From Chaos to Clarity

A series on getting from vague idea to shared understanding — following the GreenBox team as they learn to stop building the wrong thing.

The Wrong Kind of Fast

A small team, a good idea, LLMs generating code at lightning speed, and four weeks of building the wrong thing.

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Part 2 · est. 31 March

Event Storming: Building Shared Understanding

Getting the whole domain out of Maya's head and onto a wall, so everyone sees the same picture.

Part 3 · est. 7 April

Example Mapping: Making Stories Concrete

Turning vague stories into concrete, testable examples that developers can build from.

Part 4 · est. 14 April

The First Sprints: Turning Sticky Notes into Delivery

Walls of sticky notes, a prioritised backlog, concrete examples — and six weeks until the funding deadline. The team needs a rhythm for delivery.