The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

TL; DR: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis Garbage in, garbage out: No matter whether your team chose Scrum for the right purpose?—?solving Here is where the forensic Product Backlog analysis steps in, a light-weight, simple practice to help Product Owners and Scrum Masters unearth anti-patterns that led to your low-value Product Backlog.

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Messages that Matter

AUGUST 28, 2023

Messages that Matter Messages that Matter Thirteen out of seventeen Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) vendors have changed their positions since my last assessment conducted in May 2022. My findings are based on an analysis of vendors’ website home pages and several other pages such as product overview, why us and about us.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

These are planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. Every product and company is one and only you shouldn’t go with the Agile because of its popularity. Analysis Phase As we have done all the work earlier, let’s keep up with the Analysis Phase. We product managers rock here.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Role of Throughput in Agile In Agile frameworks, throughput typically refers to the quantity of work items (like features, user stories, or tasks) completed within a specific timeframe. Review Result Analysis: Post-simulation, you will see a distribution of potential outcomes.

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I expect most people reading this now would say “we are agile”. The nasty truth is that very few companies are agile, it is a big illusion, and it is stalling your company and your growth. Companies who are agile stand out above the others with innovation and market share. We need a serious talk about The Agile Illusion.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 5): Retrospectives with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Retrospective with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Isn't every iterative and incremental approach an agile approach? We often hear agile approaches are a mindset. An agile approach requires a change in culture at the team level, at the portfolio level, and in management. Agile approaches change what we discuss, how we work together, and what we reward. Release trains.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. By and large, however, the two most popular for today's organizations are the Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. Without and further delay, let's look at two of the most common: Waterfall and Agile.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 17, 2021

In this post we’re publishing the full results as well as our own analysis and take on them. Although smaller, earlier stage companies are often viewed as innovative, agile, and forward-looking, we were surprised that so many in this size range were fully office based, even in a group as thoughtful as BoS attendees. Background.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Agile Development Things don’t necessarily get better with agile development. Agile dev did away with project waterfall?—?Specification On the flip side, many development teams are now fully immersed in “Agile world” that is all about delivering small increments of working code according to strict rituals. Specification

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 18, 2019

Survey: The State of Agile Across the Organization. I’m conducting some research related to the current state of agile adoption within b-to-b organizations — please take 10 minutes to take part in this survey. Thursday, March 28: Product School Webcast on Competitive Analysis. Product Management Events This Spring.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Data analysis is vital for informed decision-making. Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles. Data analysis and decision-making It’s difficult to imagine the work of a SaaS PM without product analytics. Product manager skills: product usage analysis.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Dave West of Scrum.org Welcome to the Agile Movers & Shakers interview series. He is a frequent keynote speaker and is a widely published author of articles, along with his acclaimed book: Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. What brought you to ‘agile?’ “So

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Mind the Product

MARCH 16, 2021

We talked with agile consultant Liz Keogh about how to get this right, who estimates are for, her invaluable scale for estimating complexity, and how to pronounce the word Cynefin. Buy Chris Matts’ ‘Real Options at Agile 2009’ book here. * ‘What is Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)? . * The Cynefin Framework.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Review with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. The Product Backlog may also be adjusted overall to meet new opportunities.”

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2018

What problems arise in agile teams and how to measure them? Product Agility As our product scales, team size grows and we adopt more processes and infrastructures, the complexities to which they adhere to become immense. The “Happiness” stat from our last Agile Health Assessment was 97% . More on this story later….Stay

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 30, 2019

As a business analyst and expert, I have been involved in various Agile projects. However, one of them was so exceptional that made me doubt if Agile is really the best way to manage all types of projects. The team followed the Agile approach to project management and had experienced Scrum master. Unexpected issues.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

When you combine a simple portfolio SWOT analysis with market growth forecasts, the data paints a very clear and factual picture of your most lucrative market segments in pecking order. Does portfolio management impact our agile process? Here’s a bonus. Nothing changes about how you work with your development teams.

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CardBoard

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is crucial to agile planning. Agile goal setting relies on tapping into your business goals above that of just stakeholders, customers, and team. Prioritization and an effective agile process becomes much simpler when goals are understood. The post How to Prioritize Agile Stories appeared first on CardBoard It.

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 18, 2019

Survey: The State of Agile Across the Organization. I’m conducting some research related to the current state of agile adoption within b-to-b organizations — please take 10 minutes to take part in this survey. Thursday, March 28: Product School Webcast on Competitive Analysis. Product Management Events This Spring.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 25, 2021

In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents. And while there is much to the less analysis upfront, more experimentation modus operandi, it isn’t the be-all, end-all of product. That is the question. Why am I bringing this up?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here are just the one I've experienced in the 70s, 80s, 90s: Structured Analysis and Design. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! His team used this collaboration board (from Create Your Successful Agile Project ), where they tracked asking for and offering help. It doesn't work that way!!)

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Here are three signs that you are at this level: You engage in strategizing work , such as market discovery and market research, competitor research and competitive analysis, business modelling and financial forecasting, strategy validation, and selecting and applying the right key performance indicators (KPIs).

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 9, 2023

They also need their portfolio management or governance processes to align well with core agile practices; otherwise, there will be a fundamental disconnect with the agile approach being used at the individual product level. This article lays out strategies for portfolio planning.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

link] Conduct competitor analysis: Look at how competitors are addressing similar jobs. Top Things to Know About UX Competitive Analysis 3. Use customer feedback, surveys, and data analysis to determine which jobs are most important and underserved. This includes before, during, and after attempting to get the job done.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 30, 2023

This template is for a team to generate a cycle time and spectral analysis charts. The Spectral Analysis Chart shows the frequency in which we are meeting certain cycle times. The post Cycle Time Charts Template (for Kanban Reporting) appeared first on Agile Velocity.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager. Practitioner’s Workshop in Boston: Competitive Analysis for Product Managers.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

GenAI can fundamentally transform how businesses operate, fostering agility, efficiency, and innovation. This agility provides a significant advantage in staying ahead of competitors. Moreover, through customer data analysis, Generative AI crafts personalized recommendations, increasing sales and heightened customer satisfaction.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

Here’s a more detailed breakdown of the steps involved: Market Research and Analysis: Conduct thorough market research to understand the target audience, their pain points, and existing solutions. SWOT Analysis: Perform a SWOT analysis to assess your product’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We tend to take our six-month-long waterfall project, carve it up into a series of two-week sprints, and call it “Agile.” But this isn’t Agile. And finally, we can’t talk about decision-making without tackling the dreaded problem of analysis paralysis. Nor is it continuous. That’s because they often are.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Organizations prefer to spend more time on data analysis than curation, as many business users currently invest more effort in preparing data than in actual analysis. This necessitates efficient data integration and summarization to transform the data deluge into actionable insights.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager. Practitioner’s Workshop in Boston: Competitive Analysis for Product Managers.

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Actuation Consulting

JULY 30, 2018

How to Use a Competitive Analysis Matrix. Recently we’ve discussed the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis. This tool is the Competitive Analysis Matrix. A Competitive Analysis Matrix is usually presented in a spreadsheet format. How the Competitive Analysis Matrix Works.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Learning and development: AI uses data analysis and machine learning algorithms to assess employee skills, competencies, and performance. Employee engagement surveys: AI employs natural language processing and sentiment analysis to sift through employee feedback from surveys and other sources.

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