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As a Product Owner, I don’t know what questions to ask.

January 10, 2018 January 10, 2018Product Ownership 0

I don’t know where the conversation is going when I speak with stakeholders. I have a general feel but their responses could take us in an entirely new direction that we never thought to explore. I usually start with “what drives your business” or “what makes people want to buy…

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F2FWTC™

November 9, 2017 November 9, 2017Innovation, Product Ownership 0

Face to Face With the Customer. You can send out as many surveys as you want but you’ll never understand the aggravation your user community is feeling until you’re sitting across from them while they struggle to use your software.

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What an MVP is, and is not.

November 1, 2017 November 1, 2017Product Ownership 0

Let’s start off with what an MVP is not – it’s not the least amount of stuff that can be done in the sprint. What it is intended to be is a learning tool, you’re supposed to be validating your hypothesis (or hypotheses) with an MVP. If you’re not validating…

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Some of the best product advice I ever got.

September 22, 2017 September 22, 2017Product Ownership 0

I was fortunate to listen first-hand to Steve Blank explain, in no uncertain terms, that if he ever found his Marketing team in the office again, he’d fire them. Because the answers aren’t in the office, they’re “out there”. So go “out there” and find the answers. So many times…

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From Concept to Launch, Own the Results.

August 21, 2017 September 22, 2017Product Ownership 0

One of the best lessons of product ownership I ever got was from a CEO who asked me “How did this get away from you?” My response was “Well, Marketing took it over…” He lost his shit over that response, and rightly so. The initial intent of the product got…

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Product: It’s difficult and time consuming.

August 11, 2017 September 14, 2017Product Ownership 0

Building a solid product, or even building a solid product team, takes time. If you’re responsible for a product and you don’t understand this, it’s going to be a difficult time for both you and the team. Here’s an analogy. Races aren’t won on race day. They’re won or lost…

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