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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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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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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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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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BoS USA 2023 – The Sigmacorn Notes

Business of Software Conference

Why these questions should be asked Feedback, performance, and competitor relations Feelings (pride or jealousy) about own company and others Relevance of important values and aspirations Exact choices: Extract the choices that your company makes as attributes What does the company do? How will we win? What are people doing right now?

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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? But how do you measure it?