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Innovation: Product Management’s Sweet Spot

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Disruptive product, Innovation, Lean, Marketing, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, User Experience by [email protected]

Organizations value innovation. While everyone agrees that innovation is an important activity the effective execution of innovation activities is often more difficult to achieve. In fact, we have found that the …

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Product Development Methodology Adoption Rate Trend Line: 2012 To 2015

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

Over the last four years we have been closely tracking adoption rates for various product development methodologies. It has been fascinating to track the exponential rise of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum. …

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Product Profitability: Which Development Methods Favorably Impact Profitability?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Disruptive product, Innovation, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

Back in 2012 I was presenting findings from our first annual study of product team performance when I was asked by a product manager “how does the choice of product …

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User Experience’s Continuing Rise

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Innovation, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Sean Van Tyne, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

First A Glance Back The importance of user experience to an organization’s products grows each year. User experience first emerged as a statistically significant factor in our 2014 study when we …

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Stand-Ups Drive Improved Performance – True or False?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, News, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

Analysis of this year’s data reveals the importance of regularly conducting effective stand-up meetings. In fact, the more frequently stand-up meetings are held, the more likely product teams are to achieve high performance. Stand-Up …

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Product Development Methodology Utilization in 2015

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

In 2012 we began tracking product development methodology utilization by product teams and their organizations. It has been interesting to watch the exponential rise of Agile (Scrum in particular) and the precipitous fall …