Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Once you start talking to customers and they start buying your product on the basis of what’s coming around the corner, you’re starting to lose a lot of agility. Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. It’s tricky to successfully coordinate a customer-facing roadmap. Paul: Hey Des, glad to be here.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 21, 2019

You want to do some research regarding the industry, company, team and the role before the actual interview—get this done quickly as there are many more important things to focus on. My advice here is to be transparent with your skills and experiences and walk them through your plan to address your weaknesses if any.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

User Testing 171

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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. It’s called ‘the many flavors of agile and what’s the right one for your team?’

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eG Innovations

JUNE 21, 2022

Circular IT is built on a culture of sustainability and developing a sustainable business model, eliminating waste within business processes and resource usage within the wider context of climate change, zero carbon strategies, and pollution concerns. If adopting sustainable practices incurs large additional software costs projects can stall.

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ProductPlan

JULY 1, 2021

Inertia, process, bureaucracy, and governance are often cited as the primary hurdles. Smaller, younger firms are by nature more agile, and it’s easier to get change buy-in. But small teams also have less to lose. But when left to their own devices, early adopters can create some bad precedents.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2009

In May 2008, I authored an article that discussed the day-to-day challenges facing the Product Manager in the Agile world. Scrum, an Agile process framework, is one of the most highly-regarded ways of managing development projects faster, with better outcomes. Scrum – the DNA. The Scrum Master.

Reporting Tools 70

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 1, 2019

So there’s almost always two questions that I hear from the executive team or the leadership team when faced with reviewing a roadmap or anything else that comes out of product management usually they are phrased in these two ways. Most important in the enterprise space is our sales team. No coincidence.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Learn the method that Bruce used to focus his team on the few critical things that resulted in the sale of his company for $125 million. I’ve been in product management roles or engineering management or UX or business development or agile enablement. He’ll cover: Why prioritization is important.

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