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When Agile isn’t Agile

The Product Coalition

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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Key Differences in Deploy and Release in DevOps

Split

While the terms “deploy” and “release” may seem similar, they represent different processes that play crucial roles in the software development lifecycle. Understanding their nuances is essential for streamlining operations and delivering high-quality software to end-users.

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Mental Models Applied: Using A 2×2 Chart For Handling Competitive Objections

The Secret PM Handbook

To use it, you have to be clear on your differentiators – what your product does better than your competitors. Think of two capabilities of your product, each of which is differentiating against some of your competitors. Because you chose differentiating capabilities, your competitors will all fall in one of the other quadrants.

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What Makes a Great Software Product Manager?

Izenda

In software development, a product manager is inherently the CEO of the product: the person who is responsible for strategizing and defining the product roadmap. Role of a Software Product Manager. For instance, in a small software company, the CEO often serves as the product manager, especially in the early stages.

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Ship Decisions: Use Value to Decide When to Experiment and When to Finalize

Johanna Rothman

However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. Worse, it's actually easier to experiment with software than it is with information products. We both use agility based on value: Small MVPs offer everyone early feedback, possibly as an experiment.

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14 User Behavior Trends For SaaS in 2024

Userpilot

Since user preferences are always evolving, you need to be agile and swiftly adapt to new user behavior trends. The former tracks trends for software users , while a consumer behavior trend mainly refers to online shopping, such as buy-now-pay-later payment methods. In a nutshell, it analyzes software usage patterns.

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Buy It. Don’t Build. Or You May Violate Product Management’s Golden Rule.

The Product Coalition

The fact that a leading vendor — subject to competition — is probably far more agile and pressured to improve than your team ever could be. Competitive Advantage: A built system may sometimes enable differentiation and innovation, while a purchased solution could not. The purchased solution probably being way more polished.