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Agile Software Development: We’ve Come Full Circle

Product Management University

When Agile software development took the software world by storm, it was like many other paradigm shifts before it. Agile promised to be the next panacea for whatever ailed software companies. Waterfall Product Launches: In the early days of Agile, waterfall product launches were considered a crime on par with treason.

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Product Launch in an Agile World - Webinar

Pragmatic Marketing

Agile software development methods can produce dramatic productivity improvements but can also create havoc for Sales and Marketing teams. Frequent product releases can often surpass the ability of organizations to absorb the changes in a manageable way. Watch "Product Launch in an Agile World".

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Promoting a Metrics-Driven Product and Company Culture

The Product Guy

But the world of product management often lacks structure. Customers are dissatisfied with your current product and churn at a high rate. And software developers and testers want to know that their time spent writing and testing code is purposeful. As product managers, these issues come to you ad-hoc.

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Sink or Swim: What can we Learn from the Vasa?

Mind the Product

Of course such things are common on any failure to launch a product as well. Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. And so, the product launched, and promptly sank. So what did go wrong? The Engineering Process. Let’s look at the engineering process.

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AGILE OR FRAGILE

The Product Coalition

designed using: canva.com With the massive increase in the number of products launched in the past decade, a lot of organizations have adopted the AGILE approach as a system of managing their processes. This approach has made software development more effective in the last couple of years. Is your team Agile or Fragile?

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What Does a Software Product Manager Do?

The Product HQ

Explore our top-rated product management certification courses to become a successful software product manager: Software Product Manager Responsibilities Software product managers need to have a working knowledge of multiple things, including product management, project management, software development, and product marketing.

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Transitioning to Product from a Functional Role

Mind the Product

A product manager’s role is a multifaceted one that supports all aspects of a product’s lifecycle, from the strategy and market analysis phase to the development phase and finally the product launch and subsequent marketing. Develop a product mindset.