Philip Rogers Phil started his career as an Air Force Officer in the 1980s, and has since worked with private- and public-sector organizations, as well as not-for-profits, in program and project management and DevOps. He's a digital imaging specialist at the Smithsonian, enjoys live music, and is a theatre, film, cycling, hiking, and swimming enthusiast.

Stories by Philip Rogers

What Is Extreme Programming (XP) As An Agile Methodology?

What is Extreme Programming (XP) as an agile methodology?

Product Management

XP practices are more central to the way that work is done compared to traditional projects. XP aims to deliver stable, working software, predictably.

Philip Rogers
Aug 14, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
Write Meaningful User Stories With The INVEST Principle

Writing meaningful user stories with the INVEST principle

Product Management

The INVEST principle is a practice/framework to follow when creating user stories. INVEST stands for independent, negotiable, valuable, estimatable, small, and testable.

Philip Rogers
Aug 10, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
A Guide To Scrum Master Interview Questions

A guide to scrum master interview questions

Product Management

A scrum master serves a team by coaching team members to understand agile and scrum values, principles, and practices.

Philip Rogers
Aug 8, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
Behavior-Driven Development Principles And Practices

Behavior-driven development principles and practices

Product Management

BDD is a model where collaboration among the designers, builders, and testers is always at the forefront.

Philip Rogers
Jul 5, 2023 ⋅ 10 min read
A Guide To DORA Metrics

A guide to DORA metrics

Product Management

The DORA group outlines specific metrics to track and work towards in order to get the most out of your product.

Philip Rogers
Jun 29, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
Unleashing The Power Of Site Reliability Engineering SRE

Unleashing the power of site reliability engineering (SRE)

Product Management

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is a software management approach that seeks to bridge the gap between development and operations teams.

Philip Rogers
Jun 26, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
Mean Time To Repair MTTR System Reliability Metrics

What is MTTR? Examples and guide to system performance

Product Management

Mean time to repair (MTTR) measures the time required to identify a product failure and bring the product to its normal operating status.

Philip Rogers
Jun 21, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
The Ansoff Matrix Comprehensive Overview Examples

The Ansoff matrix: Comprehensive overview with examples

Product Management

The four components (quadrants) of an Ansoff matrix serve to help with making trade-off decisions: market penetration, market development, product development, and product/market diversification.

Philip Rogers
May 26, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read