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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general. Basic technology execution is becoming easier too. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure.

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Become a Product Visionary with Alternative Futures Analysis

The Product Coalition

This is a well known mantra among tech CEOs, especially Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Alternative futures analysis is a structured analytic technique that helps teams predict how the future might unfold. With this knowledge in hand, teams can more effectively identify and exploit opportunities and adopt risk strategies.

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. How would she provide the right technical direction for the company?

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Top 5 Observational Research Best Practices

BrainMates

Whether observing people using a technology or system in the workplace, at home, or out in public, it can provide insights not available in quantitative data. We listened and diligently documented how they created and captured series and episodic metadata, and how it flowed through the ecosystem. Put simply, metadata matters.

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Why Product Request SLAs Fail

Mironov Consulting

doesn’t change the fact that 275 of them will never make it into the product development queue. So each product manager will now spend 1120+ hours/week thoughtfully reviewing and prioritizing and responding to incoming requests.   And requesters really don’t just want any answer: they want a YES answer.

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Treat Your Career Like you Treat Your Products by Adam Warburton

Mind the Product

We all treat our products with care, respect, and diligence. Knowing that we’re wanted by another group is good for our esteem – we’re in demand and it can help to damp down imposter syndrome (albeit only for a short-lived period). It’s our job to make good decisions. Why do people switch jobs? Find a Mentor.

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The Rise of Modern Product Discovery

Product Talk

I love that Marty Cagan and Jeff Patton have long been advocates of dual-track development. If you aren’t familiar with dual-track development, it’s the separation of product discovery from product delivery. User stories and user story mapping help a team align around the top priorities and get clarity around what they are delivering.