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Product Goals in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Background Story : Readers familiar with the history of Scrum—sometimes lovingly referred to as Scrumtorians—will undoubtedly know that it has contained sprint goals at least since 2002 and a (product) vision since 2004 , even though the latter is not mentioned in the Scrum Guide.

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The Power of Amazon's Written Narratives

Sachin Rekhi

But by 2004, Jeff Bezos had become increasingly frustrated with the lack of productivity he felt from the exec meetings he held with product teams. In 2004, Bezos and team came across an essay by Edward Tufte , a Yale professor who is an authority on the visualization of information. Get used to it."

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The Future Is Now: 5 Revolutionary Designs That Have Defined the Last 20 Years

freshtrax

Social Media Platforms (2004-Present) It’s hard to imagine a world before social media. Platforms like Facebook (since 2004), X (formerly Twitter) (since 2006), and Instagram (since 2010) have changed the way we communicate.

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The Product Strategy and the Product Life Cycle

Roman Pichler

Making the iPod Windows-compatible and launching iTunes helped the product bridge the chasm shown in Figure 1, achieve product-market fit, and enter the growth stage in 2004. [2] 2] iPod sales reached their peak in 2008, which also marked the start of the maturity stage. In 2009, sales started to decline.

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OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

If you work with a public product roadmap, then I advise using vague time frames such as in the second half of 2004 or in 2025. [6] See the article The GO Product Roadmap for a roadmap example with multiple goals. [5] 6] OKRs are usually set for a quarter, see Radical Focus , 2 nd ed., 8] Figure 4 shows part of my product strategy model. [9]

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Product Goals in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Background Story : Readers familiar with the history of Scrum—sometimes lovingly referred to as Scrumtorians—will undoubtedly know that it has contained sprint goals at least since 2002 and a (product) vision since 2004 , even though the latter is not mentioned in the Scrum Guide.

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429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

The award started in 1988, and in 2004 the OCI committee was asked to write a chapter for the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development about the OCI award. We conducted two more retrospective analyses covering 2004-2013 and 2014-2021. 9:40] What are key innovation practices that winners have in common?