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Product Development Process Adoption: Can the Past Predict the Future?

In 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Toolkit, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

What Our Product Development Process Adoption Data Shows We have been tracking adoption rates for a variety of product development processes since 2012. This is the first year that we …

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Product Development Methods: Is Agile The Most Widely Used?

In 2014, Agile, Lean, News, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

We began tracking product development methodology adoption rates back in 2012, the first year we launched our global Study of Product Team Performance. Much has changed since 2012. Over the …

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Waterfall’s Steady Decline and Evolution

In 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, News, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, Updates by [email protected]

While Waterfall is far from dead there is no doubt that it is on a steady decline. In fact, a little over 10% of this year’s survey respondents indicate that …

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Is Your Product Team Part of the 10%?

In 2013, 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Mojo, News, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

Each year Actuation Consulting conducts a global study of product team performance. This will be the third year we have conducted our study. As I write this, we are putting …

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What is the Difference between an MRD and a PRD?

In 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized by [email protected]

The terms MRD, or Market Requirements Document, and PRD, or Product Requirements Document, are often used interchangeably. However, both documents are actually intended to serve a separate and distinct purpose. The core purpose of …

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Want To Be A Product Manager? Here Are Five Tips To Help You Succeed

In 2014, Agile, Business Analysis, Lean, Product Management, Product Management Consulting, Product Management Facts, Product Management Toolkit, Product Management Toolkits, Product Management Training, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Recruitment, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized by [email protected]

Many people aspire to become product managers. However, individuals can find it difficult to make the initial jump into the role. Unlike, project management or finance, the actual skills of …