As with every process in agile development, the product development lifecycle is designed to help teams deliver value quickly and effectively through learning and iteration.
The fields of project management and product management are commonly — and erroneously — used interchangeably. In this guide, we unpack how the two roles differ.
Alpha testing is a step in the software release lifecycle designed to validate initial end-to-end user acceptance, adherence to product requirements, and viability for the market.
As much as we dislike deadlines, they’re often necessary for proper business planning. How do we balance hitting deadlines without burning out the team along the way?
Best practices to create a good product experience include gathering customer feedback, adhering to quality, following user-centered design (UCD) principles, and applying data-driven product management strategies.
Feature creep can be mitigated through prioritization, communication, technical planning, and effective negotiation of the ideas that still arise during execution.
Scrumban combines the structure and predictability of scrum with the flexibility and visualization of kanban to make agile teams more efficient and productive and help them continuously improve.
The RICE scoring method can be applied consistently across even the most disparate ideas, allowing for greater objectivity in the way you prioritize.
Objectives and key results (OKRs) can assist product managers in guiding and focusing the team’s efforts, increasing impact, establishing alignment, and ensuring everyone is on the same page.
Learn everything you need to know about Shape Up, including its history, why and when to use it, and key concepts.
What’s difference between product manager and product owner? The PM focuses on building the right product while the PO focuses on building the product right.
No matter where you are in your career, you can learn a lot from these product management books written by some of the best to ever do it.
