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The Definition of Product Management Is Shrinking. It’s Not Good!

Product Management University

The definition of product management has been changing and evolving over the past 10 years and I’m not sure it’s for the better. In other words, the agile development process is redefining what we call product management. Collectively, they strengthen the things that feed your agile process. Here are a few pointers.

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Definition Playbook

The Product Coalition

So I asked the team to share the playbook we’ve used to help prepare them to begin Definition. Read on for the Definition Playbook written by Rebecca Monfries and Nathan Bruce. What is Definition? Once you have completed enough discovery on your product or feature, the next stage is to prepare for the development process?—?to

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

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. As the person in charge of the product, you depend on the work of the development team and you are, of course, affected by poor performance. What is Bad Performance?

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Successful Agility In Product Delivery Requires Dynamic Implementation

The Product Coalition

Challenging an emerging myth that Agile is dead, and providing insight on key principles & tactics to finding success with Agile-based product teams. Nowadays it seems to have an opinion of Agile product methods like Scrum. Agile methods like Scrum are not a one-size-fits-all framework.

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A Deep Dive into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

The Product Coalition

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. With the support of the SDLC, You can track and control your calendar, and increase productivity and speed of development. It helps us meet customers’ demands, needs, and expectations.

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Why designers fail to integrate into Agile teams

UX Planet

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. I designed every detail in Photoshop before handing the mockups to the developers. Desperate to find an alternative to our ineffective process, I stumbled upon Agile and it blew my mind. Our design process was waterfall.

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Level of Effort in Project Management: Definition, Calculation, & Tips

Userpilot

TL;DR According to one definition, the level of effort includes all the work needed to successfully deliver the project. A more limited definition includes all the project support activities, like creating documents and managing stakeholders, but no actual work on the deliverables, like writing code. Let’s dive in!