The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

What do you do when your team is working their socks off and yet they are getting little credit for the work being done, mainly because the team isn’t able to set concrete expectations with the stakeholder? This obviously reflected as a failure to deliver on part of the engineering team. THE CHALLENGE. THE CAUSE.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

But my employer had just paid for me to go through the training, and I was expected to help improve their development processes. That’s when it got bad. It got so bad that the CEO outlawed Agile altogether. We were so rigorous about following the rules that we completely missed the spirit of agile software development.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. This includes the project management of all of the activities done in product conceptualization, design, development, and marketing. Since the team is small, you will have to manage the technical aspects of product development.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations. TPMs are responsible for communicating complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical team members. As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

The Hard Thing About Hard Things) At Latin American travel technology company Almundo , we believe that leaders are responsible for the people, whether that is via one-on-one meetings, career opportunities, company culture, or employee satisfaction. So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2022

Chris’s team worked for a logistics service that tracked the ocean containers coming in and out of the ports. Their team set up the infrastructure and prepared the environment waiting for prospective accounts, which never came. To improve his productivity, Chris decided to take over the software design to a digital agency.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Measure for a Purpose. As Simon Sinek famously says: “It all starts with why.”

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Measure for a Purpose. As Simon Sinek famously says: “It all starts with why.”

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Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2019

Recently I was lucky enough to get stuck in Stockholm after a meeting, and got the chance to visit the excellent Vasa museum. Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. One of the advantages of having customers to visit everywhere is that you get to see a lot of places.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2019

Putting the Focus on Frameworks Rather Than Outcomes In my post about Product Thinking vs. Project Thinking , I highlight the differences between the two mindsets. And that is what I see with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework if you’re unfamiliar with the term). SAFe adds layers of process to product development that don’t need to be there.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 29, 2019

Agile is dead: SCRUM implementation survival guide | BraveGeeks by Yuri Mediakov, PM at BraveGeeks Team Photo by Frode Myklebust on Unsplash Dave Thomas, one of the creators of the Agile Manifesto, has declared Agile as dead, stating that the values of being agile have been totally lost behind the implementation.

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Izenda

JUNE 2, 2020

Between the ascent of.NET Core projects and the persistence of Java, evangelism for frameworks and other stack foundations seems at an all-time high. But today you may need the flexibility and control afforded by C# to meet your current goals. If someone on the team proposes changes, ask tough questions. What is your timeline?

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

So let’s dive into some old and new methodologies that companies use to implement, develop and balance the three pillars. Each methodology has strengths and weaknesses, and since implementations can vary widely, it’s useful to understand how and when to apply elements of each. Lean Startup.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

After 10 years, this internal tool supported thousands of daily internal users across countless teams, but nobody could explain exactly what the tool was providing. The system provided different functionality for different customers and the total scope was far greater than the internal team’s staffing capacity. What is the problem?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Alina Vandenberghe is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Chili Piper , an inbound conversion software that helps sales teams automatically schedule appointments and instantly turn leads into qualified meetings. She had a deep understanding of their processes and pain points and knew how to build software that would help them thrive.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

The Power of the Elastic Product Team—Airbnb’s First PM on How to Build Your Own. Learn how Airbnb created an elastic product team that helped them get to where they are today. While he talks mainly to entrepreneurs about slow, steady progress and growth for their companies, you can apply his tips and advice to product development. #5

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Usersnap

JANUARY 8, 2024

The engineering team from Lockheed Martin used imperial units (pounds-force), while NASA’s team used metric units (newtons). As we explore the subsequent sections, we will uncover how this iterative approach to product development has revolutionized the way products are conceived, developed, and refined. Planning 2.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Very sadly, most product managers I meet today no longer talk directly to customers regularly. I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. too many meetings. most invariably say zero. Not enough time?—?too

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. Product discovery using the Design Thinking, Lean Startup, or Lean UX frameworks help.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. Teams with multiple functions are instrumental towards staying competitive and succeed. Conversely, to rely solely on a single-function team for brainstorming is a recipe for failure.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. When product investments don’t meet expectations, the blame gets spread around.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

‘Feature factory’ is not exactly a positive term, especially if you’re aspiring to be a product-led SaaS product management team. John Cutler first used the term to describe such companies because their software development processes resemble factory assembly lines. What is a feature factory?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

TL;DR A product manager leads the product management team and is responsible for overseeing all stages of the product development process. They earn more than developers, astronauts, and even attorneys, but less than surgeons. The Director of Product is accountable for multiple product lines and manages product management teams.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To unburden their teams, companies like Facebook, Google, and others have turned to product operations, whose job is to help product teams achieve better outcomes. At its core, product operations enables product teams to achieve better outcomes. Create frameworks for aligning company, org, team, and individual goals.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

The Best Product Managers use Product Management Software for: We’ve broken down this list into four stages of the feature life cycle that contributes to building the product value: opportunity identification and validation, design and prototyping, feature development, and launch and iteration.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2019

Software development is rarely linear. If the team is unable to successfully manage those processes, it could cause chaos during development, and the customer will face sharp increase in development time and poor quality of work. This project management framework is founded on clear and simple principles?—?the

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. When setting up a new team, the person responsible for the technical implementation?—?the Working with a Software Vendor Outsourcing to a vendor means hiring a team for a specific task.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 26, 2021

Adopting Agile sounds as simple as taking the SCRUM master certification tests and pushing them down the framework to a team of developers. Therefore, we went to sleep on a Friday and next Monday we were now an “Agile” team. Situations like this are not uncommon.

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Modus Create

MAY 25, 2022

Social engineering is a threat because it is a way for criminals and bad actors to access sensitive information by tricking people into revealing it. Poor Cyber Hygiene. Poor cyber hygiene is a threat because it leads to increased vulnerability to cyberattacks, as well as decreased efficiency and productivity.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

He gathered a team of like-minded design enthusiasts to shape the future of digital design and innovation. Our dedicated UX teams have successfully handled over 250 collaborations with clients from different industries worldwide. Apart from helping clients with product design, we also develop digital products in-house.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

There are 3 reasons your team isn’t doing what you want them to do, says Mikey Trafton. In his 3rd talk at Business of Software, Mikey picked up from where he left off at the end of his previous talk ‘ How To Recruit A Badass Team ‘ You’ve hired a great team, but you need to learn how to manage them.

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UX Studio

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Lisa leads the Product design team at make.com , the revolutionary visual platform that enables users to design, build, and automate anything without coding. I am in Prague this week, so I am really lucky to work with a team of designers here. It always gets so busy meeting everyone here in the office and it’s a fantastic city.

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Hutwork

MARCH 19, 2018

The best books available can help you learn more about product management, collaboration, habits, remote teams, different methodologies, and more. Agile Change Management: A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters. By Melanie Franklin.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Agile methodology sounds confusing and difficult, but Bethany Pagels-Minor breaks it down to bite-size slices of delicious cakes that will will help every team work better, communicate better, and provide better returns. from Business of Software Conference. Bethany Pagels-Minor, Apple. Unsubscribe anytime. Transcript.

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2014

One of the most frustrating things I’ve heard over my career is that “agile is something that software developers do.” It ignores all the success agile teams have had in software the past decade and in other industries including architecture, marketing, video production and even the auto industry.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

Let's return to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development , what I call the “Agile Manifesto.” We've had a software “crisis” even before I graduated from college, 1977. I already knew about coupling (bad) and cohesion (good). Nope, software projects are about learning together, as a team.).

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