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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasizes that these activities vary based on context (large vs. small organizations, B2B vs. B2C, Agile vs. Waterfall). The discussion reveals how product management has evolved since 1931 and highlights the importance of clear role definition to prevent job frustration.

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Agile support: 9 principles to help your team provide personal support at scale

Intercom, Inc.

Agile principles can be a North Star for time-strapped support teams, helping them to keep the customer’s needs at the heart of their decisions so they can provide fast, personal support at scale. Agile teams start small and move fast, collecting and incorporating feedback to iterate their way to bigger and better solutions quickly.

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AGILE OR FRAGILE

The Product Coalition

Is your team Agile or Fragile? designed using: canva.com With the massive increase in the number of products launched in the past decade, a lot of organizations have adopted the AGILE approach as a system of managing their processes. Agile suggests that the voice of all the stakeholders be heard. Are you ready?

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Why So Many Products Fail to Create Value

The Product Guy

We had no clue about what “Lean” or “Agile” or even “Startup” essentially meant, but we spent most of our time out in the streets talking to our customers. We refined the message and added features important for our partners and users. Let’s go Agile! Agile is sometimes seen as a panacea to all product development problems.

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Lipstick Agile

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: Lipstick Agile?—?Happiness Have you noticed how many people in the agile field are unhappy with their work situation? A situation where an organization already struggles doing agile, not to mention ‘becoming agile?’ This is what I call lipstick Agile. Lipstick Agile?—?The Happiness in the Trenches?

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Here’s What You Missed at TPG Live: Beyond IC & Introducing Product

The Product Guy

Tom : Tailor your messaging to address the specific concerns of each stakeholder group. Communicate Strategically : Tailor your messaging to stakeholders, aligning it with what matters most to them—whether it’s customer satisfaction, business impact, or operational efficiency.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

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. What’s more, an agile, self-managing team is collectively responsible for their performance. That’s the job of the Scrum Master or agile coach. Thank you for that.