 82?
Claude created 82 backlog cards in four hours. The reliable part was the foundations checklist, approval checkpoint, and final read-back.
Story Mapping for Program Increments (PI) Planning
How to connect SAFe PI planning to real user journeys without losing meaning at every layer of the hierarchy and why the story map is the one artefact SAFe cannot … Read more
I uploaded a spec and almost built the wrong product
A plausible AI-generated backlog nearly described the wrong product. The missing step was not a better prompt, but explicit product discovery.
Story Mapping for Legacy Systems
How to map what already exists before you extend it, and why it is the most valuable mapping session your team will ever run. What we cover in this article: … Read more