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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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Sprint Review – Make it Much More Than a Demo…

Agile Velocity

In a previous post in our Scrum Assessment Series , we shared some ideas to help catalyze engaging sprint reviews. Here, we take a deeper dive into the topic of awesome Sprint Reviews. The Sprint Review, just like the Retrospective , is an important feedback loop in a Scrum team’s toolbox. Why is the Review so important?

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. And it’s really thinking about the quality of the code in that area. But the work is still there, it still needs to happen.

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The Difference Between Thought Leadership vs. People Leadership

ProductPlan

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. Professionals may decide to pursue a leadership position to lead a team and guide them towards primary objectives and milestones. The Start of Thought Leadership. Product management is complex.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. Third, the team observes sustainable pace. But this would be wrong.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Executive Business Reviews

Gainsight

The goal of Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) is to demonstrate your unique value to the customer and convey a sense of how important the customer is to you. T imely , which also means that having a business review every month is not necessarily a good thing. Always present the business value. . Let’s start with the basics.

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Product Dev: Think “Past, Present & Future”

The Product Coalition

Past, Present and Future. Present: What is the current sprint or work we should be doing today? Future, Present and Past: Future is our backlogs, both development and opportunity backlog (I’m a big fan of Jeff Patton’s dual track ). Present is your typical Scrum/Kanban board/Sprint backlog? Second is present ?—?this