CONTRALTO

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Velocity Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Lately all I hear about is how much teams are reaping the “productivity” rewards of generative AI. More output, faster output, cheaper output. Neat. But there's an inconvenient truth hiding under all that enthusiasm. If everyone gets the same productivity boost, then velocity no longer remains...
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Your Product Has Too Many Ingredients

Some of the best products in the world right now are not apps or gadgets. They are the slices you buy at that local New York pizzeria. In that...
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The Contralto Board In Practice

The problem with most product management tools is that the focus is almost always focused on building. These tools treat product delivery as a...
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The Contralto Loop: A Control System for Product Work

Roadmaps are meant to guide us but in practice they often drift. They fill with assumptions, lose their link to reality, and decay as soon as work...
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How Good Products Slide into Oblivion

You’re shipping more than ever. But no one’s happy. It’s the day before the sprint ends. Your team is scrambling to finish the last few Jira...
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Why Contralto?

A good software product is a rare find in 2025. In 2019 Pendo conducted a report indicating that 80% of features in an average software product are...
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