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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.

Project & Team Management

How I’m Improving Predictability with Pivotal Tracker’s ‘Team Strength’

Planing around vacations, sick days, maternity leave, conferences, etc.? Pivotal Tracker's "Team Strength" feature may be exactly what you're looking for.

Planning Your Project

Product Owners Shouldn’t Shy Away from Customer Surveys

Customer feedback must inform active product development. This feedback can be used to validate assumptions, provide direction on which features to build, and help understand marke

Project & Team Management

Need to Assess Project Value without Hard Metrics? Measure Customer Behaviors

Most companies launch a software project without clearly defined customer satisfaction or revenue goals. So how do you know if your project provided value?

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