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I’ve abandoned “MVP”

Mironov Consulting

After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader coachees to stop using the term “MVP”. These (of course) don’t exist yet, since we’re still concept-testing problem statements and feature/function and technical requirements. Have we named things correctly? Technical beta test” ( NON-REVENUE ).

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71 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions (2)

The Product Coalition

You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020?—?Reloaded. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into candidates’ understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset. probably more valuable?—?product

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TEI 200: Deliver great products that customers love – with Valerio Zanini

Product Innovation Educators

Empowering product teams to create an agile culture with a customer focus. This podcast is named The Everyday Innovator and I call the people who listen Everyday Innovators. The book lists the three pillars of great products: customer focus, cultural agility, and an empowered team. 14:09] What does agility mean to you?

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Scrum Development Team Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Ignoring technical debt: The Development Team is not demanding adequate capacity to tackle technical debt and bugs during the Sprint. Read more on technical debt and Scrum.) Team leads?

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The Collision of Product Management and Product Ownership

The Product Coalition

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Enter agile.

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5 Best Design and Innovation Consulting Firms to Work With in 2021

UX Studio: Product Management

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. R/GA partnered with notable brands such as Walmart, PepsiCo, AdventHealth, Shiseido, and Nike, just to name a few. Its client portfolio is diverse and impressive.

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The Evolution of CS Operations

Gainsight

Others were consultative, or they advised about technical needs. If so, you’ll often see it named “Revenue Operations”. The drawback is that the organization is less agile and requires more planning and justification for using resources. In the beginning, CS Ops roles were in flux. Some may report to the Sales VP.