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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

What is Bad Performance? Before I discuss how you can help an underachieving team, let’s briefly explore what good performance looks like, assuming that an agile, Scrum-based process is used. Second, the team participates in continuous discovery and strategizing , and its members regularly help refine the product backlog.

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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

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So Some of my concerns: This arrangement creates an incentive for 'core' Engineering teams to ignore issues or kick the can down the road.  Knowing

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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 Perform A Product Feature Analysis

Userpilot

Product feature analysis is a powerful tool in the SaaS product manager’s arsenal. Review feature usage data. Extract feature development insights. Best practices to help product managers perform feature analysis: Perform user research and analyze your competitors’ products to find market gaps. Ready to begin?

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Build vs. Buy: When to Buy Software or Build It Yourself

Alchemer Mobile

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” The build vs. buy question is both one of the most common and one of the most challenging dilemmas facing product managers. In the case of software, the dilemma becomes increasingly difficult as most enterprise companies have the resources and talent in-house to build the software.

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Build vs. Buy: When to Buy Software or Build It Yourself

Alchemer Mobile

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” The build vs. buy question is both one of the most common and one of the most challenging dilemmas facing product managers. . In the case of software, the dilemma becomes increasingly difficult as most enterprise companies have the resources and talent in-house to build the software.