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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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How to Prepare Banks for Digital Transformation

The Product Coalition

“The digital transformation of any enterprise is a herculean task requiring a willingness to embrace cultural change, the ability to immerse the entire organization in the customer journey, and a total commitment to digitize to the core”?—? David Gledhill , DBS Bank Chief Information Officer. But why is this? We identify opportunities.

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We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever

Mironov Consulting

In the heat of an enterprise deal moment, it’s easy to think very short-term about the long-term costs of specials and “small requirements.”    The upside (for the sales team) is huge, and the cost (for product/engineering/support) is diffuse.    Far away.    Hard to see. 

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Becoming a Product Leader: Leading Product Success in the First 100 Days

Product Management Unpacked

Build your trust bank account with small victories: Build alliances and make deposits in your “trust bank account,” where your small victories will contribute to the stability of your relationships. I first saw this method enacted when I was a young product leader at a publicly-held enterprise software company.

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Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies

Mironov Consulting

  We could conceivably do this by raising prices; opening new geographic markets; expanding the current product line; building and launching a new e-commerce business alongside our enterprise CRM business; getting the ticket concession for Taylor Swift’s next tour; or inventing cold fusion to save the planet. ” What To Do?

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Best Userpilot Alternatives in 2021 – By Use Case and Persona

Userpilot

They are not helping you – the potential user; they are not helping our smaller competitors, who find themselves juxtaposed with enterprise software for a completely different user persona, and it’s not helping us – when we get leads that want something we can’t offer anyway. Best for large enterprises. ease of use.

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .