Why developers are becoming product thinkers faster than expected I used to think coding would always be my core work. Not just part of it, but the core. Even when AI tools started improving, I...
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Not every regulation deserves your budget.
Not every regulation deserves your budget. Sometimes regulations feel like the cookie consent law. Annoying, costly, and with zero ROI. Here’s the trap I see often: - HR waves the red flag - Finance...
Every Productivity book: How to finish tasks quickly! ✅
Every Productivity book: How to finish tasks quickly! ✅ But why so many distasteful tasks? 🤔 Imagine a calendar 📆 filled with delightful experiences. 😄 Would you worry about productivity then?...
The art of saying No in a world of endless opportunities 🚫
The art of saying No in a world of endless opportunities 🚫 We live in a time where opportunities are abundant, and the constant bombardment of new ideas can be overwhelming. But here's a simple...
What the customer really wants
You need to listen to what the customer wants. But you also need to read between the lines, to find the real solution. How to read between the lines? 1️⃣ customer talks in viable solutions that he...
Extreme Agile
For me Scrum is too formal, too many rules to do agile. Sometimes taking it to the bureaucratic extreme. But on the other side there are also agile advocates, for whom there exist almost no rules....
Stop calling requirements ‘non-functional’!
Stop calling requirements 'non-functional'! You want deliveries that don't function? Why name it wrong? Call it what it is! If you look closer at non-functional requirements, they fall into two...
One-line User Stories
One-line user stories, like "As a User I want to push a button So that it is pushed" I cringe when this is the only statement in a user story. Why? Because someone once told them User Stories needs...
User Story Statements
"As a User I want to push a button So that it is pushed" I cringe at these kind of user stories. This one is over the top, but I see user stories often looking like this. This is the template:As a...
The most crucial factors for project managers
🌞Fun fact The most crucial factors for project managers to measure developers are: ✅ Working software ✅ Completed tasks ✅ Code readability The most crucial factors of failure for project managers...

Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.
