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How to Survive the Software Product Roadmap Writing Experience

A software product roadmap is a framework for aligning the expectations of key stakeholders, customers, and influencers about the product direction.

Product Development

Why Hypothesis Mindset Matters in Product Development – Part 4: Tuning into the Customer’s Voice

When time and budget are especially constrained, teams can still channel the customer’s voice into what they build through adopting a hypothesis mindset.

Product Development

The Value of Hypothesis Mindset in Product Development – Part 3: You’ll Develop Features That Get Used

Adopting a hypothesis mindset on product teams can mitigate the risk of wasted money developing features that don’t get used.

Product Development

Hypothesis Mindset in Product Development – Part 2: It Keeps the Customer Front and Center

Having a hypothesis mindset includes having someone on the product team spend a tremendous amount of time talking to and empathizing with the customer.

Product Development

Why Hypothesis Mindset Matters in Product Development – Part 1

Product development teams need to think in terms of testable statements. Adopt a hypothesis mindset to avoid common pitfalls I see with clients.

Project & Team Management

Your Product Development Documentation Needs a Project Glossary

Having a project glossary in your product development documentation will help build a baseline shared vocabulary for your project team and stakeholders.

Project & Team Management

3 Things I Wish Developers Understood About Communicating with Clients

Successful client/consultant relationships take communication and understanding – not just of business needs but of the client representative's situation and needs.

Project & Team Management

Keeping Distributed Teams Unblocked with Azure Boards’s “Remaining Work” Field

The Remaining Work field in Azure Boards helped our scrum master keep our distributed development team from becoming blocked.

Personal Optimization

4 Steps to Starting a Daily Standup with Your Family During Remote Work/School

Family standup meetings have helped us maintain harmony in our household while keeping our work-from-home and school productivity levels high.

Growing as Makers

Abstraction Laddering – An Easy, Effective Problem Framing Exercise

You can't solve a problem you don't understand. Before you jump into action, bring your issues into the right level of focus with the Ladder of Abstraction.

Planning Your Project

Sunsetting a Product? First Use HCD to Understand Who Uses It

Stakeholder mapping helps you identify and analyze all the people who interact with a product. It will lead to better decision making and communication.

Project & Team Management

Bringing the Customer Along Is Worth It

Don't pass up the little opportunities to build trust and credibility with your customers. It's never wasted time to engage them throughout a project.

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