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How Actionable Are Your Product Team’s Requirements?

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Where Does Your Team Fall On The Requirements Continuum? Regardless of methodology used only 15% of product teams indicate that they benefit from consistently actionable requirements. Nearly two-thirds of survey responders indicate …

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Training’s ROI According to Andy Grove

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I recently started a book by Ben Horowitz entitled “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.” Ben covers a wide range to topics which are particularly pertinent to CEO’s and entrepreneurs …

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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?

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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

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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 …

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10 Workplace Skills That Are Increasingly Important To Your Success

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Recently the Institute for the Future published a study* identifying key workplace skills that are essential for professional success. The IFTF believes that there are 10 skills that top the list. While I …