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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So 1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This

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Your Ultimate Guide to Agile Transformation

Agile Velocity

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Business agility encompasses aspects such as product innovation, customer-centricity, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptive strategy execution.

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How Culture Add Changes the Conversation on Hiring

Mind the Product

You might know the term culture fit. You might even use it day-to-day, but hiring for culture fit could be having a hugely detrimental effect on your product organization. You may be limiting your ability to meet customer needs because of an unconscious bias across your organization. I was included in the final review.

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Let’s Abandon Customers and Users

Mironov Consulting

As a product manager, I think it’s my obligation to bring clarity and precision to discussions… so talking generically about customers or users can be exasperating. So let’s abandon the words ‘customer’ and ‘user’ entirely, and be more explicit about who/what we mean. See personas 4 and 7.”

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

 One group (sales, implementation/customer success, professional services, account-based marketing) is trained and paid and rewarded to focus on one customer at a time , with current-quarter timelines.  In aggregate, how many different customers will use the same exact bits to do X?  What Get it done, and move on.

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Understanding Enterprise Product Companies

Mironov Consulting

Business-to-consumer (B2C) targets individuals and families. I arbitrarily designate products under $500 as consumables or low-involvement purchases; products between $500/year and $5000/year as departmental or SMB or high involvement for single corporate purchasers. Some core assumptions: The typical B2C buyer is the user.

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Implement This Customer Engagement Strategy and Your Users Will Not Get Enough of Your Product

Userpilot

Customer engagement plays a critical role in your company’s growth and depends on your customer experience. As Steve Jobs once said: “ You have to start with customer experience and work your way back toward the technology, not the other way around. ”. What is Customer Engagement? How to Measure Customer Engagement?