Tag: Agile

• “Sprint” [Day 4] (Book Review)

  

  Once you and your team have created storyboards, you’ll spend the fourth day of the sprint creating a prototype. In “Sprint”, Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz talk about a “fake it” approach to turn a storyboard into a realistic prototype. Fake It The fourth day of your sprint is all about illusion; instead…

  marcabraham

  September 10, 2016

  Agile, Design, Lean, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, product management, UX

• “Sprint” [Day 2] (Book Review)

  

  Once you’ve set a target as part of Day 1 of your sprint, the next step is for you and your team to look at solutions. On the second day of the sprint, you’ll be coming up with solutions, and sketching them. This day consists of two key activities: (1) review ideas to remix and…

  marcabraham

  September 3, 2016

  Agile, Design, Google, Lean, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, product management, startup, UX

• “Sprint” [Day 1] (Book Review)

  

  In my previous post I started looking at doing 5-day sprints to discover and test solutions for a problem that you’re trying to solve. This follows my reading of “Sprint” by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz. Once you’ve set the stage for a sprint, it’s time to kick things off: the first day of…

  marcabraham

  September 1, 2016

  Agile, Design, Digital Strategy, Lean, Measuring, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, product management, UX

• My Product Management Toolkit (13): Continuous Discovery

  

  I know it’s a bit of a bugbear of mine; people coming up with assumptions and jumping straight into solutions to address their assumptions: “I know what my customers want”  “I know that I’m right” “I’ve got umpteen years of experience in this sector, I know what people want” “We’ve defined all customer requirements, we now…

  marcabraham

  August 20, 2016

  Agile, Product Management, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, product management, UX

• My Product Management Toolkit (9): Playing Devil’s Advocate

  

  How often do you get agitated when someone starts challenging your product idea? What’s your typical reaction when people ask critical questions about your assumptions or an idea that you’ve come up with? I have to admit that I’ve learned – and will continue to learn – to not take challenges or criticism personally. I…

  marcabraham

  May 7, 2016

  Agile, Product Management

  Agile, collaboration, product management