Category: Product Management
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Learning about how Spotify builds products
It was interesting to read a very detailed breakdown of how Spotify build products by Henrik Kniberg. Kniberg is a Swedish Agile expert who consults with a lot of different companies on how to best implement Agile and Lean practices. Kniberg is well respected when it comes to iterative development and Spotify is growing rapidly within the…
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Developing my own product – Creating a product vision
One of my longstanding dreams has been to develop my own product. My own creation, from start-to-finish, is something I’d really wanted to do. The goal is not to become the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, but it would be great to having something that people can actually use and that’s ‘my own’. So…
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Book review: “Running Lean”
Eric Ries started it and now everyone is doing it. It wasn’t that long ago that Eric Ries starting writing about the “lean startup”, evangelising a culture of continuous improvement within startups. Ash Maurya has also written a book on this subject called “Running Lean”. Published earlier this year, “Running Lean” offers a lot of practical tips on…
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Learning about becoming a good product owner
I recently did a Certified Scrum Product Owner course (‘CSPO course’) facilitated by Gabrielle Benefield. Gabrielle is a very experienced product manager and agile specialist, who has worked closely with businesses and agile practitioners to establish agile development practices. Doing this course helped in driving home some of the key responsibilities of a good product owner:…
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What I’m learning about hiring good product managers
I’ve recently started hiring product managers to join our product team at 7digital. I’ve been impressed with the number of job applications I’ve been receiving from a lot of clearly talented and experienced people. The question, though, remains: “how do you find the right product manager for your organisation and its specific challenges?” These are…
