Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Before I discuss how you can help an underachieving team, let’s briefly explore what good performance looks like, assuming that an agile, Scrum-based process is used. As the person in charge of the product, you depend on the work of the development team and you are, of course, affected by poor performance. But this would be wrong.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager. The Brave New Agile World.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

But the value a product creates is ultimately determined by its users: No product will be successful in the long run if it does not solve a specific user problem, create a tangible benefit, or help the users achieve a specific goal. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 15, 2023

This article explores the concept of an agility healthcare system and provides solutions to overcome implementation challenges. Get to know about the term “agility healthcare” Agility healthcare is developed by agile which is a way to manage projects that many companies use.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Agile just turned twenty-one, but don’t put away that fake ID yet. This software development methodology is still in its infancy when it comes to our understanding of which teams should be embracing it and which should be shunning it. Perhaps after twenty-one years it’s time to look back at what exactly spurred this obsession.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 13, 2018

With passage of time it becomes more and more challenging to make the transition from traditional waterfall method to agile practices. In contrast, the service or project based companies will often encounter customers who will order something with a fixed time, fixed budget and fixed scope. What is Wagile?

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

As the title of this episode conveys, our discussion will weave together topics for aligning customers’ needs and business strategy. They’re about cutting sprints and prioritizing user stories. We had a lot of feedback from focus groups and call centers. There were two types of tools that were available.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 22, 2022

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. The CEO joining us is Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice, the first product feedback and research tool for software companies. In product management, we talk about adding value to a customer, and that’s not precise enough for everyone.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I recently had the pleasure of having a conversation with Pam Ashby, a strategist at the Agile Business Consortium , to explore the world of Business Agility. Business Agility is a topic that’s been gaining momentum and for a good reason. What is Business Agility? Below are key takeaways from our discussion.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2021

One of the many Agile myths is that it is difficult to manage evolving requirements. However, veterans of the software testing world know that agile development is a superior method to manage the constantly changing needs that many software development projects encounter.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

What is agile release planning? TL;DR Agile release planning breaks the project scope into smaller chunks and prioritizes their delivery over a number of iterations. TL;DR Agile release planning breaks the project scope into smaller chunks and prioritizes their delivery over a number of iterations. Agile release planning.

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Split

MARCH 1, 2023

By enabling feature toggles within the codebase, developers can quickly turn ON or OFF features without having to go through the entire development cycle over and over again. Feature toggles have become increasingly popular among software developers. This is a significant time saver and life saver. Even Better!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. market intelligence, results from experiments, user interviews, statistical data).

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Tyner Blain

MAY 24, 2017

Taking agile, a process otherwise optimized for small, cross-functional, collaborative teams and making it work at scale is fascinating. ” I’ve spent the last half-year in the beginning of my journey understanding how agile product management at scale can work. For agile at scale, I don’t believe this is true.

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Tyner Blain

JUNE 11, 2017

When an executive, too far removed from what makes creating products hard thinks of “agile” as a silver bullet it becomes difficult to manage expectations. The business practice of agility (small a) – specifically when an organization, and not just a technology team, adopts the practice – has a lot of potential.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Customers are dissatisfied with your current product and churn at a high rate. And software developers and testers want to know that their time spent writing and testing code is purposeful. Sometimes an account manager emails you about a complaint that a major customer has and demands to know when the fix will release.

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Product Takeoff

MARCH 19, 2019

From positioning your product in the market place to developing a customer journey map for their experience inside a store, both can be strategies that can define how the product will be rated.At The big picture for Product Management is based on these principles of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 26, 2021

The name of this podcast is changing to Product Mastery Now, to better reflect our purpose of helping product managers becoming product masters, gaining practical knowledge, influence and confidence so you’ll create products customers love. . Scrum is the most popular Agile methodology and there is a good chance you are using it.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Agile UX is a design methodology based on the principles of Agile software development. Agile is a proven software development approach that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration and efficiency. Agile UX adopts the same values, reframed in the context of digital design projects.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

An example of the former would be “Find out if users are willing to share personal data as part of the initial registration process” to address a user-interaction risk. An example for the latter might be “Finish the dashboard so it can be released to the test users”. Software development is an exciting but demanding profession.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. I designed every detail in Photoshop before handing the mockups to the developers. Desperate to find an alternative to our ineffective process, I stumbled upon Agile and it blew my mind. Our design process was waterfall.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. When it comes to metrics in Agile , the data itself is not the goal — instead, it’s a means of tracking your journey, testing hypotheses, and providing feedback as you head towards your next goal. .

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Traditionally, Waterfall model was used as an SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) Methodology. Agile talks about Iterative & Incremental Software development, which gives it the ability to adapt to changes whenever required. Iterative v/s Incremental Development. When to use Agile?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The overall scope of software development is impacting not only the depths of user’s lifestyles but also the growth and success of businesses and enterprises as well. When on one side, users tend to be more dependent on trends and technology-enabled software makes it easier for them to function in their daily lives.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. When it comes to metrics in Agile , the data itself is not the goal — instead, it’s a means of tracking your journey, testing hypotheses, and providing feedback as you head towards your next goal. .

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

However, as I was explaining to him, I understood that this textbook definition doesn’t offer many insights. A product (software) is a solution to a common problem shared across multiple customers. Similarly, Product Managers employ several techniques and design patterns to nudge users to do the desired actions.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 2, 2019

This allows you to quickly respond to market feedback, experiment with new ideas, and make any architecture and technology changes that may be required in order to move into the growth stage. To avoid this risk, start with one product person in charge of the product, one development team, and one Scrum Master. 3 Build an MVP.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

The majority of such apps have undergone iterative and incremental development to enhance and improve their features. Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. It is a methodology that is followed by a majority of software development companies today. But it is not the only game in town.

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UX Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Until this time, I had been working as a software developer by profession and as a UX Designer on my own, on personal projects. By attending this conference, I got encouraged to make my team see the need for user-centered design in product development and learned about ways to introduce the UX design process within the team.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

TL; DR: Why Agile Turns into Micromanagement Agile turns into micromanagement as a result of the middle management’s resistance to change. Update 2020–10–11: I added new content, updated the ‘State of Agile Checklist,’ and fixed some content debt. Do you want to get articles like this one on agile micromanagement in your inbox?

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Mind the Product

MAY 30, 2019

In Agile software development, so-called sprint demos are a key part of every iteration, but whatever product you’re building, be it an app, a website (or even a physical product), demos can be incredibly valuable. In addition to getting feedback on the product, you can also get feedback on the demo itself.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. What is Agile?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 20, 2025

Software bugs are a budget killer for your company and a buzzkill for your users. Even with a rigorous software testing process, one pesky bug always slips through. In 2014, a software error on Amazon caused some items to drop to just one penny. When issues arise, customer support teams receive a surge in tickets.

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Usersnap

JUNE 11, 2019

Agile QA approach and user experience driven development (UXDD) have taken modern software development and testing by storm. Today’s agile methodology demands speed and agility in all phases of software development – including testing. Risk of QA failure in the agile workspace.

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