Rocks, pebbles, and balancing work

Key Takeaways:

• Why capacity planning often fails outcome-driven teams
• How teams can self-align without overcommitting
• Reframing quarterly planning to support discovery work
• A listener call-to-action: what’s actually working for you?

Resources & Links:

• Follow Teresa Torres: https://ProductTalk.org
• Follow Petra Wille: https://Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in the episode:

• Capacity planning
• Product Discovery Basics: Everything You Need to Know
• Yesterday's Weather methodology
• The rocks, pebbles, and sand analogy
• The problem-solution-implementation-discovery model from Petra’s Coaching Illustrations
• Assumption Testing: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
• Shifting from Outputs to Outcomes: Why It Matters and How to Get Started