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Articles by Joe Van Os
What we should do with a Scrum Team’s fluctuating Velocity trends?
Focussing on what if there is a variance observed in the growing trend of Velocity for a team. Velocity is one of the indicators for a ‘stable’ Scrum Team used in making better team forecasts. Measuring Velocity and studying patterns over a period of time does make sense when it is the same folks staying together and pull work as a team. With frequently changing team members, there might be an impact on the Scrum Team’s Velocity. But is that the only factor influencing the Velocity of the team?
How to Write App Development Request For Proposals (RFP) Correctly
‘I need a website that will bring $10 a day’ — we got this request long before our MVP development agency was founded. At that time, our PURRbosses, Alexander and Anton, worked as freelancers. There were no other details. And, you know, sometimes such a request is better than a 75-pages technical requirement. Hey, my name is Kristina Spiridonova, I’m an account manager at Purrweb.
Product Public Release Checklist
What you can't forget when launching products or features to real customers. Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash So you finished the implementation of that amazing new feature or product and you think that you're ready to launch it to real customers. If you work on a B2C product with millions of daily users you might know that any public release, even for a small percentage of the user base, can have a huge impact on the software, operations and brand.
8 Best Note-Taking Apps to Speed Up Your Productivity & Task Management
NOTE-TAKING A comprehensive guide to choosing the best note-taking app for you. I have spent the past few weeks searching for a note-taking app that will be perfect for my daily use. After some extensive research, I found that there are plenty of good options available in the market — the challenge comes down to analyzing all of the apps based on different parameters to find the perfect fit. Every app has its pros and cons.
The Product Complexity Paradox
Complexity is an alluring trap, but the hidden costs can be crushing People have a strange relationship with complexity. We tend to overcomplicate simple problems and oversimplify complicated problems. In either case, this complexity bias results in a general mindset that more complexity is almost certainly better – when building products this typically appears as the concept that more features must mean more value for the user.
Revisiting the Principles of Being Agile
As we approach the 20th birthday of the Agile Manifesto, it may be time to take a hard look at a few of the principles. As we near the 20th birthday of the Agile Manifesto its amazing to see how the core principles are as relevant today as ever before. That being said, the world has changed a lot in the last 20 years — and time may have exposed a few cracks.
Agile und techy: So entsteht ein t3n Magazin
Die heiligen Hallen der Print-Produktion (Foto: Johannes Schuba) Wie entsteht eigentlich so ein Heft? Seit nunmehr 59 Ausgaben produziert ein interdisziplinäres Team viermal im Jahr das t3n Magazin — seit knapp zwei Jahren mit einem völlig neuen Workflow, der eher aus der Entwicklung bekannt ist. Chefredakteur Luca Caracciolo über Jira, Story-Punkte und Bottlenecks.
Product Focus Funnel
A guiding framework for understanding the ‘Why’, defining the ‘What’, and making big ideas a reality. Lack of focus is the number one reason attributed to startup failures by venture capitalists. Focus is a pretty ambiguous term, what does it mean? How is it created? The Product Focus Funnel Focus begins with strategy. Good strategy provides clarity on what goals are important and why, along with a plan to reach those goals. Clarity allows teams to understand their purpose, and align on common goals.
The Misunderstood World of Product Growth
Relentlessly growing a product seems like a no-brainer. The upside is obvious: more revenue, more customers, more money for research and development, and so on. When it comes to growth, there are so many benefits that the downside is often overlooked. The truth is there are a lot of trade-offs that are being made, and often those trade-offs are leaving products or businesses exposed to lurking risks.
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