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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide. Pearson Education, 2004. [2] “Agile Development: Lessons learned from the first scrum” Cutter Agile Project Management Advisory Service, Executive Update, Vol. 20, 2004: [link]. [3] User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development.

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What is design thinking and how can it help you innovate?

hackerearth

Titled “ Innovation of Products and Services: MIT’s Approach to Design Thinking ,” it is a course that “blends the perspectives of marketing, design, and engineering into a systematic approach to deliver innovation, and enables professionals and students to learn how to take a similar approach in their own businesses.”

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People Are Irrational, But Teams Don't Have to Be

Harvard Business Review

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." The project ran successfully for hardware development, and the project management tools worked exactly as expected.

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Does Hardware Even Matter Anymore?

Harvard Business Review

It will ease the way for companies launching and updating digital products, but it presents steep new learning curves that companies will have to master if they are to be successful. What I’m referring to is the migration of functionality from hardware to software. Software development will be more complex.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

But entrepreneurial know-how and energy can work very effectively in the context of plugging-in as a supplier, as Steve Cronce and thousands of others are learning. What helped Trolltech ultimately save the relationship was learning how to set expectations appropriately in light of the divergent cultures.

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Zappos’ CEO on Using Corporate Relocation to Preserve Customer-Led Culture

Harvard Business Review

One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas. A week later I was pleasantly surprised to learn that 70 were willing to give Vegas a shot. We also lost some good people: Our star software developer loved San Francisco and decided not to leave.

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IT on Steroids: The Benefits (and Risks) of Accelerating Technology

Harvard Business Review

By 2004, RIM had acquired 1 million subscribers and only three years later surpassed the 10 million mark. However, the new handset, its software, and the available applications all failed to excite critics and customers. RIM is just the latest company to learn this lesson. In 1998, RIM launched the BlackBerry.