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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves.

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A Practical Prioritization Approach for Technical Debt

The Product Coalition

Assume you have new feature requests from business, but your technical team wants to fix the technical debts first, what do you do?”. Before we get to the approach, lets look at the two different types of Technical debts that may come your way. The ‘Deliberate Tech Debts’ Imagine a scenario?—?‘You Copyright?—?Dilbert.com

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Product Operations — You Asked, We Answered

280 Group

How do you balance a solid ProdOps framework with giving product teams some autonomy to do things in a way that works best for them? The ProdOps team can provide accurate customer data and contact info pulled from other repositories. The ProdOps team is a valued partner to both! Thank you all for engaging in our webinar!

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Document. Refine. Repeat! Mastering the Product Process.

280 Group

It’s the spark that gives rise to innovative, ground-breaking product development. . The “phase-gate” approach was made popular by the “waterfall” development methodology, where products move through a series of handoffs between departments. Gate: Should the company fund product development to achieve these business goals? .

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Successful Roadmaps Avoid One Thing: Drift

The Product Coalition

Product managers and their teams start with enthusiasm, hit the ground running, and create a solid roadmap. The same is true for your roadmap — it takes more than diligence. As a matter of practice, review your vision and product strategy at the same time as you review your roadmap. The issue wasn’t the beginning.

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Modus Security: What’s Your Threat Surface?

Modus Create

But one thing technology leaders need to ask themselves is, “what are the threats we face?” The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery.

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Mastering Personas: A Product Manager’s Secret Weapon

280 Group

As technology continues to reshape consumer behaviors and preferences, some have begun to question the value of personas as a tool in the product manager’s arsenal. Despite their potential to unify teams and drive product success, personas can sometimes become more of a hindrance than a helpful tool.