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Ask the Community: How Do You Shift From Functional Teams to Value-Driven Teams?

Product Talk

When an organization shifts from delivery or feature teams to product teams , the first step is often a change to team structure. Delivery and feature teams are often structured by function—front-end teams, back-end teams, mobile teams, etc. These teams can rarely deliver value on their own.

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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So 1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This

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Leveraging Software Platforms

Roman Pichler

Be Clear on What a Software Platform Is. Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates. Treat the Platform as a Product.

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How to Become an Amazing Agile Developer

The Product HQ

Wondering what it takes to become an amazing agile developer? This post outlines all the traits, essential skills, and soft skills that characterize what it means to be an amazing agile developer. 8 Steps to Become a Rockstar Agile Developer Here is a step-by-step process on how to become an agile developer: 1.

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Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test before Investing in Ideas

The Product Coalition

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Why should you invest in MVP development? You can successfully prevent these problems by starting software development with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

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Build Team Resilience: Shorten Feedback Loops (Part 2)

Johanna Rothman

This series is about helping a team create a less brittle environment—more resilience. 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. (Yes, Neither did the team.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

A good test to understand if a product goal describes an outcome is to ask the why question. For example, I could ask myself why it would be helpful to measure calorie intake. This approach is problematic for the following three reasons: It does not leverage the creativity and knowledge of the stakeholders and development teams.

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