Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

Project Management for Stakeholder Interviews. What is your role in this project? What is this product going to be? Who is this product for? What worries you about this project? What should this project accomplish for the business? How will you, personally, define success for this project?

Project 106

Project Design Product Strategy Marketing 106

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. 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.

Agile 111

Agile Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review 111

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

Project Management for Stakeholder Interviews. Marketing stakeholders (such as marketing executives and most product managers) are usually responsible for promoting the company’s brand, identifying new market opportunities and products that could address them, or both. How does this product fit into the overall product strategy?

Marketing 43

Marketing Guidelines Underperforming Technical Team Design 43

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

From early on, Google employees were encouraged to spend a significant portion of their time on interesting side projects, with the idea that some of these projects would become new products. Both Gmail and AdSense, the company’s ad software for publishers, started out as 20% time projects.

Change 16

Change Management Policies Survey 16