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Complete archive of Cranky PM content: agile theater fixes, project management dysfunction solutions, and product strategy frameworks.
Tech Buzzwords 2025: The Rebranding Racket Behind This Year's Biggest BS

Dec 15, 2025

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8 min read

Tech Buzzwords 2025: The Rebranding Racket Behind This Year's Biggest BS

Tech's 2025 innovation wasn't breakthrough technology, it was breakthrough bullshit. Here's the hall of fame for rebranding old code as revolution.

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The Cranky PM
Customer-Centric Delivery: Not About Feelings, About Money

Dec 8, 2025

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8 min read

Customer-Centric Delivery: Not About Feelings, About Money

Your customer-centric approach isn't about being nice, it's about making money. Real customer-centricity drives revenue, not satisfaction scores.

The Cranky PM
The Cranky PM
Metric Creep: When KPIs Go to Die

Dec 1, 2025

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11 min read

Metric Creep: When KPIs Go to Die

Your dashboards grew from 3 meaningful metrics to 24 meaningless ones. Here's how zombie KPIs, vanity metrics, and metric inflation kill clarity.

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The Cranky PM
Why Data-Driven Teams Make Bad Decisions (And How to Fix It)

Nov 24, 2025

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6 min read

Why Data-Driven Teams Make Bad Decisions (And How to Fix It)

Your dashboard is gorgeous but your decisions are still trash. Stop treating data like a magic 8-ball and start asking better questions.

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The Cranky PM
Stop Lying to Yourself About "Continuous Improvement"

Nov 17, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Lying to Yourself About "Continuous Improvement"

Your "continuous improvement" is corporate theater. Teams perform improvement with sticky notes, not real work. Here's how to spot it and get better.

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The Cranky PM
App Launches Don't Fail at the Finish Line; They Fail at the Start

Nov 10, 2025

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4 min read

App Launches Don't Fail at the Finish Line; They Fail at the Start

Your app launches fail because nobody knows who's supposed to do what when crunch time hits. Build countdown systems that run themselves.

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The Cranky PM
The Corporate Bullshit Survival Guide: Because Sometimes You Need to Sound Strategic While Quietly Screaming Inside

Nov 3, 2025

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7 min read

The Corporate Bullshit Survival Guide: Because Sometimes You Need to Sound Strategic While Quietly Screaming Inside

Master corporate doublespeak to survive impossible demands. Translation tactics for when your project's on fire and you need to sound strategic.

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The Cranky PM
The Agile Prison You Built Yourself

Oct 27, 2025

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7 min read

The Agile Prison You Built Yourself

Daily standups waste 7 hours weekly on status theater. You built this Agile prison yourself. Here's how to get real coordination without the ritual.

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The Cranky PM
Your Client Isn't Demanding. You Just Didn't Set Expectations

Oct 20, 2025

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10 min read

Your Client Isn't Demanding. You Just Didn't Set Expectations

Stop blaming demanding clients. You never set expectations. Your expectation management is broken, and that's why projects turn into nightmares.

The Cranky PM
The Cranky PM
Why I Keep Bringing Up Cargo Cults (And Why You Should Care)

Oct 13, 2025

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9 min read

Why I Keep Bringing Up Cargo Cults (And Why You Should Care)

Cargo cult thinking destroys software teams copying agile practices without understanding why. Learn the difference between mimicking and understanding success.

The Cranky PM
The Cranky PM
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