erikbern.com
Why software projects take longer than you think
7 min · · Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. It’s hard to come up with an unbiased estimate of how long something will take, when… · Shared by 356, including Oliver Raduner, Bernhard Huessy, Bertrand Maltaverne, Matthias Lampe, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Massimiliano Aroffo, Pete Skomoroch, Luzius Meisser, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Mike Tamir, PhD, fernand0, Mark Kaigwa, Yonatan Levy, Vincenzo Tremonte, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Esther Schindler, Dominik Grolimund, Jeff Heuer, Chris {he, they}
blackboxofpm.com
Ruthless Prioritization – The Black Box of Product Management
11+ min · · All high functioning teams must prioritize. Not once a month, not once a week — but rigorously, and ruthlessly. · Shared by 277, including Yonatan Levy, Kat, von Moerenburgh, osioke.eth, Dirk Spannaus, Michael Duergner, Colin Jones, masone, laugri, Elia Palme, Aki Fukai ✏️ @fukai@mastodon.social, Dominik Grolimund, Agustin, Mark Kaigwa, Ⓓarío Macchi, Marco Unternaehrer, Fabricio Teixeira, Rodrigo Prior, ThomNagy, designshard
Ness Labs
30 mental models to add to your thinking toolbox July 25, 2019 In Self Improvement
7 min · · Mental models affect how we see problems and people. Depending on how you use them, mental models can be incredibly constructive or destructive. · Shared by 226, including Chris R Becker, Tom Connor, rudolph regter, Bryan Onel, Mario Clemente, designshard, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Thomas Billeter, Gabriele, Fabrizio Bianchi, Jonathan Kogan, David Garner, Evan (he/him), Mauro Toselli
99U
Ten Human Skills for the Future of Work
5 min · · These core strengths are key not only for building and leading effective teams, but for thriving in the constantly evolving workplace. · Shared by 113, including Leo Blazquez, Oscar MacDonald, Katja Evertz, Yvette Dubel, Daniel Buchmueller, Aamir Raz, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Ⓓarío Macchi, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Gabriele, Jonathan Kogan
The StartUp
Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways. None of them good.
4 min · · Late last month, after a particularly frustrating meeting I posted the following tweet: · Shared by 113, including designshard, Patrick Scheuerer, Tom Connor, Philippe Surber, Vikram Dutt, Massimiliano Aroffo, Christian P. Stobbe, Cătălina Movileanu, Bertrand Maltaverne, Rahul Rajeev, Sérgio Vieira, Mark Kaigwa, Christophe Jean
UX Collective
Stop ‘delivering’ software with Agile — it doesn’t work
8 min · · Clickbait-y title or not — i’ve got some stern truths for you. · Shared by 89, including Herbert Bay, MrChad 🔮, Christophe Jean, Stefan Weber, A thinking meat
Ryan Hoover
Turn your side project into a company. Introducing Weekend Build.
5 min · · Sometimes the most impactful companies begin as a side project, driven by curiosity and experimentation. That’s how Product Hunt started. · Shared by 75, including Chris Messina, Bernhard Huessy, Thomas Billeter
UX Collective
What is Design Thinking and why is it important?
8 min · · Why Design Thinking is critical to UX · Shared by 75, including Tom Connor, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Massimiliano Aroffo, Jacob du Toit, Nick Floro, Niklaus Gerber
medium.com
Product Manager Skills By Seniority Level — A Deep Breakdown
2 min · · Since sharing articles about What A Product Manager Does and Interviewing Product Managers, readers have asked me for more detail… · Shared by 75, including Pete Skomoroch, Mathias Menzl, kp, Stefan Weber, Sachin Rekhi, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Tim Herbig, Brad Engel, Dominic Huang, Christian P. Stobbe
Atlassian
5 cognitive bias examples and how to avoid them in decision-making
7 min · · Cognitive bias is great for avoiding sabre-tooth tigers, but not for solving customers' problems, devising product strategies, and making complex decisions. · Shared by 56, including Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Billeter, Tom Connor
Fast Company
Brainstorming Is Killing Your Creativity
5 min · · Our go-to method for problem solving is majorly flawed. Here’s how to flip it on its head.
· Shared by 50, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Mark Kaigwa, Liliane Ferrari ™, Michelle Boisson
Harvard Business Review
Better Brainstorming
17+ min · · Focus on questions, not answers, for breakthrough insights. · Shared by 49, including JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Robert Rose
medium.com
Understanding Products Through Storytelling
14+ min · · Storytelling is a powerful technique for building data-informed products. · Shared by 48, including Katja Evertz, David Nagel, Jacob du Toit, Michael Grupe, Stephanie A Kowalski
UX Collective
A critique of Agile theory — and why Agile rarely works in practice
5 min · · In 1973, a group of psychologists from Princeton University ran an experiment to determine whether teaching a belief actually influences behaviour (i.e. whether we actually act in accordance with… · Shared by 44, including Nick Floro, Niklaus Gerber, Massimiliano Aroffo, Tom Connor
Tom Fishburne
The Art of Project Management cartoon
2 min · · In February 2001, a group of renegade software engineers gathered at a ski resort in Snowbird, Utah and famously wrote the Agile Manifesto. They called into question the whole traditional Waterfall… · Shared by 27, including Tom Connor
mobilespoon.net
10 shades of MVP (or: how to develop a product without developing a product...)
12+ min · · 10 types of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to validate your product idea without developing the product itself. Relevant to startup founders, entrepreneurs, and product managers seeking to validate… · Shared by 24, including Jacob du Toit, Stefan Weber, Tom Connor