Product Definition

A 1 day product ownership course compressed into 15 minute animated presentation.

Quite simply, one of the best videos on Agile. Henrik Kniberg is able to condense an entire day course into a 15 minute well done primer on the agile role and responsibilities of a Product Owner. It summarizes the key points of agile software development, providing an excellent overview covering stories, prioritization, planning and scaling. A timeless video that should be watched by everyone in the agile world.

The basics of story mapping and how to scope a minimum viable product.

Story mapping is the part of the complex product management process where define what the problem is and why it exists. In this article, Christian Strunk shares how he used to create story maps and how he teaching others to execute them these days. You will learn the basics, and three levels of a user story map, along with how to build it in with a lean-agile mentality.

Looking at what it means to bring a focused, valuable Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to market.

All too often, products are brought to market with a feature-first approach. A list of functions that are needed to meet business goals such as sign-ups or downloads, views or shares. There’s little thought that’s gone into who the user of the product will be, what their goals are, and what it will take to provide meaningful value to them. We’ll look at what it means to bring a focused, valuable Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to market. An MVP that can help you learn how to better serve your users, and the business that’s footing the bill.

Epics have taken on a variety of meanings in software development.

Writing a definition for epic isn’t nearly as simple as it should be. The term "epic" has taken on multiple meanings as it is used in different environments, and when it comes to dealing with the team's backlog those disparate meanings can cause quite a bit of confusion. Kent McDonald shares what he sees as the most common interpretations of epics, and what he has found to be the best way to deal with the misunderstandings.

A complete guide to User Stories and how to use them to drive thoughtful, collaborative, adaptive product development.

This article will show you how to create better user stories. You’ll learn how to write them like a designer, test them like an entrepreneur, and use them to drive better discussions like an agile coach.

Learn how to create a powerful agile product roadmap that helps you describe how your product is likely to grow and aligns the stakeholders.

A product roadmap is a powerful tool to describe how a product is likely to grow, to align the stakeholders, and to acquire a budget for developing the product. But creating an effective roadmap is not easy, particularly in an agile context where changes occur frequently and unexpectedly. In this episode, I share ten practical tips to helps you create an actionable agile product roadmap.

Understanding what done means in Scrum and how your (DoD) Definition of Done determines the quality of your final product.

The Definition of Done is one of the most important concepts in Scrum. In this article Daria Bagina helps us understand what done means in Scrum, what a done product really is, and explains how your Definition of Done (DoD), greatly influences the quality of your final product as a team or organization. This article goes into detail on how to create your Definition of Done, how to use is as a guide, and motivates you to review your own DoD practices.

The Product Owner ensures that there is a Product Backlog, that it is ordered, and that it is made available to both the Scrum Team and stakeholders.

Scrum is intended as a simple, yet sufficient framework for complex product delivery. Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all solution, a silver bullet or a complete methodology. Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach. This simplicity is its greatest strength, but also the source of many misinterpretations and myths.

Visualizations to help you understand & communicate key product mgt. ideas.

Through the use of graphical visualizations, Curtis Stanier identifies 6 common product management conceptual mistakes. The usage of visuals is surprisingly helpful in understanding what the issues actually are, and a hint of how to properly apply the concept is given for each of the 6 themes.

Learn how to create a powerful agile product roadmap that helps you describe how your product is likely to grow and aligns the stakeholders.

A product roadmap is a powerful tool to describe how a product is likely to grow, to align the stakeholders, and to acquire a budget for developing the product. But creating an effective roadmap is not easy, particularly in an agile context where changes occur frequently and unexpectedly. This post shares ten practical tips to helps you create an actionable agile product roadmap.