PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. So what are the differences?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

Brief description of the problem at a recent client: Person A checked in code that broke an “unrelated” part of the system. I'll call this checking in code in Email that broke Search. They had one piece of feedback: the checkin broke “unrelated” code. In this case, the project team had no automated tests.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2019

When you have one team learning Agile, another learning Lean, and yet another learning Design Thinking, how are you supposed to get to alignment? Jeff takes us through the basics of the three main frameworks – Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking – and then gives us a set of principles that can help us effectively meld them together.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Automated tests can help to speed up delivery, reduce errors, and save testing engineers time to run comprehensive and complex tests. However, before automating all test cases, it is necessary to make a rigorous assessment of what can be automated, when, how, and what cost and effort is required to achieve the goal.

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2020

We’re not designers (except when we are) or engineers (unless we can code) or anything actually, y’know, useful. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel know this well, and their new book Agile Conversations , focuses on the five critical conversations you’ll have and how to perfect them.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Changes can be large or small, which depends on the software projects.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, with the growing need for innovation and agility, many of these companies are looking at methodologies like Lean Startup to help them adapt and thrive in turbulent waters. But, just as an ocean liner wasn’t designed for quick maneuvers, large corporations face unique challenges when trying to implement agile approaches.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. Now, we have at least these: Low code environments so people can write their own code. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! As an industry, we've tried tons of things.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 30, 2021

The pressure is only increasing due to the influence of the pandemic, as more consumers begin to shift their preference to the comforts of home. With that in mind, software quality comes to the fore. Unfortunately, within the eCommerce field, high-priced data breaches occur frequently due to the influx of pandemic-related web traffic.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2021

One of the many Agile myths is that it is difficult to manage evolving requirements. However, veterans of the software testing world know that agile development is a superior method to manage the constantly changing needs that many software development projects encounter.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Imagine a tool that not only automates tasks but also learns, adapts, and innovates — genAI development company, a technology that is already capturing significant attention. GenAI can fundamentally transform how businesses operate, fostering agility, efficiency, and innovation. What sets GenAI apart are its real-world applications.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 10, 2023

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is important for more agile software development teams. It’s the last stage in the software development life cycle, and it ensures every product meets the requirements and designations of the users. This is why the magic of the best user acceptance testing tools is crucial.

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Centercode

JANUARY 8, 2021

We’ve often described modern technology as highly sophisticated, highly connected, and continuously iterative. It highlighted both the reliability of technology and its shortcomings. It highlighted both the reliability of technology and its shortcomings. 2020 increased the stakes of everything, especially technology.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. We've got your covered.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

If you only have one tester, the team collaborates to test when that one tester is busy. This is any lifecycle, not just an agile approach.). I used the image from Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation as a way to think about the feedback loop realities in a serial approach.). (I Shorten Feedback Loops.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. AI product managers share several responsibilities and functions with technical product managers. This is a plus when coordinating with the technical team.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

And, in order to “finish” everything inside the timebox, you don't do any of these things: Refactor to simplify the code or the tests. Create automated tests. You create another backlog of “technical debt” to address later. See Who's Playing Agile Schedule Games? ). That increased their WIP.

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Split

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuous delivery (CD) and pipeline deployment (PD) are commonly associated with software development and deployment. Continuous delivery and pipeline deployment streamline the software development and delivery process, enabling teams to release software updates more frequently, with more confidence and fewer errors.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile On numerous occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. ??

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions We are used to saying the Scrum is a perfect probe for organizations, as it will reliably discover all dysfunctionalities. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. What are we fighting for?—?is

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. Next up, you need to validate the idea before you start writing code.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Since there was no active grooming or planning session with the engineers, daily standups played the role of requirement review meetings. Any agile practitioner may recognize these as poor practices and it is surprising how easily a team can succumb when operating in a high pressure, reactive environment. Long standups.

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Centercode

APRIL 2, 2019

Test strategy is critical to the success of any testing effort – but where do you start? How you involve real users in beta testing? In our interview with Adam Satterfield , director of Testing and Quality at Anthem, we dive deeper into these questions and the importance of test strategy on the whole.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  They are coming off customer calls, strategy sessions, renewal discussions, marketing automation planning sessions, compliance reviews, and industry analyst briefings that highlight improvements that must be made.  ”)  Building software is a complex intellectual team exercise, not simply reading specs or typing. 

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

12 Product Management Myths | Due to its murkiness, there are a few common myths that plague product management across industries and company size. Ratings and Reviews: Where to Start and How to Win | You likely understand the importance of making a good first impression through your app’s positive ratings and reviews.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

Businesses and individuals are increasingly making SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications their choice software platform for their business needs. Are you an enterprise business leader or a start-up leader planning to offer your software product as a SaaS platform? billion in 2020 to $307.3 billion by 2026. billion by 2026.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? They are key inputs for your business and technology discussions around WHAT to work on.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2021

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users. Let’s dive right in.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The overall scope of software development is impacting not only the depths of user’s lifestyles but also the growth and success of businesses and enterprises as well. When on one side, users tend to be more dependent on trends and technology-enabled software makes it easier for them to function in their daily lives.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Companies can slash operations costs because they no longer have to account for infrastructure, office space, seat costs and technology for the new team. What are the top companies to hire remote software developers from? Either way, to hire a remote development team is to make way for several advantages.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

I like to consider the future not in design or architecture, but in technical excellence. If not, the team becomes hostage to the technical debt. We call it technical debt. Technical excellence in a previous version allows us to move faster on a later release. Ease, coverage, and speed of unit test automation.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Agile is just a means to an end.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Agile is just a means to an end.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often people stumble into the Product Management career without any Technology background. the only ‘Technical’ person I spoke to was my content Producer. However, I was thrown into the deep end again when I left the comfort of marketing and joined the tech team at Hotelclub where I managed a team of developers.

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Modus Create

APRIL 1, 2019

Modus is pleased to announce Agile 2.0.0 We have taken agile to the power of two by applying Agile to Agile, and eliminating all the waste in software development. We are so taken with this new version of Agile that our entire team has collaborated on this article using modern Agile 2.0.0 Estimation.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Inspired by Marty Cagan contains a little about everything in product management and is based on how the most successful tech companies in the world build products.

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