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Applying Proto-Strategy to Product Management

The Product Guy

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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The Worst Nightmare of Any Product Manager

The Product Guy

The team had been working for almost a year and had a huge amount of code under their belts. But just because it was a lot of code doesn’t mean it worked. As we were getting closer to the end of the year, my senior vice president called me in, to review our progress against our goals. We’d made great code. Similar, right?

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Sprint Planning Tips for Product Owners

Roman Pichler

This makes the sprint planning work challenging, and it can leave the development team feeling exhausted and stressed rather than motivated to start the new sprint. Bear in mind that product backlog grooming should be a team effort and that you should involve the development team members in the backlog work. Focus on the Sprint Goal.

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Better Product Internationalization With Localization Best Practices

The Product Coalition

Planning to develop a website, game or other? Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Localization is not an act in hindsight, but an integral part of the product development process. Therefore, the integration of a localization strategy within product development planning and its cycles is crucial.

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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. After attending a web development boot camp and working as a web developer at a small startup, she got the opportunity to become a product manager. Unfortunately, there were none.

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A summary of “Building Products for the Enterprise”

The Product Coalition

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. But why is working in enterprise software now different?

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71 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions (2)

The Product Coalition

A good starting point would be working with the “Manifesto of Agile Software Development,” particularly ensuring that stakeholders understand that adapting to change over following a plan is paramount for the organization’s future success. over a sustainable product development strategy. How do you deal with that?