Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

Brief description of the problem at a recent client: Person A checked in code that broke an “unrelated” part of the system. I'll call this checking in code in Email that broke Search. They had one piece of feedback: the checkin broke “unrelated” code. In this case, the project team had no automated tests.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Boston Consulting Group estimates that 70% of digital business transformation projects fail. The first version of Buffer is a good software example of a MVP. improve” feedback loop.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

Software buying is undergoing a transformation, as is the case with many industries in the post-pandemic market. The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021. UX studio .

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UX Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Their goal is to facilitate the creation of screens and code faster for designers and developers. Here is an example of a test I did with ChatGPT. Due to Google Material Design’s popularity, ChatGPT knows its guidelines, so it added the Google Material Design styles to the form. You can think about it like designing with Framer.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. Now, we have at least these: Low code environments so people can write their own code. That means integrating code review and testing as part of the team's collaboration. It doesn't work that way!!)

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 9, 2021

When I write down, I have the same creative feelings as when I used to write code or tests. I tend to code and test in two modes: Experimentation in problem-solving: Imagining a solution. Writing code and tests. Assessment of the outputs: Code or test review. Running the tests.

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2020

We’re not designers (except when we are) or engineers (unless we can code) or anything actually, y’know, useful. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Too many teams have a built-in dependency creator—code review. When we take time to perform code review after we write the code (or the tests), we create dependencies between the people on the team. Instead, we can consider a more holistic approach to code review and abolish those dependencies.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The reason the requirements “phase” lasts so long is that the team continues to learn through Analysis, Design, Code, and Integration. Notice the reduction in test time in the middle of the three images. But the absolute worst time to learn is during the test phase. What does management choose to do?

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Modus Create

MARCH 3, 2021

The book is oriented toward software development, deployment, and security. Chapter 11: Scaling and Load Testing Docker Applications. In a consulting company like Modus, we tend to work on a variety of projects using several different technologies. The code for all 16 chapters of the book can be found on GitHub.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 8, 2018

Handover is a crucial process in the software lifecycle, and it may turn out to be costly and harsh unless you take the appropriate precautionary steps to make it smooth and downtime-free. The following article answer the question how to transfer software development works to another programming team. Then, a solid plan comes in handy?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

If you only have one tester, the team collaborates to test when that one tester is busy. I used the image from Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation as a way to think about the feedback loop realities in a serial approach.). I recommended various ideas with “testing” in their names (TDD, BDD, ATDD).

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

After using lean market validation to launch several software products, including ProductPlan , I’ve discovered that with the right process, even inexperienced entrepreneurs can bring exceptional products to market with excited buyers on the first day. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. Download the Product-Market Fit Book ?.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 2, 2022

While cross-functional teams develop and test those services, the Products (in the middle) use those services as if they are components. Teams don't refactor as they proceed and they get bloated code. Those features need more tests and more review. Now, their technical debt has come due.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2024

Encouraging referrals and reviews to expand word-of-mouth. Implement the customer success best practices with Userpilot code-free. Survey your users, review your support tickets, and examine your usage data to see what’s causing friction and pushing customers away. Inviting users to leave a review on G2.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Since there was no active grooming or planning session with the engineers, daily standups played the role of requirement review meetings. The team also agreed to initiate a weekly meeting to review and clarify requirements and to estimate the user stories. Long standups.

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Centercode

APRIL 2, 2019

Test strategy is critical to the success of any testing effort – but where do you start? How you involve real users in beta testing? In our interview with Adam Satterfield , director of Testing and Quality at Anthem, we dive deeper into these questions and the importance of test strategy on the whole.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

After using lean market validation to launch several software products, including ProductPlan , I’ve discovered that with the right process, even inexperienced entrepreneurs can bring exceptional products to market with excited buyers on the first day. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. Download the Product-Market Fit Book ?.

User Testing 105

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She has worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

the professional realm, groups have been crafting their own ethical codes since the 5th century. The medical profession was the first on record with “formula comitis archiatrorum” – a statement that required physicians to widen and deepen their knowledge through consulting with other physicians. Living in the Grey Area.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick is the ultimate guide to talking to customers as a product manager and includes sample scripts and questions you can directly use in your customer interviews.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Quote of the Episode.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

Believe it or not, there used to be a thing called on-premise software that you have to install and upgrade yourself. In this ultimate guide to SaaS product management, we'll walk you through the benefits of SaaS over on-premise software and how you can build a successful product as a SaaS PM. And you had to own all the servers.

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Product Talk

APRIL 11, 2018

” Writing code is a perfectly valid way to learn, if it’s the fastest way to learn. Writing code is a perfectly valid way to learn, if it’s the fastest way to learn. The key with discovery is speed of learning, not speed of writing code. If writing code helps us learn faster, by all means do it. Tweet This.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  They are coming off customer calls, strategy sessions, renewal discussions, marketing automation planning sessions, compliance reviews, and industry analyst briefings that highlight improvements that must be made.  ”)  Building software is a complex intellectual team exercise, not simply reading specs or typing. 

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

UserGuiding is a no-code tool for user onboarding. To make an informed decision before you invest in the software, it's essential to understand the benefits and drawbacks of UserGuiding: Pros. UserGuiding reviews. Let's take a closer look at some of the user reviews that their customers posted online.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Often, that impact is immediate because people stop working on “failure demand,” sidestepping broken code or tests. Review the size of the work and your collaboration. Lower WIP and Right-Size Work appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. That's all about the WIP. Then, move to efficiency.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 3, 2020

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She has worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Suggest a guest to us here. Talk to us. Tweet at us!

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 5, 2020

Based on A True Story: A Website Usability Test with A Forensics and Cybersecurity Specialist The following article, while it’s based on true events?—?the However, these threats are more focused on the back end software in websites. So then, how is it that many company websites today are still lacking in regards to cybersecurity?

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She has worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Aplana is a privately held software development company that has been on the market for 20 years. Its offices are located in different countries, including the UK, US, and Germany for sales operations and Ukraine, Russia, Belarus for skilled software engineering teams. . Wandr studio. Echo & Co. Design First. Fuzzy Math.

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Userzoom

MARCH 27, 2018

Learn about best practices for accessibility testing from two leading companies in their industries. Lots of companies want to conduct accessibility evaluations by conducting usability testing for people with disabilities. W3C also has easy checks to review your website for accessibility. Remote Moderated Accessibility Testing.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Meet Ellen Juhlin , a product coach and consultant and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs. Meet product coach and consultant @ellenjuhlin. Because it was a permanent install, we also became a beta test site for new software updates, so I was filing bug reports and giving feedback and opinions about the software.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the required skill level is not clear, it’s often also not clear what and how to test when interviewing a potential hire. He was leaning towards option B, but wanted to consult. If they are hard-coded, it’s easy to block them from being deleted. Point 1 for hard coding the event types.

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