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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. The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear.

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To MRD or not to MRD.

The Product Bistro

This was the artifact the began the process of developing a new product, or a variant of a product. The leadership team asked for a formal Market Requirements Document to help their decision process. In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? It encompasses the quality and consistency of research and design processes, resources, tools, and operations, as well as the organization’s propensity to support and strengthen UX now and in the future, through its leadership, workforce, and culture.

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. Then, I moved to the startup world. Today’s guest has been through just that.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. Mid-stage startups.

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The Story Behind X Machina-AI's Acquisition of Bain Public

Bain Public

About four years ago, I met Claude Theoret and Daniel Drouet while they were continuing with their deep involvement in the Montreal startup ecosystem as investors, mentors and entrepreneurs. One of the most exciting outcomes of our collaboration is that Daniel recognized the potential of both Bain Public's SOAP Framework and team.

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The Rise of Modern Product Discovery

Product Talk

I love that Marty Cagan and Jeff Patton have long been advocates of dual-track development. If you aren’t familiar with dual-track development, it’s the separation of product discovery from product delivery. User stories and user story mapping help a team align around the top priorities and get clarity around what they are delivering.