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Size Matters: Creating Optimally Sized User Stories
In Agile development methodologies, User Stories express desired product functionality from the perspective of a given persona. It’s these User Stories that the development team will estimate and ultimately implement as part of a development iteration/sprint. As a product manager, if you want predictable results and a steady burn-down from your development team, [...]
Use Kano Analysis to Prioritize the Product Backlog
Deciding which features to put into the next release is one of the more agonizing decisions that a product manager has to make. If you are like most, you’ve got a list of desired features which far exceeds the time and resource constraints under which your next release will be created. Leaving some [...]
Utilize Patterns to Catalyze Innovation
Well managed, innovative R&D can lead a company to amazing technological breakthroughs, market dominance, and financial success. Poorly managed attempts at innovation, however, can take the company down a much uglier path. So, how do you harness the creative potential of you customers and employees to innovate for success? Utilize time tested patterns to catalyze innovation.
