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I appreciate the idea of long-living teams (as opposed to disbanding after a feature or release), so when someone on VMware Slack mentioned…

From a podcast, one of the best analogies I've ever heard on agility as a spectrum. The host basically asks, what if a customer wants it…

Nice short article on how we've tried to find a holy grail of product metrics, but there isn't one way to measure success. Here's a quote…

I thought this was a neat illustration - I think this acquisition proves we've hit all three?

They go by many names (North Star Metric, product principles) but I like the idea of having a singular goal that creates alignment and helps…

I don't remember when I saved this, but I think it broadly conveys that product development is messy. Some thoughts comparing the two paths…

U.S. military strategist Roy Adams told me this story about an “aha” moment he had in Iraq. He was having a beer with a friend who was in…

A person who wins a game of Scrabble one evening may be late for work because they forgot to set their alarm clock. How could the same…

A 2-min video and some ideas I borrowed re: Cost of Delay. Imagine you leave the house 15 minutes late resulting in a 30-minute longer…

🤔 What's our game plan for sunsetting features? Sure, we've heard of "featuritis" via Word Perfect or Photoshop (where 80% of the value…

Interesting quote from a book about rapid skill acquisition: Imagine the opposite of what you want. A counterintuitive way to gain insight…

Some interesting parallels with product development from this The Founder clip: prototypes keep things flexible (chalk lines vs. a custom…

Twitter thread I came across this morning... Linear roadmaps are misleading without a crystal ball for seeing the future. A roadmap that…

From a newsletter by Jeff Gothelf -- succeeding with OKRs includes understanding what they are, how they are different from traditional…

I liked this depiction of the path towards our north star... how to get there could be obscured, but a clearly defined vision / purpose…

👇 This wasn't a product quote at all, but I made an adjustment to make it applicable... When customer feedback is immediate, clear, and…

Basecamp / Jason Fried have been vocal in their aversion to backlogs. With a new product launch, and requests flooding in, how do they…

I feel like we're still struggling to put MVPs to work, which I 100% understand and empathize with. One issue is the only real forcing…

Similar to the balanced of inputs I'd love to see in each of our releases. By having a healthy diet of balanced inputs, we can better…

Some great ideas on this customer-focused challenge from a product analytics company.

One of the more interesting comparisons of a pull vs. push system. Say I-ask you "what will you get done today David?" And without…

Jeff Bezos on True Customer Obsession (emphasis mine) There are many ways to center a business. You can be competitor focused, you can be…

How are we collecting product or process ideas? This is from the perspective of Human Resources, but excerpt from Kim Scott's Radical Candor…

Here is a webinar I captured this morning - Transforming Your Organization the Simple Way. It's pretty darn great. The actual webinar is…

I've been reading a book about roadmapping, and today on a customer call we heard a need for something we had just de-scoped from the next…