The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Signs your organization has missed the point of Agile and it’s become another buzz-word! Treating Agile as just a method not part of a mindset, or culture, is a common contradiction in orgs trying to become Agile organizations. Not grasping the Why of Agile is behind many failures to transform into an Agile organization.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to an article by McKinsey & Company , the future of work post-COVID-19 brought significant challenges in clearly defining employee roles. For instance, think of the tech giant, Microsoft. A few years ago, the company faced significant challenges due to role overlap. It would be a dream, right? Surprising, isn’t it?

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Listen to this article: [link]. Before I discuss how you can help an underachieving team, let’s briefly explore what good performance looks like, assuming that an agile, Scrum-based process is used. What’s more, an agile, self-managing team is collectively responsible for their performance. What is Bad Performance?

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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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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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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Agile vs Scrum: Clearing the Confusion Let’s address a common point of confusion head-on: Agile and Scrum. So, what’s the difference between Agile and Scrum? Agile is a philosophy and approach to software development. Agile is like the operating system on your smartphone.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Review with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader. This list is not the be all end all; there are countless ‘must-read’ articles for PMs. I’ve hand-picked articles that specifically helped me during key moments in my career.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Everyone’s talking about Agile, Scrum, Lean, etc. Who is this article for? Steve McConnell Agile Product Management with Scrum? —?Roman Mario Cardinal Articles So You’ve Decided To Become A Product Manager 6 diagrams I use to explain Product Management concepts What Is a Product Manager, Actually?

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn’t include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too. Regardless, the following articles are a must-read for anyone concerned with rolling out the best product in each iteration. Agile Died While You Were Doing Your Standup.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “ The Agile C-Suite ” 1 and Forbes article “Agile Isn’t New: What’s New Is The C-Suite Embracing It” have prompted some good discussion around the Agile Velocity virtual water cooler. . HBR article setup. Balancing the Agile Enterprise .

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Mind the Product

MARCH 16, 2021

We talked with agile consultant Liz Keogh about how to get this right, who estimates are for, her invaluable scale for estimating complexity, and how to pronounce the word Cynefin. MindTools article on The Cynefin Framework. * ’ piece at Agile Alliance. In this episode, sponsored by Hotjar, listen to learn [.].

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 25, 2018

Agile is an awesome approach when done right, but is your team making these common mistakes? Most people will agree that the adoption of agile is now mainstream. This adoption is rightfully so, as agile can be an excellent framework for building software. This is extremely short-sighted. Ignoring quality simply delays issues.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. Based on that article, I also ran a live virtual class, the recording of which will be made available soon on the Age-of-Product’s Youtube channel.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

We manage everything from product launch, forecasting, planning to product marketing and sales and when things change drastically Product Managers are expected to be agile and stay on top of technology tools to save the day. The most common types of UGC are comments, ratings, votes, blog post comments, reviews, form submissions, etc.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! That means integrating code review and testing as part of the team's collaboration. Read See and Resolve Team Dependencies, Part 1: Inside the Team for a value stream map where the team separates code review from their flow of work.) Tools might help us.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, the challenge lies in dealing with the rapidly expanding volume of data due to incorporating both traditional and non-traditional data sources into the data governance ecosystem. Introduction In the fast-paced business landscape, making prompt decisions is essential for maintaining competitiveness.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

TL;DR: Creating an Agile Community of Practice Creating an agile community of practice helps winning hearts and minds within the organization as it provides authenticity to the agile transition?—?signaling Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. But for sprint review meetings , you may also want to invite (selected) users and customers to collect their feedback. This might be your Scrum Master or an agile coach.

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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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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 5): Retrospectives with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Retrospective with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 8, 2019

TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics?—?An An Eye-Opening Exercise Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Cooking the Agile Books?—?A Faking agile metrics can become significantly more subtle.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

In our article, we introduce 20 of our favorite product manager blogs that every product pro should follow, regardless of their experience. Userpilot publishes well-researched and in-depth articles on all aspects of product management including product growth, retention, and adoption. Do you follow any product manager blogs?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Agile Development Things don’t necessarily get better with agile development. Agile dev did away with project waterfall?—?Specification On the flip side, many development teams are now fully immersed in “Agile world” that is all about delivering small increments of working code according to strict rituals. Specification

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 28, 2021

Turning the Sprint Review into a Sprint acceptance gate where stakeholders sign off features is unfortunately prominent and defies the idea of self-management. Join me and explore the reasons and the consequences of this Sprint Review anti-pattern in 80 seconds. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

If you are then you need to know how to build a SaaS application, and that’s exactly what we will cover in this article. E.g., you need to look for experience in the industry you target and the technology stack. We recommend you use the Agile software development methodology for this. The architect plays the key part here.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I am so sorry but this article might make you rethink some organizational decisions you have made in the past. It has been used for decades even by some Fortune 500 technology companies. We use it in our everyday lives, but using it to build a technology product today — you have to think again. Either way, no pressure.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. TL;DR Hard skills, like technical knowledge, are job-specific and enable product managers to perform their core responsibilities. What’s the difference?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

How dare you: Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Do you want to get articles like this one from the Scrum Master Survival Guide in your inbox? Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers. T-1 : Run the Sprint Review. A Sprint Planning checklist? what do I have to do?—?and

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Not only are there more technology companies than ever, and all these companies want and need product managers, but there is still so much mystique surrounding the role. Every other day I seem to come across several new articles describing how to pass the infamous product manager interview. I know this because?—?you

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In this article, we will discuss and clarify what testers need to consider when they are choosing what should be automated or not. Another thing that is very important in Agile development practices is exploratory testing. I hope this article has helped you get an idea about how to start the automation journey. References.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 17, 2021

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 210 peers from May 27–29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This article explores: What progress reports are Why they’re important in product and project management How to develop robust reports Best practices for writing them Let’s dive in! It’s good practice to review previous reports and look for areas for improvement before you start writing a new report. Source: Kissflow.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

marketing coordinators who have no technical background?—?that The product designer and product marketing manager may also be invited to contribute due to their expertise in some of the areas covered in the MRD. Do agile product teams use MRDs? The short answer is yes, many agile teams write MRDs.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 18, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. ??

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

A Product Framework from Concept to Delivery: Part 1 Why “FE²AR” As a technology executive, I have seen my share of successful and not-as-successful products. The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. How frustrating would that be?

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 17, 2023

Besides his best-selling books Winning at New Products and Portfolio Management for New Products , he has published more than 130 articles on R&D and innovation management. On the other hand, there are all kinds of new technologies like AI, biosciences, and new opportunities in the medical field. How do you estimate likelihoods?

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