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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. 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.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. Treat the team as a valued partner and recognise the effort the group made.

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Everything You Need to Know about Product Portfolio Strategy

Roman Pichler

A product portfolio strategy is a high-level plan that helps you maximise the value a group of products creates. Their visions, target groups, needs, standout features , and business goals must comply with the overall portfolio strategy. [1] A product portfolio is a group of products.

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Bought-in and paid for: how Atlassian bridge the gap from freemium to enterprise sales

Intercom, Inc.

Right off the bat, Kristen acknowledges that the freemium model isn’t a universal cheat code for winning sales. The beauty of the freemium model in an enterprise setting is that the supplier due diligence process is already much further along. Listen to the full episode above or check out Kristen’s key takeaways below.

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12 Best NPS Software and Survey Tools to Consider

Userpilot

Think of Net Promoter Score (NPS) software as a tool to measure your customers’ feelings about your product, and categorize them based on their level of loyalty (promoters, neutrals, and detractors). Plus, the ability to create custom NPS dashboards allow you to analyze the results easily without writing a line of code.

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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. These words have a major effect on the groups they’re marginalizing.

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Succeeding with Product Delivery and Scrum: 10 Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Note that frequently adapting your product requires that it’s easy to modify the code. If the software is brittle and the code quality is poor, changing the product will take longer and be more expensive. It is therefore worthwhile to measure the code quality and minimise technical debt. Third, form a product team.