The Software Life The Layer Cake Method for Product Management Creating great software products demands that teams balance multiple priorities. The "layer cake" method creates targets for an ideal mix.
Project & Team Management How to Support Product Management in B2B vs. B2C Companies: Key Differences Product Managers shape the product's vision and strategy. Discover the key differences in supporting this role in B2B vs. B2C companies.
Product Development Untangle Journey Maps from Story Maps Story Maps and Journey Maps sound similar but they have important differences. Understand when to employ each and drive alignment.
Project & Team Management Establish a Client-Consultant Integrated Team Model in Software Development Discover the elements of successful client-consultant integrated teams in software development and how they lead to software solutions.
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 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 4 Product Management Concepts to Use on Your Next Software Product Incorporating different concepts has helped me grow as a technical product owner and has increased my ability to build, deploy, and manage software.
Project & Team Management Align Agile Story Execution to Business Value with Strategy Soundbites Before you start on a software feature, follow these steps to identify the right approach. It's a lightweight but high-value activity.
Project & Team Management The User Story Pipeline: A Visual To Guide the Agile Process On complex Agile projects, defining and refining user stories takes is a lot of work. The user story pipeline helps you visualize this process.
Planning Your Project Is Software the Best Solution? These 5 Questions Will Help You Decide Custom software may seem like a quick solution to your problem, but is it the best, most efficient one? Here's how to ask the right questions.
Project & Team Management Intro to Incident Communication for Product Managers Product managers must be prepared to communicate about software outages and other incidents! Here's an overview and guidelines on how you can be ready.
