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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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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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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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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.

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Five Ways to Track Customer Sentiment

Alchemer Mobile

Whether a customer completes a purchase, leaves a review, or mentions your company socially, there is always an emotional state connected to their action. Customer reviews are a great way to track sentiment, and in-app ratings prompts can help inspire customers to leave their thoughts on your mobile experience. In-app ratings prompts.

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Building High-Performing Product Teams

Roman Pichler

2] Use the Right Goals A team is, by definition, a group of individuals who work together on the same goal. This aligns everyone and ensures that the various deliverables and outputs—for instance, the source code, the end-user documentation, the marketing collateral, and the training materials—fit together.