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"url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/03-07-a-roadmap-nobody-may-refuse-is-a-queue.html" }, { "title": "⇄ You cannot ask for candor and keep the last word", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/03-08-you-cannot-ask-for-candor-and-keep-the-last-word.html" } ] }, { "name": "Understanding", "chapters": [ { "title": "Understanding", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-00-understanding.html" }, { "title": "Talk to the person who has the problem", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-01-talk-to-the-person-who-has-the-problem.html" }, { "title": "A feature request is not the problem", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-02-a-feature-request-is-not-the-problem.html" }, { "title": "Support is product research with angry participants", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-03-support-is-product-research-with-angry-participants.html" }, { "title": "The customer does not care about your architecture", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-04-the-customer-does-not-care-about-your-architecture.html" }, { "title": "What you can build decides what you can sell", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-05-what-you-can-build-decides-what-you-can-sell.html" }, { "title": "Choosing a vendor is signing up for three years", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-06-choosing-a-vendor-is-signing-up-for-three-years.html" }, { "title": "Understanding cannot be delegated", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-07-understanding-cannot-be-delegated.html" }, { "title": "Distribution is part of the product", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-08-distribution-is-part-of-the-product.html" }, { "title": "Marketing is not decoration", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-09-marketing-is-not-decoration.html" }, { "title": "Talk about the problem before you talk about yourself", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-10-talk-about-the-problem-before-you-talk-about-yourself.html" }, { "title": "An audience takes longer to build than a product", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-11-an-audience-takes-longer-to-build-than-a-product.html" }, { "title": "⇄ An estimate asked for after the decision is not an estimate", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-12-an-estimate-asked-for-after-the-decision-is-not-an-estimate.html" }, { "title": "⇄ Customer access is a budget, not a value", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-13-customer-access-is-a-budget-not-a-value.html" }, { "title": "⇄ You cannot ask for distribution while funding only features", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/04-14-you-cannot-ask-for-distribution-while-funding-only-features.html" } ] }, { "name": "Delivery", "chapters": [ { "title": "Delivery", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-00-delivery.html" }, { "title": "Shipping creates information", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-01-shipping-creates-information.html" }, { "title": "Fast does not mean rushed", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-02-fast-does-not-mean-rushed.html" }, { "title": "The more you polish, the harder it gets to change your mind", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-03-the-more-you-polish-the-harder-it-gets-to-change-your-mind.html" }, { "title": "Signing off a spec does not make it right", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-04-signing-off-a-spec-does-not-make-it-right.html" }, { "title": "⇄ Your delivery rhythm is a decision you made", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/05-05-your-delivery-rhythm-is-a-decision-you-made.html" } ] }, { "name": "Ownership", "chapters": [ { "title": "Ownership", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-00-ownership.html" }, { "title": "Done on your side does not mean solved", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-01-done-on-your-side-does-not-mean-solved.html" }, { "title": "Come back a month later", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-02-come-back-a-month-later.html" }, { "title": "A responsibility shared by six people does not exist", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-03-a-responsibility-shared-by-six-people-does-not-exist.html" }, { "title": "The bad outcome is yours too", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-04-the-bad-outcome-is-yours-too.html" }, { "title": "A good decision can still lose", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/06-05-a-good-decision-can-still-lose.html" }, { "title": "Good news can wait. 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"https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/07-04-not-everything-deserves-to-become-a-process.html" }, { "title": "The shortcut everyone takes is the real process", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/07-05-the-shortcut-everyone-takes-is-the-real-process.html" }, { "title": "Write down what broke", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/07-06-write-down-what-broke.html" } ] }, { "name": "Leverage", "chapters": [ { "title": "Leverage", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-00-leverage.html" }, { "title": "Sort them by cause, not by subject", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-01-sort-them-by-cause-not-by-subject.html" }, { "title": "AI is leverage, not a shortcut", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-02-ai-is-leverage-not-a-shortcut.html" }, { "title": "The cheapest leverage is already paid for", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-03-the-cheapest-leverage-is-already-paid-for.html" }, { "title": "Leverage in the wrong place multiplies the mistake", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-04-leverage-in-the-wrong-place-multiplies-the-mistake.html" }, { "title": "⇄ You pay for hours, you get hours", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/08-05-you-pay-for-hours-you-get-hours.html" } ] }, { "name": "Leadership", "chapters": [ { "title": "Leadership", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/09-00-leadership.html" }, { "title": "You build the environment you complain about", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/09-01-you-build-the-environment-you-complain-about.html" }, { "title": "The filter you are running", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/09-02-the-filter-you-are-running.html" }, { "title": "Hand over a problem, not a task", "url": "https://build-here.africa/book/en/chapters/09-03-hand-over-a-problem-not-a-task.html" }, { "title": "A review that only says yes teaches nothing", "url": 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