Fri.Aug 25, 2023

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Why Product Teams Should Be More Like Rockstars (In Most Cases)

The Product Coalition

Great teams build great products, and great bands make great music — we can learn a lot from rockstars. I was inspired to write this after a couple of concerts I went to, ‘farewell tours’ of KISS and Elton John. For my regular readers, you’ll know I love music, and how diverse my Liked playlist on Spotify is, so this should be no surprise seeing a mash up of ‘ I want to rock and roll all night ’, ‘ I’m a rocket man’.

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The keys to growing teams and products – Lucie Buisson on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Listen to our conversation with Lucie Buisson, Chief Product Officer at Contentsquare. She discusses the importance of maintaining close relationships with teams and customers, while celebrating successes amidst new challenges. Read more » The post The keys to growing teams and products – Lucie Buisson on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Nine Agile Antipatterns That Lead To Disaster

The Product Coalition

Agile antipatterns or scrum antipatterns are (poor) practices that are utilized to enhance a process. Nonetheless, they impede your efforts and slow your progress towards attaining Agile objectives, thereby achieving the opposite effect. It is a disguised form of Agile Development that masquerades as a solution but creates negative outcomes that you may discover later.

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Anna Buldakova: A career transition from press to product

Mind the Product

Product leader Anna Buldakova talks about the challenges of using AI in products, switching careers and her latest venture, a marketplace startup Read more » The post Anna Buldakova: A career transition from press to product appeared first on Mind the Product.

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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Reasons Why Growth is Never a Strategy. It’s The Result Of Designing the Right Strategy

The Product Coalition

Sustainable, profitable growth comes from making the right set of strategic choices for your customers and your organization Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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Learn 90% of Design Thinking in Five Minutes

The Product Coalition

You might believe Design Thinking is something special. After all, there are some very expensive paid courses showing how to do it.

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Strategic Research Is Where the Magic Happens

UserInterviews

Strategic research is about looking at problems holistically to drive wider impact. User Research Leader Roberta Dombrowski shares advice for UXRs looking to move from tactical projects to big-picture research.

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How Product Managers Can Navigate Stage-Gate, Agile, and Hybrid Models

Gocious Blog

In the product development world, different companies use various methodologies to plan, build, and launch their product lines. Some continue to use the traditional stage-gate methods of making and testing complete prototypes over several years before launching to the market. These companies typically have large-scale, complex physical products such as vehicles, machinery, or massive software programs.

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Join Our Webinar to Increase the ROI of Your Beta Tests

Centercode

Update: Did you miss this event? You can watch the full webinar and download the slides on Pragmatic Marketing’s website. Enjoy! The wonderful folks at Pragmatic Marketing have asked us to be part of their Pragmatic Live webinar series.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Why Are Companies Going Remote and Opting for Offshore Hiring?

TurnKey Labs

Nowadays, traditional office-based practices are giving way to a new era of remote work and offshore hiring. As businesses strive to adapt, comprehending these trends becomes paramount for sustained competitiveness. Understanding the shifting landscape is essential, where remote work and offshore hiring have gained momentum.

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Why Defect Density Isn't Enough to Measure Quality

Centercode

Defect density, when paired with delta testing, offers a complete, actionable view of software quality.

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The Pitfalls of Overreliance

Business of Software Conference

The promise of insights derived from data has led many to believe that data-driven decisions are foolproof. However, Jason Cohen, CEO of WP Engine, challenges this assumption in his thought-provoking talk at the BoS 2013. One of the key points Jason raises is that data lacks the human element. Data can provide answers to “what” and “how,” but it often falls short in explaining “why.” Understanding the motivations and emotions of customers or employees requires

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How to Steer the Conversation When Someone Asks for a Specific Backlog Item Prediction, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

In How to Predict When the Team Will Complete a Specific Backlog Item, Part 1 , I said there was no way to accurately predict an estimate for a specific backlog item more than a month away. I did suggest several options if you want to go through the motions, but there's no accurate answer to that question. I also said I don't blame the managers for wanting to know.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Breadcrumbs for Websites: Best Practices & Examples

Usersnap

This post originally appeared on babich.biz , written by Nick Babich. Nick is a software developer who’s passionate about user experience. Breadcrumbs (or breadcrumb trail) is a secondary navigation system that shows a user’s location on a site or web app. The term came from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale in which the main characters create a trail of breadcrumbs in order to track back to their house.

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Democratizing Tech Recruiting for Startups: Tips and Tricks

TurnKey Labs

The journey from early stages to achieving rapid growth can be both challenging and rewarding. Specifically, for a tech startup, the dynamics of the market and the complexities of the tech industry can present unique hurdles.