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A Stakeholder Interview Checklist

Boxes and Arrows

How does this product fit into the overall product strategy? How do you expect to differentiate this product? Using a few key words, how do you want people to see your brand (both the company brand and the product brand)? Copyright (c) 2009. Marketing stakeholders.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

When I left the company three years later, more than 150 teams at that company were using Scrum for developing both infrastructure and product features. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization. UX managers.

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Community Collaboration Workshops Come in All Sizes

BrainZooming

Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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The Marketing Stakeholder Interview

Boxes and Arrows

How does this product fit into the overall product strategy? If the product is part of a bigger suite of related offerings, you need to know what role it plays in that greater plan. Copyright (c) 2009. This is one of many opportunities to help improve communication between groups.

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How Google Has Changed Management, 10 Years After its IPO

Harvard Business Review

From there, the authors offer advice including building innovation into job descriptions, and trusting users to inform product strategy. A 2009 piece by Andrei Hagiu and David Yoffie asks “What’s Your Google Strategy?” Business in the age of Google.

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Why Multinationals Are Doubling Down on Russia

Harvard Business Review

Experienced executives in this market have gone through at least two large crises over the past 20 years: in 1998 when the government defaulted on its debts, and in 2009 when Russia was infected by the global financial crisis. This will guide how they align sales, marketing, and product strategies.