Tag: product management
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Collaborative user research – Learning from Erika Hall

I recently listened to a podcast where the mighty Jared Spool talked to Erika Hall about collaborative or team based research. Erika is co-founder of a design company called Mule Design and author of Just Enough Research. These are the main things I learned about collaborative user research from listening to Jared and Erika talking…
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No more features on product roadmaps – Have themes or goals instead!

You might have read my one of my previous blog posts about the so-called goal oriented roadmap. I prefer goal-oriented roadmaps over their more traditional counterparts. My problem is that ‘classic’ roadmaps contain a mix of features and timings, but don’t provide any context whatsoever (I’ve included an example below). I typically don’t include features on a roadmap and focus on…
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“What Product Managers Need To Know About Rapid Prototyping” (Book Review)

“What Product Managers Need To Know About Rapid Prototyping” by Mike Fishbein and Josh Wexler is a great ebook for any product manager keen on prototyping before building the actual product. Mike Fishbein is a content manager with Alpha UX and Josh Wexler is a solutions director at Originate. In this book, they’ve collated their learnings and tips…
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“The Lean Enterprise” (Book Review)

Most of the product people or businesses that I speak to all seem to want one thing: to be ‘lean’. They all nod when you talk about wasting resources on making products that no wants to buy. They’ve picked up on the approach adopted by many successful startups who have got the capacity to learn…
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“The Checklist Manifesto” (Book Review)

Before I tell you more about “The Checklist Manifesto” written by Atuwal Gawande, a US-based surgeon, I feel I need to make a confession: I LOVE check and to do lists. The Checklist Manifesto therefore felt like the right book for me to read since it explains the role and value of checklists. In this book,…
