Just in time product management resources
One thing you need to make sure you do as a product manager is keep your stakeholders appraised of what is going on with your product. To make things interesting you most likely have to adjust what you communicate and how you communicate it for different stakeholders. Sometimes those differences in communication are based on …
Many times when working on an initiative, you aren’t initially given an outcome to shoot for. The natural thing to do in that situation is to find out what problem you’re trying to solve. So what happens when you do that research and you end up hearing “process efficiency” and when you try to establish …
I have a confession to make. I’ve suggested several times that you should focus on outcomes over outputs, but I don’t believe I’ve ever really explained why… Whoops. So now it’s time to correct that oversight. Specifically, I’d like to take a look at the benefits and pitfalls of focusing on outcomes over outputs. But …
A common refrain for product people is to make sure you’re trying to solve a problem, not just deliver a prescribed solution. That is definitely great advice, but how do you know you’re solving the real problem? It’s easy to take a look at a solution you’ve been asked to deliver, such as “I need …
You’ve decided you want to learn more about product ownership. You may be new to a product owner role. You may have recently done a personal retrospective and identified learning more about product ownership as one of the things you wanted to start doing. There are a lot of options out there, So Where do …
What is a personal retrospective Personal retrospectives are technique that you can use to examine what happened in the past year to identify what habits you should do in the year coming up. The key is, instead of making resolutions that you’re going to break anyway, decide what habits you should adopt. When to do …
I started using the term internal product mainly for convenience so that I didn’t have to list off a bunch of examples every time I addressed a specific context. I probably take it a step too far when I use the term internal product management to mean the application of product management techniques to internal …
The term “best practice” is frequently used to describe a process, technique, or practice that was successful for one team, organization or industry and are copied by others who believe if it worked for them, it will work for us. Unfortunately, a practice that works great in one context may not work as well in …
Have you ever been confused about whether a product backlog item is an epic, feature, or user story? Ever questioned whether you needed themes? As long as your team understands what the product backlog item means when you start to work on it, you really shouldn’t care if it’s called an epic, feature or user …
I had the opportunity to take part in the creation of version 2 of the Agile Extension to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge. This was a great opportunity to shape the broader conversation on the intersection of agile and business analysis. One of the things that I’m particularly pleased about the Agile Extension is …
This is the ninth, and final, post in a series that take a look at the agile business analyst in terms of Laura Brandenburg’s 8 step business analysis process which serves as the foundation for Bridging the Gap’s BA Essentials Master Class. Go to The characteristics of an agile business analyst for an introduction to …
This is the eighth in a series of posts that take a look at the agile business analyst in terms of Laura Brandenburg’s 8 step business analysis process which serves as the foundation for Bridging the Gap’s BA Essentials Master Class. Go to The characteristics of an agile business analyst for an introduction to this …
This is the seventh in a series of posts that take a look at the agile business analyst in terms of Laura Brandenburg’s 8 step business analysis process which serves as the foundation for Bridging the Gap’s BA Essentials Master Class. Go to The characteristics of an agile business analyst for an introduction to this …
This is the sixth in a series of posts that take a look at the agile business analyst in terms of Laura Brandenburg’s 8 step business analysis process which serves as the foundation for Bridging the Gap’s BA Essentials Master Class. Go to The characteristics of an agile business analyst for an introduction to this …
This is the fifth in a series of posts that take a look at the agile business analyst in terms of Laura Brandenburg’s 8 step business analysis process which serves as the foundation for Bridging the Gap’s BA Essentials Master Class. Go to The characteristics of an agile business analyst for an introduction to this …
