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Are you Solving Customer Problems or Just Building Features?

ProductPlan

All those new features might look good on a product comparison matrix and give salespeople a new angle when pitching reluctant prospects, but none of it matters if those features aren’t solving real customer problems. No software developer wakes up in the morning excited to write a bunch of code that will be re-written a few sprints later.

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70 Scrum Master Theses

The Product Coalition

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership?—?or or “true leadership”?—?and and act appropriately in due course. which is a process, not a destination. and coaching.

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Product Management Tips for Data Science Projects

Mironov Consulting

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. Provide Much Deeper Context than Traditional Software Projects, Especially Use Cases and Business Goals.

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The “Agile C-Suite” and Its Role in Growing an Adaptive, Resilient Organization

Agile Velocity

My previous post focused on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “The Agile C-Suite” 1. . That is largely due to how the Agile movement got started and where the vast majority of emphasis has been over the years–on IT and/or Software Development teams.

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Commentary on 14th Annual State of Agile Report ? Part 1.

Agile Velocity

These benefits align nicely with the reasons the respondents indicated when asked why they wanted to adopt Agile–acceleration of software delivery, enhancing the ability to manage changing priorities, increasing productivity, and improving alignment between IT and business. . Rate of Adoption – A Decade(ish) Comparison.

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Why product managers need to know UX

The Product Coalition

Niall works with departments across the company including sales, marketing, client relations, technology and the senior leadership team and says his role is to “act as the voice of the product”. Niall Kiernan thinks UX has always been a critical part of software development where a person interacts directly with that piece of software.

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32 Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

Or the ‘tech lead’ of the Development Team is making a forecast on behalf of the Development Team.) This Sprint Review anti-pattern is typical for organizations that use an “agile”-waterfall hybrid. No stakeholders : Stakeholders do not attend the Sprint Review. do not attend the Sprint Review.