The Product Coalition

JULY 29, 2022

Once upon a time, I thought writing a good set of agile user stories with specific Given/When/Then acceptance criteria was the most important part of a product person’s job. I had recently made the switch from software engineering to product and was committed to spelling out requirements in a user-centric way that engineers could understand.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

By Jasmine Slivka The idea of Agile is an iterative approach to software development that builds software incrementally instead of trying to deliver it all at once with an arbitrary deadline (as with traditional “waterfall” approaches). But Agile is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Principle #1?—?Run

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 12, 2020

Bigger – it speaks to every aspect of the software development process. Biggest – it represents an alternative to All Those Other Agile Methodologies That Everybody Uses. Shape Up occupies the same territory, serves the same function, as Those Various Agile Methodologies. ” So what is Shape Up?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Long story short, we decided to learn more about the way software development teams approach the bug reporting process. For that exercise we’ve taken a random sample of 3000 bug recordings uploaded to our database in the last 2 months. Is there even such a thing as a standard working day in software development circles?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Scheduling is an exercise in masochism Because the act of scheduling is painstaking. About the author I’m a UX Designer turned Product Manager, with experience in startups, freelance, and agile B2B2C companies. But we were able to move forward because of these meetings. Why will no one else do it? Connect with me on Twitter.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

There’s still no real replacement for real-time, dynamic discussions and exercises to foster stakeholder alignment. Berner, 12-year product management career included stints at Pivotal and Betterment, joining the software development consultancy specializing in Lean and Agile. Define goals and anti-goals.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 31, 2019

I believe it’s proof that the product and development team has built an efficient machine. There’s a huge difference between agile development and what I see as a shipping culture. Agile Agile development is about short, iterative and incremental development cycles. Is that shipping?

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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. A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 22, 2021

In our specially designed auditions, product managers perform real-world exercises to assess how they think about problems in an environment where nobody from the company knows anything about their experience, their background, or their formal education. Design a new type of exercise equipment for people under the ages of 15.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Product leadership requires cross-disciplinary thinking from fields as software development to manufacturing. Best practices are fascinating thought exercises, but if they don’t affect change, that is all they are. Avoid agile-fall. If they don’t see you as credible, your value decreases.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises. Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Key learnings.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 14, 2023

Scrum has been touted as one of the most popular agile frameworks for software development, and its popularity continues to grow. One such area is sprint planning, which has become a budgeting exercise for allocating engineering efforts to features or tasks rather than a tool for setting sprint goals.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. The tool was initially used in Agile software delivery to set key business objectives and plan how to achieve them. Let’s get to it!

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Plus/Deltas Plus/Delta is a short reflection exercise to exchange feedback, typically between 2 people. The exercise allows the pair to come to an understanding of what went well (plus), and what can be changed to improve collaboration in the future (delta).

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2020

manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The Scrum Stakeholder and Organizational Excellence in Legacy Organizations Regularly, InfoQ applies the ‘ Crossing the Chasm ’ metaphor to engineering practices, thus covering a part of the agile movement to create learning organizations.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2021

Moshe Miklanovsky, a Software Developer-turned Product Manager and a co-host of the Product-for-Product podcast , explains which technical skills are essential for Product Managers based on his 30-year career in tech. This will be a great exercise for them as well. But where have Product Managers come from?

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Split

AUGUST 25, 2020

Pato – In shaping the idea that became Split, we recognized that feature flags and experimentation sit at the foundation of agile development principles. (Or In today’s software development world, being fast and lean, and bringing value to customers with the same speed and efficiency is crucial. Trust yourself.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

Agile Software Development Once innovation teams start down the path of building an MVP, they usually employ Agile methodologies (particularly Scrum) to iterate along. For teams that don’t have a clear understanding of their customer needs, Agile is like adding gasoline to the fire. Garbage in?—?garbage

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Project management skills with respect to software development practices (e.g. Agile, Scrum). Conducting customer research and using empathy to develop successful products. In 2020, the course was updated to include more material on the Agile methodology, working with data, and managing stakeholders.

