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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This  Here’s my thinking. [1]  Knowing that someone else will clean up our work can drive bad behaviors.  In

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Relative to other standard roles defined in an organization such as Ops, Marketing, Tech etc., the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon. As a result, there are various different approximations that are made about the role in an organization depending upon their experience with building products. Product Strategy.

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How to get into product management with ‘the wrong’ background.

The Product Coalition

It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either. He is a few years out of school and interested in getting into product. He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. But, if one is systemic and patient in their search, making a successful switch is very achievable.

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

Anomaly detection is used to identify suspicious bank transactions or fake accounts. An ML system would probably catch more mistakes but would be far more expensive to build. It’s actually a great way to think about a zero state for your product. If so, it’s probably a recommendation problem. Lesson 4: Find Counter Metrics.

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Breaking The Walls Between Business and Agile Teams

The Product Coalition

Product managers spend a lot of time in stakeholder meetings, planning sessions, reviews, standups, retrospectives, and even more in creating artifacts: OKRs, roadmaps, epics and user stories. Many product managers I speak with know full well that the system is broken and wasteful, but feel powerless to change it.

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Product Positioning for Product Managers

Department of Product

This is the result of unique product positioning. But a target customer for Audi may perceive higher value due to the connection to Porsche. Land and expand strategies explained New markets and disruptive products have more latitude to redefine what customers perceive and want. But the mission includes a twist.

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What Makes Amazon’s Product Strategy So Sticky?

ProductPlan

How did Amazon’s product strategy fare during the pandemic? Short answer: Amazon’s product strategy example lead the way). Amazon’s product strategy example has rewritten the book on convenience, easy access, and speed, and in doing so, embedded itself in the daily lives and routines of consumers.