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Take Part in Our 5th Annual Study of Product Teams

In 2016, Agile, Business Analysis, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Marketing, Product Owner, product team assessment, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Take Charge Product Management, The Study of Product Team Performance, Uncategorized, User Experience by [email protected]

A week ago we kicked off our 5th annual study of product teams. This year’s study is sponsored by our partners; Accelerance, Planbox and Project Connections. Our continuing market research enjoys the …

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Product Vision: Why Should I Have One?

In 2015, Agile, Business Analysis, Innovation, Lean, Marketing, Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, Uncategorized, Updates, User Experience by [email protected]

Last week I wrote a post describing the difference between product strategy and product roadmaps. All too often product roadmaps are created without the benefit of a coherent product strategy …

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Product Roadmap and Product Strategy – What’s the Difference?

In 2015, Agile, Alignment, Business Analysis, Lean, Marketing, ProdBOK, Product Management, Product Management Facts, Product Management Toolkit, Product Marketing, Product Owner, Product Teams, Project Management, Scrum, Strategy, Take Charge Product Management, User Experience, Voice of the Customer by [email protected]

Earlier this week a good friend of mine, who works in technology, asked me a question – what’s the difference between product strategy and a product roadmap? It turns out …

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Core Product Team Performance and Size

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

In our latest market research we asked two questions related to core product teams. By “core” we mean the central members who play a day-to-day role in product development activities. …

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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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Are Organizations Effective At Decision-Making?

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

There is no question that effective decision-making is an important element of success. However, in our latest market research it appears that organizations are not as effective at making and …