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Navigating the future financial landscape

UX Planet

Project Brief The project involves creating a comprehensive finance management app. Why this Industry The finance industry presents a compelling opportunity for designing applications due to the significant and widespread challenges outlined in the problem statement.

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The Differences, Pros and Cons Between Waterfall and Agile Methodologies

The Product Coalition

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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How to Create a Jobs-to-be-Done Survey: Template & Questions

Userpilot

The jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) framework is a customer-centric tool for product development and innovation, focusing on understanding the specific tasks or “jobs” customers hire products to do, providing insights into customer motivations, guiding innovation, aligning product features with real needs, and aiding in market segmentation.

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Why I Became a Software Engineer at Modus Create

Modus Create

I’m currently a senior double majoring in Finance and Operations and Information Management (OPIM) in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Growing up in rural Maryland and being the only child to two Asian immigrants meant that I had no idea what finance entailed. My College Experience. The Value of Innovation.

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How Merging Purpose With Profit Redefines Product Roadmaps And Product Success

The Product Coalition

So we got to talking about a software product we had collaborated on in the past. The business value delivered hard numbers to the finance and actuarial teams. However, despite a strong, socially motivated purpose, TOMS struggled due to a lack of focus on business value and product differentiation. And I swear it’s not.

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Why and how I transferred my career from finance to product management

The Product Coalition

One project was about pre-IPO funding for which I had to do a lot of financial modeling, due diligence, and third party negotiation. I found myself very interested in and good at understanding complex technical issues and software for institutions. It’s a tough job, but worth it!

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API Trends for 2023

The Product Coalition

A helpful starting point for this is to review and reflect on research that is available, in this case Gartner’s Hyper Cycle for APIs, 2022. The shift in Gartner’s tracking to industry specific trends around Open APIs across the board, from Finance to Insurance, to Health.