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Split

MAY 15, 2024

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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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 1, 2013

I’ve been revisiting his concepts and their use recently, thinking about how to revise them for some exercises I’ve been doing with product teams. It was a really effective elicitation exercise for us that helped us characterize market problems. Whole Product Game Background. How We Used the Whole Product Game.

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Modus Create

APRIL 30, 2020

Modus Create, a disruptive consulting, product strategy and Agile development firm, today announced the release of Modus Kickstart, a structured, facilitated set of workshops and deliverables designed to help customers prepare for a successful software development project.

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

As an aspiring business leader and entrepreneur, I believe that not having a fundamental understanding of software development and data analysis weakens executive decisions that accordingly diminish long-term value creation. Joining the Modus Create Team.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The cultural values at Coinbase used to evaluate candidates is: Clear communication Efficient execution Act like an owner Top talent Championship team Customer focus Repeatable innovation Positive energy Continuous learning The company is notable for using pair programming exercises during the technical rounds of interviewing.

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Modus Create

JULY 11, 2019

To prevent leadership from hijacking your meeting, meet with them individually beforehand to discuss and agree on the meeting agenda and any facilitation exercises you want to perform. ” Meet With Leadership Beforehand. Doing so will give you a chance to explain the benefits of your process.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Learn more about the Daily Scrum anti-patterns that threaten to derail your agile transition. no guessing is necessary: The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team. Often, the Development Team cannot answer that question immediately. (In Or do we need to adapt the plan or the Sprint Backlog or both?

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Product Management 2.0

JULY 28, 2016

The software market is constantly evolving. In the span of a single week technology website Network World reviews an average of more than 20 software and hardware products. It’s also worth taking a look at the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and it’s applications for your product line. Want proof?

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Modus Create

MARCH 21, 2019

Highly collaborative exercises like group brainstorming can be challenging if your team hasn’t yet embraced a collaborative culture. For example, you can schedule individual interviews with certain people before meeting as a group. Note and Vote.

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Modus Create

JUNE 29, 2020

In the world of Agile IT projects, there are a lot of misunderstandings and expectations of what a CoE is and how a CoE should work to deliver results. As an exercise you can have all group members think about the scope, the purpose, and the goal of the CoE.

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Innovatemap

MAY 9, 2019

Get agile with backlog management. A side benefit of this exercise is that it ensures your company’s innovation isn’t us vs. them, or stakeholders vs. innovation team!). Get Agile with Backlog Management. Agile is a wide-ranging and comprehensive concept, but for the purposes here, I’ll concentrate on a small piece of it.

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Modus Create

APRIL 4, 2019

Over the next two days, I walked Tim and Mark through some structured exercises to brainstorm different markets. She apologized and informed me she would attend as many of the discovery sessions as possible but would need to come and go throughout the next three days. Tim and Mark seemed very sharp, so I didn’t think it would be a problem.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

He has a background in user experience design, with tons of experience in building high-quality software. Other than that, he helps teams with the creation and execution of software development processes. Rian’s background in Sociology has helped him work better with cross-functional teams.

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Tyner Blain

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Switch gears for a second and recall the most recent estimation and negotiation exercise you went through with your development team. Amplifying the Problem. ” As we increase the capability of our product, we simultaneously provide smaller benefit to our customers at increasingly higher cost.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

The UX aspect of product development requires you to conduct extensive customer and market research as well as carry out usability tests and product validation exercises. Product managers must know how to manage these aspects of the development process while meeting user needs and the technical demands of their AI products.

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Tyner Blain

MAY 24, 2017

Taking agile, a process otherwise optimized for small, cross-functional, collaborative teams and making it work at scale is fascinating. ” I’ve spent the last half-year in the beginning of my journey understanding how agile product management at scale can work. For agile at scale, I don’t believe this is true.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 10, 2021

If this is you, I have a simple tool you can use to articulate why things ( might ) take as long as they do, explain it in a way that is helpful to those who are unfamiliar with software development, and finally, provide a simple 5 minute exercise you can do each week to get a bit faster. the real world.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 8, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Anti-Patterns?—?Pitfalls Pitfalls Successful Distributed Teams Avoid We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by delving into virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This fourth article now addresses basic remote agile anti-patterns?—?the

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