The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Traditionally, Waterfall model was used as an SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) Methodology. Agile talks about Iterative & Incremental Software development, which gives it the ability to adapt to changes whenever required. Iterative v/s Incremental Development. When to use Agile?

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Mind the Product

MAY 30, 2019

In Agile software development, so-called sprint demos are a key part of every iteration, but whatever product you’re building, be it an app, a website (or even a physical product), demos can be incredibly valuable. Running demos is a great opportunity for team members to develop and hone their skills. Tell a Story.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. Sherif has been in software development for over 15 years. Workshop Presenters. Sherif Mansour, Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Agile UX is a design methodology based on the principles of Agile software development. Agile is a proven software development approach that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration and efficiency. Agile UX adopts the same values, reframed in the context of digital design projects.

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UX Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Until this time, I had been working as a software developer by profession and as a UX Designer on my own, on personal projects. By attending this conference, I got encouraged to make my team see the need for user-centered design in product development and learned about ways to introduce the UX design process within the team.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2020

The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem Today we welcome Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem. If so, you can subscribe here and join 26k agile peers. What brought you to ‘agile?’ “ Christiaan : A friend of mine started a software company. He sold solutions, I developed them.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 22, 2022

Matt started his professional career as a software developer, and throughout his career he has been pushing for better ways to build software products. Strategy has to be ever-present in people’s day to day. [12:36] Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:41] We user our own tool at UserVoice.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. I immediately donned the rose-colored glasses they handed out, and gobbled up the information that was presented. That’s when it got bad.

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All About Product Management

JUNE 17, 2007

By their very nature sales people are agile in their approach to selling products and services. To make a positive contribution to the agility of a company , sales need to operate within an agreed agile framework much in the same way as software development teams operate with in frameworks such as Scrum or DSDM.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Agile Movers & Shakers: Diana Larsen’s Questionnaire Please describe what you do in 280 characters : “On my best days, I contribute to the growing and strengthening the practices of agile coaches and teams through as many channels as possible.” What brought you to ‘agile?’ “In Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2014

Some marketers, including myself, are taking a different approach—one based on agile development. Software developers faced a similar crisis in 2001. They responded with a set of principles and a methodology called agile development, and it has transformed software programming.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) model, you start with a plan which can include — budgeting, gathering the right talent, deciding on the right tools/frameworks to use, and other items to implement the plan, and then we are left with the outcome. To use a scale friendly method, you have to start with a plan.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 2, 2019

As you add feature teams to the development effort—hopefully by growing organically—you also have to consider the impact on your workload. My experience suggests that a single product person is usually not able to work with more than three agile development teams. I call these individuals Feature Owners.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 8, 2019

In today’s article, we’ll discuss the agile roadmapping process. We’ll start by reviewing the objectives of roadmaps and planning for agile teams, then share some special considerations for agile roadmaps. From there, we’ll walk you through the agile roadmapping process step by step. Eisenhower.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Join more than 145 peers from May 27–29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Remember, “Agile” is a mindset, not a methodology.

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Split

MARCH 14, 2024

From the initial stages of design and development to the crucial phases of testing and deployment, each step in the software development lifecycle shapes the quality and effectiveness of the final product. A robust test environment is crucial for efficient software development, yet setting one up can be time-consuming.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JULY 31, 2009

Imagine a software development effort that takes multiple years to deliver—without any opportunity to test your progress along the way. Agile is happening. The brilliance of agile development is that we break the job into small chunks, work for two weeks (or four), and deliver something. Just say “No”. Or are they?

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 23, 2015

In the agile software development world, the most popular methods measure effort as story-points , t-shirt sizes or strive for similarly-sized work items. They do however present valid points , as they question the need for most estimates 1.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

You can’t use them to present to stakeholders, and they’re a nightmare for collaboration. As the name implies, Field is a yet-to-be publically released product management software that helps product teams map out their ideas and development. We are fans of their “Collect, Explore, Present” concept. How do you do that?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Hold the team accountable and expect that people do a good job–that commitments are kept and agreements respected, that sprint goals are delivered, that the team adheres to the definition of done and creates software that works, is documented, and tested. Don’t be mad with the team if the sprint goal is missed once. Learn More.

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Mind the Product

MAY 8, 2018

By the time you’ve done enough to be certain, you might as well have spent your time building the software. Agile vs Waterfall. Long-term planning in an agile environment can seem like a paradox but what if there was a way to do long-term planning while still retaining agility? The Project Manager’s Triangle.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. This is a philosophy worthy of its own presentation.

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While software development teams have been moving toward agile methods for years, many product managers are only now becoming aware of it. An agile approach applies collaborative and continuous improvement concepts to software development. There is no single, definitive “agile method.”

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 5, 2020

That was a list of the most popular tools used in agile software development. This is also a good time to understand the differences between Agile and Waterfall. There are many free agile tools available out there, including open source Kanban tools. Tool Agnostic. Most of these tools perform multiple tasks.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Viktor Cessan Welcome to the Agile Movers & Shakers interview series. In the 14 years since he started working with Agile methodologies, he has helped companies such as Spotify, H&M, King, Avanza Bank, Telenor, and Sony Ericsson work more effectively.

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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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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

GenAI can fundamentally transform how businesses operate, fostering agility, efficiency, and innovation. This agility provides a significant advantage in staying ahead of competitors. IT and cybersecurity In IT and cybersecurity, Generative AI enhances threat detection and software development processes.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 4, 2022

Meta Data Management Make it convenient for subscribers to see the written preview of each video content piece presented on the screen. Choose a Reliable Vendor The choice of video streaming app development service is truly a challenge. How Much Does It Cost to Develop a Live Video Streaming App?

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Sachin Rekhi

JULY 10, 2019

Their latest book, Shape Up by Ryan Singer, delivered another compelling read on effectively managing software projects. The book shares the full software development process that the Basecamp team currently uses across it's 50-person team to build and enhance Basecamp itself. For two, we don’t line walls with Post-it notes.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels In 2014, at the ProductX conference, I won second place for my presentation on time management for busy product managers. They have a good reason since the research process is different by nature than software development. Here’s how. It was a great talk and I gave him my vote as well.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Product thinking : User-centered product development, iteration, and MVPs, backlog management, scalability, execution. Agile : Product owner role, software development, team cadence, delivery. Processes (M): Strategy : Translation of the mission and vision into a coherent product strategy.

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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

JANUARY 8, 2019

But in the context of planning, agile software development practitioners are wise to take Eisenhower’s words to heart. “In Eisenhower Why agile teams need a product roadmap There are many discussions out there on both the importance of, and lack of importance of agile product roadmaps.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 17, 2018

The development team compromises, such that neither the form nor function is well executed. The Separation Principles technique presents a way to resolve contradictions in a way that may also uncover solutions that delight your customer. New Product Development Processes. Too often, contradictions are resolved via trade-off.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 19, 2020

There are many ways to hire remote developers, depending on a company’s internal capacity, budget and time constraints. (i) i) Internal contacts in talent pools Companies with contacts in existing talent pools may choose to directly recruit, without a third party present.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Developers are Also our Customers We had conversations with the developers about their design challenges. I shared my software development knowledge with them and we established mutual understanding and trust. I came to realize that, as a designer, I was building software for customers?—?the the end users?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Agile Boards It’s common for teams to use agile boards with columns like TO DO, IN PROGRESS, TESTING, READY FOR TESTING, DESIGN, DONE, DEPLOYED, etc. However, this is a very small step towards true collaborative synergy. Real cross-functional collaboration is much more than just assembling a group of people from different departments.

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