article thumbnail

The Power of Amazon's Written Narratives

Sachin Rekhi

But by 2004, Jeff Bezos had become increasingly frustrated with the lack of productivity he felt from the exec meetings he held with product teams. The exec team started to believe the format the meetings took was at the root of the issue, and in particular, the challenges that PowerPoint posed in developing and communicating ideas.

article thumbnail

Agile Movers & Shakers (6)

The Product Coalition

“ Christiaan : A friend of mine started a software company. He sold solutions, I developed them. It resonated strongly with my beliefs about personal autonomy and all my prior training as a psychologist.” “ Barry : Failed software development projects. I was responsible for managing software development projects.

Agile 78
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

When is Your Product Ready to Remove the “Beta” Tag?

ProductPlan

It’s such an incredibly important and useful tool in the product development process. While some nuggets of wisdom might continue to pop up, it’s generally a game of diminishing feedback returns. It also indicates that feedback that can shape the final product is actively sought out and appreciated.

article thumbnail

Product Management is Culture Management

Mind the Product

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Consider a Thai software engineer who got offended by a Russian-American engineer’s comment on his pull request and then refused to work with him ever again. 2: Abandon Leadership Colonialism.

article thumbnail

You Need to Be Involved with SoftwareGR

Atomic Spin PM

Are you a software designer or developer looking to connect with others in West Michigan? How about an owner of a software consultancy who would like some exposure to potential new employees? Maybe you lead a department of software designers and developers and would like to expose them to new ideas? Speaker Series.

article thumbnail

3 Product Manager job spec requirements that need to go?—?aka Moneyball for Hiring Product Managers

The Product Coalition

To name a few common ones: Growth PMs (great for driving small, iterative improvements on a key metric); Design Thinking PMs (great for major overhauls or launching new products); Platform PMs (great for projects where every decision has deep implications for years to come). I always appreciate candid feedback as well, but keep it civil.

article thumbnail

The Evolution of Modern Product Discovery

Product Talk

Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. Putting Discovery Practices Into Context: The Opportunity Solution Tree [21:32]. OKRs and Design Sprints [12:12].