
The Role Roadmaps Play in Managing Product Design
In modern software development, product designers tend to be embedded on a cross-functional squad or scrum team. That team’s collective work is often represented,...
In modern software development, product designers tend to be embedded on a cross-functional squad or scrum team. That team’s collective work is often represented,...
Change is hard. It’s an uphill battle against the familiar, the routine, complacency, and inertia. Even when people agree, change is needed. Figuring out...
Goals are a good thing. Without setting goals, we have don’t know what we’re trying to accomplish and have no real way to measure...
I’m writing for the first time on the ProductPlan blog! Long time reader, first time writer. I’m currently a remote Lead Software Engineer at...
“Being Agile” and “being predictable” may seem mutually exclusive, at least when it comes to product management. A good sprint cadence creates a predictable...
A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it...
Project managers are responsible for executing the plans handed off from product management. This hand-off means delivering on schedule and obligatory herding of cats...
Security is someone else’s problem. It’s up to IT. The developers will handle it. We use AWS or Azure, so we’re cool. We use...
Implementing a successful enterprise architecture (EA) transformation requires stakeholder buy-in. Hearing that may make you frustrated and worried about the time-cost invested. But it’s...
Let’s face it, IT Services doesn’t get the glory it deserves. Most large organizations would quickly grind to a halt without the shepherding and...
Ask a room full of agile product managers what comes out of a sprint planning meeting, and most will list two things. The sprint...
Leaders in technical organizations that want to advance their agendas must be able to communicate a strong vision and rationale for their implementation and...
Technological evolution doesn’t stop. It doesn’t go on vacation, it doesn’t take a victory lap, it rarely even pauses long enough to catch a...
Most of the time, the IT department lurks quietly in the background, humming along supporting business systems and rarely attracting attention unless something’s gone...
It should be counterintuitive, but one thing many “unicorns” and scrappy startups have in common is a whole lot of red on their balance...
Today, software development is all about the need for speed. Feature updates, UI changes and bug fixes are all done in near real time,...
Are we there yet? This is a difficult question to answer when no one agrees on where exactly “there” is. In an Agile world...
Nothing slows down progress like indecision. When a lone individual is responsible for making a decision, they may stall, worrying about the consequences of...
When you’re continually shipping code, how do you plan, build, and communicate your roadmap? In this post, we’ll outline the basics of continuous delivery,...
If you’re a product manager, then you probably have a lot on your plate. Meeting deadlines. Making customers happy. Keeping your team on track…all...
Leading a product team during a high-growth period can be exciting. The team grows, roles shift, output increases, and many other pivotal changes happen...
What does product leadership look like in an agile context? And, how is it different from leadership in traditional development environments? For the product...
In today’s article, we’ll discuss the agile roadmapping process. We’ll start by reviewing the objectives of roadmaps and planning for agile teams, then share...
To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. “If you have a problem, ignore...