{"id":5376,"date":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehoglab.com\/a-guide-to-zen-agile-product-focus\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:53:26","slug":"a-guide-to-zen-agile-product-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehoglab.com\/a-guide-to-zen-agile-product-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to Zen Agile @ Product Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>hedgehog lab Chief Commercial Officer\u201a Aidan Dunphy\u201a was invited by global product management skills and training company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.productfocus.com\/\">Product Focus<\/a>&nbsp;to give his thoughts on how embracing failure and uncertainty is a key part of adopting a truly Agile development methodology. Here&#8217;s a snippet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAgile\u201d is one of the most discussed #topics in tech. 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