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The 10th Annual Product Management Awards Winners

The Product Guy

In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. Harpal now works as an independent consultant and interim Chief Product Officer (CPO) advising companies and teams globally on strategic product development and innovation. The Best Product Consultant.

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The Worst Nightmare of Any Product Manager

The Product Guy

We were Agile, with daily standups, two week sprints and detailed estimations. I’m not a technical Product Manager. We were doing Agile. Was the problem Agile? It’s easy to confuse the rituals of Agile with actually getting things done. Oh crap, no way we could deliver on time I thought to myself. What did we lack?

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When a collaboration is not a collaboration

UX Planet

For example, the more technical the product, the larger the designers technology gap that must be filled by an engineer. This focus on short-term solutions aligns well with the belief in agile and continuous deliverywe need to deliver quickly and provide user value. Hard to argue against that, right? Try explaining that at theoffice!

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TEI 200: Deliver great products that customers love – with Valerio Zanini

Product Innovation Educators

Empowering product teams to create an agile culture with a customer focus. He has created products and led product teams for Fortune 500 companies including Cisco and Capital One, advised several small and medium businesses, and founded a Product Innovation, Design Thinking and Agile coaching practice called 5D Vision.

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Why Technical Debt Roadmaps Don’t Work

ProductPlan

To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. It’ll go away ,” the famous TV dad advised his family on dealing with challenges. In this article, we’ll discuss why technical debt roadmaps don’t work. We call it a mistake.

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Moving at the Speed of Demand

Product Management Unpacked

Unlike traditional product managers, Claire is less involved with the technical aspects of product management. In some settings, this role is assumed by the product manager who is managing the technical aspects of the product. This may hinder their ability to connect with the members of the C-suite who may not have technical knowledge.

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Sprint Planning Tips for Product Owners

Roman Pichler

For advise on when to carry out product backlog grooming, please see my article “ When should Product Backlog Grooming Take Place? ”. Bear in mind that product backlog grooming should be a team effort and that you should involve the development team members in the backlog work. Focus on the Sprint Goal.