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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So 1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This

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The three strands of brand authenticity

Intercom, Inc.

More recently, however, I’ve realized that the technology industry at large struggles with such clarity and consistency – in marketing terms, there is often a difficulty developing a clear value proposition that aligns with product and brand identity. 1 Poor definition of value proposition and feature focus.

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Let’s Abandon Customers and Users

Mironov Consulting

Especially in B2C or B2B2C markets where our tech is part of a long value chain: perhaps our software helps some employee collect data to tune a service that improves delivery of some consumer product… Creating real-world value is a multi-step process involving many players. We encourage our teams to focus effort where it matters most.

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Understanding Enterprise Product Companies

Mironov Consulting

So a prospect might agree that “if your tech support chatbot will really cut our live support calls by 25%, I’ll buy it,” but there’s probably a pilot production phase where we have to demonstrate effectiveness. Long Sales Cycles, Weak Attribution, Few Data Points. Our stuff has to work before much money flows.

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost  (Hint: replacing everyone on those teams doesn’t seem to fix the problem.)  That each week they leave a fresh gift (💩) for the tech side to clean up – displacing whatever was planned.  But

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Embedded Analytics Examples and Use Cases in 23 Different Industries

Reveal

Businesses of all industries and all sizes incorporate embedded analytics technologies and capabilities into their own software, SaaS platforms, Angular apps , or other apps because of the tremendous benefits that they get. Reveal Embedded Analytics. See Reveal in Action. Banking : Deliver great benefits to customers and employees alike.

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How to Prepare Banks for Digital Transformation

The Product Coalition

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

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