blog.penchi.co.ukSplit Value, Not Teams: How AI Can Turn Big Stories into Shippable SlicesMost backlogs are full of pseudo-stories—tickets like “Frontend login page,” “Create user table,” or “Backend API for auth.” They feel tidy, but they aren’t stories. They’re fragments that force waterfall handoffs inside a sprint, inflate WIP, and ma...Sep 18, 2025·7 min read
blog.penchi.co.ukLost in the Hierarchy: Why Hunting the Right Ticket Wastes Time (and How a Prompt-First Approach Fixes It)Agile tools like Jira and its cousins are designed around a hierarchy: Epics contain Stories, which contain Subtasks, which might be linked to other Epics or Initiatives. On paper, it looks tidy. In practice, it often turns every developer and produc...Sep 11, 2025·6 min read
blog.penchi.co.ukWhy Jira Feels Like Bureaucracy Disguised as AgileAgile was supposed to free teams. It promised faster feedback loops, empowered developers, and a focus on delivering value, not paperwork. Yet for many teams, Jira has turned “agile” into the very thing it set out to escape: bureaucracy. Instead of b...Sep 6, 2025·6 min read
