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Ship What Matters. Not What’s Loudest.

3 Big Things helps small product teams cut through backlog noise and focus on the work that actually ships.
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Cut through backlog noise instantly

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Three priorities. Clear ownership.

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Ship fewer things, more often

Your backlog
isn’t the problem.

  • Too many tickets, not enough progress
  • Urgent bugs crowd out real product work
  • Jira tracks everything except focus

When everything is prioritized, nothing is.

A focus layer on top of your existing tools.

3 Big Things doesn’t replace your stack. It tells your team what deserves attention today.

Three priorities. Clear ownership. Visible progress.

How product teams use 3 Big Things

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Choose the 3 outcomes that matter this week

Not tasks. Outcomes.

Pick three results your team needs to deliver. Not tickets. Not story points. Real outcomes that move the product forward.

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Break them into lightweight tasks

No ceremony. No process overhead.

Assign work, add context, and keep things moving. No mandatory fields, no workflow configs, no admin tax.

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Track progress without standups

See blockers before they stall a sprint

Know what's shipping, what's stuck, and what needs your attention. At a glance. No meeting required.

What focused teams do differently

Ship fewer things, more often

Smaller scope. Higher velocity. Better outcomes.

Reduce backlog anxiety

A long backlog stops being a burden when you know what matters today.
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Turn sprints into finished work

Sprints end with shipped features, not rollover tickets.
Focused teams don’t move faster. They move in the right direction.

Built for teams tired of heavy tools

Product and engineering teams that ship.

Jack Kelso

“3BT helps me lock in my daily Big 3, stay on top of changes in real time, and keep client work moving without losing focus.”

Jack Kelso

Sarmad Hadi

“This cut the noise in our workflow. Our team finally knows what to work on first.”

Sarmad Hadi

David Webster

“3BT keeps me focused on the three tasks that matter most and makes collaboration fast and simple.”

David Webster

Jeremiah Page

“It removes the clutter other tools create. We finish work faster and stay aligned.”

Jeremiah Page

Browse by Industry Leader

See how product and engineering leaders use 3 Big Things to ship what matters.

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Ava Kowalski
Head of Product, Series A SaaS
Their 3 Big Things
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Ship the one feature that unblocks revenue Identify the single feature tied to pipeline or retention and make sure it ships this sprint.
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Clear blockers for engineering daily Resolve open questions on specs, designs, and edge cases before they stall development.
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Protect the roadmap from reactive noise Say no to at least one feature request per week that doesn't align with quarterly goals.
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Raj Thakur
Engineering Lead, B2B Platform
Their 3 Big Things
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Keep the sprint focused on three outcomes Resist the pull of side tasks — the team ships three things well instead of eight things halfway.
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Reduce PR review bottlenecks Review or delegate every open pull request within four hours so nothing blocks deploys.
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Protect deep work time for the team Shield engineers from meetings on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — that's when real code gets written.
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Lisa Martinez
Product Designer, Growth Team
Their 3 Big Things
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Ship design specs before sprint planning Finalize mockups and interaction specs at least two days before the sprint starts.
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Validate one assumption per week Run at least one quick user test or data review to keep designs grounded in reality.
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Reduce handoff friction with engineering Annotate every design file with edge cases, states, and responsive behavior so devs don't have to guess.
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Chris Okonkwo
CTO, Early-Stage Startup
Their 3 Big Things
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Make the build-vs-buy decision once per quarter Audit the stack every quarter and cut one thing that should be outsourced or deprecated.
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Keep the team shipping weekly If nothing shipped by Wednesday, reprioritize to ensure at least one meaningful release by Friday.
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Maintain technical alignment with business goals Sync with the CEO weekly to make sure engineering effort maps directly to revenue or retention.

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