Getting customer feedback quickly is vital to the success of any development team. The days of spending months building features before the customer sees the product is a thing of the past. The waterfall has long since …
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The Most Powerful Interaction Design Tool
Part of a product manager’s job is to study the problems presented to us – to learn about them from every angle – to make informed decisions. We need to understand the history of the problem, identify …
The Super Powers of Full Stack: Fracturing Responsibilities Fractures Results
To many, the term full-stack development may sound like a buzz word that is just a trendy concept, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. As the title suggests, it does give your development team superpowers. …
10 Minutes Could Save You On More Than Car Insurance: How We Take Time to Build Quality In
Many modern software teams do not give enough attention to the quality of their work. We spend a lot of time improving our processes of how we write and deploy code and delivering great products that our …
Cool Wave: How to Navigate Hiring and Interviewing for Product Management Jobs
Last quarter, we hired a new Product Manager to support our growing team. After navigating a sea of candidates, we were lucky to hire a great fit for our team. However, the process was not easy, and …
So You Want to be a Product Manager
So you want to be a Product Manager? And not only in title! You aren’t looking to write requirements, hand them off to the development team, release, and repeat. You’re looking to discover the right problems and …
Sharpen Your Axe: How Slowing Down Can Help You Speed Up
MAN VS TREE A young man was walking down his street and saw his neighbor chopping down a tree in his yard. The young man stopped and watched for a while and noticed his neighbor getting very …
In the Competitive Arena: How a Change in Perspective Can Bring a Lot of Joy
Some people love competition. However, when the subject of competition comes up during a coaching session, the emotions instead are usually centered on anxiety and fear. How is it possible for competition to evoke pure joy in …
Removing All Confusion: Expectations of a Product Manager
We’ve written a lot about Product Management. Nikki wrote a blog post about how to find a good position when you’re searching. There is another post about how the title “Product Manager” can mean so many different …
Quality as a Responsibility, Not a Role
There are all kinds of checks and balances that can be put into place, and much planning and preparation that comes with the territory of ensuring high-quality software. But sometimes – despite our best efforts – errors …