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How a multinational insurance company is managing design at scale through a design system

UX Planet

A success story of an enterprise design system establishment, rollout and implementation at a multinational insurance company Managing design at scale, achieving a level of design consistency and quality. Additionally, there were several consulting and agency teams supporting all sorts of applications and building proof-of-concepts.

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One  And there’s no ongoing maintenance without a separate service contract.

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Hiring a Head of Product

Mironov Consulting

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. They come from professional services groups — which is all bespoke contracts and project management.

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Product Management at Startups vs. Enterprises

The Product Guy

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. Prior to joining ActiveHealth, he led a cross-functional team at Medidata Solutions working on life sciences software for the design and optimization of clinical trials.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation? Are you ready?

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

Microsoft, for example, depends on manufacturers (Dell/HP) and retailers (Best buy) to sell its software. While the SAAS model has disrupted this thought process, enterprise software very much depends on forward integrators. Should the organization work with an outside consulting company (e.g.

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What Do You Really Need: In-House Team, Outsourcing or a Tech Partner?

The Product Coalition

Stewart Butterfield, the company’s CEO, saw the commercial potential in a new messaging application that would utilize bots and integrations with other tools frequently used in software development. Simply put, the CTO must choose between (1) staffing an in-house team, and (2) outsourcing the work to an external team.