Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Working software.

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Ask Benny

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. This is not agile.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. What is Agile?

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

TL;DR A software product owner is an IT professional tasked to prioritize features , create and maintain product backlog, and work with a Scrum team throughout the product development cycle. They manage software development teams by correctly interpreting the product manager’s vision into actionable tasks.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Software developers usually don’t want to work in Microsoft Sharepoint. Everyone pokes fun at the user interface (UI), but it’s useful for document and content management, and it’s very easy to learn, especially for non technical users. Excel has proven consistently that it can do standard data collection.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

In companies without a design DNA , Jeff recommends creating an “in-house startup,” where a small design team innovates around a challenge and proves its worth by positively impacting customers. I was writing specifications documents. My responsibility was to build a design team in that new agile way of working.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Document these goals in a roadmap tool like Aha , ProductBoard , Product Plan , or Trello Now that you have everyone’s ideas, goals, and a backlog full of great initiatives, it’s time to prioritise. This depends on what delivery framework you use, Agile or Waterfall or Mixed.) Software development is highly unpredictable?—?provide

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Modus Create

AUGUST 31, 2021

As a digital transformation partner, Modus Create has introduced various organizations to Agile collaboration. Atlassian’s flagship product, Jira, initially began as an issue tracking tool for software developers. Jira has four products: Jira Work Management , Jira Software , Jira Service Management , and Jira Align.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

Similarly, Product Managers write the product requirement documents (PRD) after doing user research, interviews, competitive research, conceptual planning for product ideas, and wireframing. ? According to some studies, roughly 40% of US top 100 grossing films in recent years were written by Directors themselves.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering to product management?”. I worked 9+ years in software development, leading sizeable cross-functional engineering teams across time zones. Who am I building for?,

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Though a startup, Connektica uses their combination of radio frequency expertise, software development, and determined entrepreneurs to arrive at the perfect time to tackle some of the issues of mass manufacturing of satellites. However, there are times where that knowledge and skillsets can enhance a market segment.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

So let’s dive into some old and new methodologies that companies use to implement, develop and balance the three pillars. I’ll review four methodologies: waterfall, Lean, design, and Agile. Lean Startup. The term Agile was officially coined in 2001 as a result of a document called Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

Enterprise companies with multiple or complex products tend to have larger product teams made up of specialists, while startups often have to cope with smaller structures where members perform numerous roles. A product team structure is how a business organizes the product team to best support software development.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2021

You document information about the people, processes, and technologies that affect the organization’s overall security framework. SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) of the organization . VAST – (Visual, Agile, and Simple Threat) – Perspective of the organization. High-growth startups.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 10, 2023

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is important for more agile software development teams. It’s the last stage in the software development life cycle, and it ensures every product meets the requirements and designations of the users. Testsigma Testsigma is a cloud-based UAT tool designed for agility.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 14, 2020

You may be tempted to ask why that is necessary, given that the product vision is probably presented everywhere throughout the office, on documents and artifacts, and anywhere else. To dive into the question of the business model, we utilize either the business model canvas or its cousin, the Lean canvas, if you are working for a startup.

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Product Talk

MARCH 2, 2016

The adoption of Agile has helped us deliver iterative chunks of code rather than waiting for the big reveal at the end of a long project. Agile rituals like daily stand-ups help us remove obstacles in the development path, increasing our velocity, and reducing our time to ship. Obviously, both are required to ship a product.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 8, 2018

Handover is a crucial process in the software lifecycle, and it may turn out to be costly and harsh unless you take the appropriate precautionary steps to make it smooth and downtime-free. The following article answer the question how to transfer software development works to another programming team. feel free to read Micha?’s

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With so many stages for a tech product startup, it’s hard to decide on the right workflow. In this article, we’ll help you distinguish the starting and end points for the product development and guide you through the MVP, MMP, MLP, MDP, and MAP startup stages. Let’s find out what it is and why your startup needs one.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I started my career as a software developer, working on database applications. I then worked at a startup as Manager of Customer Education, which oversaw Customer Training, Documentation and Support. I also ran my own consulting business for a few years.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Hand it off to your developers and design team, and let them execute on it. But when you’re building a product with lots of technical or business unknowns—something many startups and product teams are doing—this process breaks down. One common outcome of research is documentation—in this case, a slide deck.[/caption].

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. Product discovery using the Design Thinking, Lean Startup, or Lean UX frameworks help.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Hand it off to your developers and design team, and let them execute on it. But when you’re building a product with lots of technical or business unknowns—something many startups and product teams are doing—this process breaks down. One common outcome of research is documentation—in this case, a slide deck.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a project manager at an IT company working with many non-technical startup founders, our clients, I often get to resolve a variety of interesting issues that relate to technology and communication. To be clear, we will not discuss how to start a software development project or which steps you should take to kick it off.

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Userpilot

JUNE 8, 2021

Jira is another popular product management tool among software developers. Clean and easy-to-use user interface, suitable for an agile work environment. Displays real-time data for agile reporting purposes. Teams using Microsoft Teams will have a site in SharePoint Online containing a default document library folder.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2018

TL;DR: Webinar Product Backlog Anti-Patterns The third Hands-on Agile webinar product backlog anti-patterns covers common problems from out-dated and oversized tickets to the part-time proxy product owner and his or her idea repository. Subscribing to the ’Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter with 17,000-plus subscribers.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Prioritization frameworks Gantt charts/roadmaps Documenting and organizing user research interview results Checklists and task management across teams Spreadsheets do have their drawbacks. This means the most recent designs will show up live in the document. the most valuable startup resource.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Download ’71 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions to Avoid Hiring Agile Imposters’ 71 Product Owner Interview Questions Scrum is not a methodology but a framework. Please note that I will continue using ‘role’ on occasions throughout this document, although the Scrum Guide 2020 now speaks of ‘accountabilities.’)

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I started my career as a software developer, working on database applications. I then worked at a startup as Manager of Customer Education, which oversaw Customer Training, Documentation and Support. I also ran my own consulting business for a few years.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

Even those companies that build a strong vision and strategy may have a complete disconnect between the work the PMs on the ground are doing and the vision and strategy documents that sit on a digital shelf collecting digital dust while no one is paying attention to them. [12:41] 12:41] How can leaders better communicate strategy?

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Agile methodology sounds confusing and difficult, but Bethany Pagels-Minor breaks it down to bite-size slices of delicious cakes that will will help every team work better, communicate better, and provide better returns. from Business of Software Conference. Why does everyone come to me about Agile Methodology? Transcript.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 31, 2019

From the early days of our startup , I’ve been putting a lot of effort creating a culture of product shipping. Developing a B2C product , our goal was to ship 2 new releases each month. I believe it’s proof that the product and development team has built an efficient machine. Is that shipping?

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

.” That was until I was presented with THE most intense project of my 14-year product management career, which has ranged from warp-speed startups to Fortune 5 giants. Lead Like the CEO of a Do-or-Die Startup. Coming from a do-or-die startup, I had a leg up on this one. I embraced the chaos and succeeded.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The days of gathering requirements from business stakeholders and documenting them in long product requirements documents are vanishing. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. The Agile Manifesto [7:06]. The Lean Startup.

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The Basics of Product Management

JULY 17, 2020

Like everything else in the world of agile methodology , we need to be agile while choosing our frameworks. The feature prioritization is essential in every product document, be it the business requirement document , the product roadmap or the product backlog. Product Strategy Frameworks.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

This tension of resisting the choices of product managers, despite sanctioned prioritisation frameworks like RICE showing your choice is sensible, comes from broadly misaligned incentive structures at the company level, and has nothing to do with product management, software development or agile frameworks.

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