Wed.Mar 18, 2020

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Why date-based, or “timeline,” roadmaps are valuable for Agile product teams

ProductBoard

Date-based product roadmapping has become a boogieman for modern product teams, and for good reason. All too often, they’re treated as public commitments to ship future capabilities by unrealistic dates. At their worst, they are arbitrary mappings of the feature backlog onto a timeline, with no basis in any reliable estimation of effort. Arbitrary, because not only are teams unclear on what form.

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The Correlation between Hype and Opportunity in Product Development

Modus Create

A while ago I had a very interesting discussion on how we would evaluate the market’s readiness for a new product. We wished it were possible to say: “According to my brand new crystal ball, we should start developing The-Perfect-Product in Q1 and launch in Q4. That way we’ll catch sustainable traction and get the lowest CAC.” So I decided to drill deeper and see if it is really possible to analytically evaluate what products or features should be launched and when.

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10 Fun Virtual Icebreakers to Take Remote Working to the Next Level

The Product Coalition

Easy-to-do. No special tools required. Just group chat. I’ve been trying to refrain from doing any remote working posts?—?I don't want to add to the flood of them that has already ensued the past month. But the past couple of weeks I’ve been asked by a number of people for ideas on remote icebreakers and/or team building activities now that many of us are working remotely.

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A Detailed Guide To IoMT Implementation in 2020

Arkenea

Internet of Medical Things or IoMT is on the way of becoming the most sought after technology in the healthcare sector. According to Grand View Research, it is predicted that spending on IoT for healthcare will reach $534.3 billion in 2025 at an annual growth rate of 19.9%. Rise in the demand for IoT integration […]. The post A Detailed Guide To IoMT Implementation in 2020 appeared first on Arkenea.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.

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Three Tips for Managing Your Newly-Remote Day

Johanna Rothman

You're “working” from home. The kids are home, and you're supposed to lead their schooling. Your spouse is home. And, you're not supposed to go anywhere. Yeah, COVID-19 reality stinks. You CANNOT work the same way you did before. Expecting people to “ just ” pick up where they left off? Nah. Unreasonable expectations. Here's what you can do: Tip 1: Frame the Days as Experiments.

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10. If your employees behave like children, it’s your fault as a manager

The Product Coalition

I often hear managers complain about how their employees act like children. That they won’t do anything unless you control them. They fail all the deadlines, deliver poor quality work. This is why, they explain, they start tracking employee work hours, introduce fines for being late, set tough deadlines. I don’t really know how it works with factory workers as I’ve never managed any.

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Full Transcript: Cindy Alvarez on the Product Love Podcast

ProductCraft

Forgot your AirPods? Don’t worry, you can still enjoy one of our favorite episodes of the Product Love Podcast. Check out the full transcript of our fun chat with Cindy Alvarez of Microsoft below. Eric Boduch: Awesome. So, welcome lovers of product. Today I’m here with Cindy Alvarez. Cindy, why don’t you kick this off. Read more » The post Full Transcript: Cindy Alvarez on the Product Love Podcast appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Mute Market Reports with Leo

Roy Madden

Remove market reports, so that you can focus on only the topics and trends that matter to you, without the noise. We heard from lots of users that market reports can be a considerable source of noise when you track company updates. We are excited to announce a new Market Reports topic. We have taught Leo to identify market reports so that you can easily mute them from your feeds and save time.

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Engagement Workshop: Identifying Product Readiness Issues

Centercode

Pop quiz: does the state of your product impact tester engagement during Customer Validation projects? As you’ve probably guessed from the title of this blog post, the answer is “absolutely.” Stopping issues, critical errors, or tons of small bugs can cause tester engagement to decrease dramatically.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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ONE THING on the Iron Triangle

Product Culture

What do you do when features slip - and possibly the whole schedule as well? (After pulling out your hair and crying in your soup.) Here are your options: Change the Schedule: The most obvious response is to accept the new date and adjust the roadmap accordingly. Change the Scope: If it is most important to meet the original schedule, you can look at cutting back on some of what you planned to deliver by that date.

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Engagement Workshop: Identifying Product Readiness Issues

Centercode

Pop quiz: does the state of your product impact tester engagement during Customer Validation projects? As you’ve probably guessed from the title of this blog post, the answer is “absolutely.” Stopping issues, critical errors, or tons of small bugs can cause tester engagement to decrease dramatically. “OK hold up on a second,” you might be saying to yourself. “The impact of recruitment , communication , and tools I understand very well — I’ve been reading

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A Message on Coronavirus from 280 Group

280 Group

We are living in an extraordinary time. “Shelter-in-Place” orders have been implemented for many businesses and individuals around the world. Although many are inconvenienced by these challenging times, we’re also thinking about those who are severely affected by this virus and the corresponding economic challenges it’s bringing. We hope everyone reading this is healthy and safe, and for those who aren’t, you are in our thoughts.

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User Research As A Growth Engine At Early Stage Startups with Loic Alix-Brown, CEO of Flick

UserInterviews

How a startup CEO used user research to grow his business, find product-market fit, and keep the focus on the user.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.