Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

How product managers can use the Modified Agile for Hardware Development Framework. Many teams have tried adopting Scrum for developing hardware products, not always successfully. Dorian has a deep background in product development, starting in engineering and then moving to business leadership roles.?

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 27, 2023

Introduction In today's fast-paced and dynamic business environment, organizations are increasingly turning to agile methodologies to enhance their software development and project management processes. What are Agile Methodologies?

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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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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Other times, folks from the product team end up with a product manager internship as a means of professional development. In any case, interns typically have to do user research and understand user behavior. They can also prioritize specific strategies if their research and analysis show promise.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 24, 2021

In my first article in this series, I posited that the only problem Agile has is that it’s too concise. Since it’s not a prescriptive methodology, but a collection of values and principles, people feel lost when it comes to “becoming agile”. That’s when we could claim to be Agile. We all know the driving license analogy.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Conducting User Research”. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream….

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Split

MARCH 20, 2024

By optimizing release management flows, teams can facilitate on-demand deployments that enhance business agility without compromising stability. Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Throughout his rich career, Marty has worn numerous hats within modern software product organizations, transitioning between roles involving product management, software development, product marketing , user experience design, and general management, among others. How to build tech products that customers love.

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CardBoard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

scrum #scrumathome #scrummaster #agile #kanban ♬ Vlog BGM_03(953483) – Fujiwo Agile is a mindset. Both Scrum and Kanban are part of the Agile family, but they’re like siblings with different personalities. Scrum is a specific way to do Agile. They provide opportunities for feedback and adjustment.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

I worked 9+ years in software development, leading sizeable cross-functional engineering teams across time zones. Though I had no idea what I was doing, before I knew it, I interviewed external customers, internal stakeholders, and various customer-facing teams to understand the problem better.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 27, 2018

Has the spirit of being agile been lost behind a mountain of rules? Agile vs. Being Agile Agile became popular shortly after ‘The Agile Software Development Manifesto ’ was published in 2001. Companies who focused on being agile saw great success, and others wanted to follow suit.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. But this would be wrong.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

However, transitioning from project manager to a higher leadership role like the product lead without no experience needs different strategies like working on your complete projects and following professional courses to fill the skill gaps. One critical skill this role needs to have is the ability to lead new product developments.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

Then when I heard his backstory in technology leadership roles at Xerox and Experian and the challenges he encountered with product roadmaps, I was eager to invite him to be a guest on this podcast. As the title of this episode conveys, our discussion will weave together topics for aligning customers’ needs and business strategy.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product-Led Onboarding by Ramli John and Wes Bush is a new book about how to implement user onboarding for the ultimate customer retention. 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. out of 5 stars.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

The responsibilities of product teams include facilitating product discovery , launches and releases , customer onboarding , feature adoption, and account expansion. Another way to structure teams is by customer journey stage , where a different team is responsible for one stage, like adoption. What is a product team structure?

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Nulab

APRIL 3, 2019

Become a Nulab user and enjoy free access to NuSpace – our community space in Singapore. This time, our meetup theme was “Product Management, Strategy & Leadership” and it was a great pleasure for us to host our invited speakers: Jay Fong, Product Strategy Lead ( honestbee Singapore ).

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Balsamiq

JULY 13, 2018

We recently began doing 1-on-1 video interviews as part of a user research initiative, which we described in a post a few months back called User Research: How to Start Talking to Your Users. Listen to your customers carefully to understand their problems but do not listen to them about the solutions.

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Balsamiq

JULY 13, 2018

We recently began doing 1-on-1 video interviews as part of a user research initiative, which we described in a post a few months back called User Research: How to Start Talking to Your Users. Listen to your customers carefully to understand their problems but do not listen to them about the solutions.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In modern software development, product designers tend to be embedded on a cross-functional squad or scrum team. The work of a product designer, however, is distinct from their developer counterparts. Also, the role of product design in designing great user experiences is both tactical and strategic.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. including myself?—?went

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Agile Velocity

JUNE 4, 2020

My previous post focused on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “The Agile C-Suite” 1. . The title sets up the obvious–Agile isn’t new, but having C-suite level executives embrace it is. This myopic view of Agile has been an impediment to organizational and business adoption. . Denning’s Laws of Agile.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 16, 2020

.” Your team’s composition will drive delegation decisions: A group of first-timers with boundless enthusiasm but limited product experience tends to focus on transactional activities (tickets, stories, backlogs, presentations) but will be weak on strategy, unpacking poorly conceived customer demands, and political horse-trading.

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Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

Neil Rahilly, Mixpanel’s VP of Product and Design, walks us through how product management leadership priorities change as you move from startup through scale up and all the way to enterprise. When you’re a startup and you’re looking for product-market fit, you need to be ruthless. Startup: Set ruthless priorities.

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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. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Your technical knowledge of data science, computer science, deep learning, or machine learning models helps you manage only the technical side of product development. However, product development is a multifaceted discipline that sits at the crossroads between technology, business, and user experience.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. The customer focus). No one sees the big picture.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

TL; DR: The Scrum Guide 2020 The Scrum Guide 2020 is available now: Change is coming to make Scrum more accessible and inclusive beyond software development. How Scrum Changes with the Scrum Guide 2020 Scrum has witnessed many applications beyond its origins of software development over recent years.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

But if these design leaders can seize the opportunity of having a seat at the table, they can assemble an interdisciplinary team that solves real customer problems, proves their worth, and ultimately changes the future of the company and the products it delivers. Here are five quick takeaways: You must establish deep empathy for the customer.

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UX Studio

JUNE 30, 2023

With the increasing competition in the online space, businesses need to ensure their website not only looks visually appealing but also provides a user-friendly experience. We deliver impactful, user-friend, and unique solutions for ambitious ideas. They blend strategy and creativity in their user-friendly designs.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items. Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. Be aware that collaboration requires leadership.

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BrainStation Product Management

MAY 7, 2019

Our panelists confirmed this – as all are working for different organizations, occupying different industries, and creating products for different users. Belmont went on to highlight that not all products are aimed at consumers. “My At Oscar Health, they focus on the user to drive their product development.

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product management is the practice of strategically guiding the development, improvement, and support of a product through its lifecycle. A product manager usually sits at the intersection of technology, UX, and business and is responsible for representing the voice of the customer. Agile, Scrum). Doing user research.

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Split

JUNE 23, 2022

That’s why leading development teams are striving to increase their release cadence, and it doesn’t end there. They’re now being relied upon to bring optimized experiences to customers and stronger measurement capabilities to key stakeholders involved. Development and testing can occur simultaneously.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional).

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