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What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams
What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams
AI
AI has taken over the workforce. To stay competitive, it's important for product managers to understand this changing landscape.
Lindsay Silver
Lindsay Silver talks through his approach to AI-driven feature development and some of the AI-driven features Condé Nast have built in their product portfolios.
UX Research
My UX Research toolbox as a team of one by Lindsay Boylan
Lindsay lists the tech tools she uses as a UX researcher. She breaks them down into categories such as organisation, moderated research, surveys, synthesis.
Zapier's UX Research Tech Stack by Roy Opata Olende
Roy Opata Olende provides you with a detailed list of the tools used at Zapier for UX research and includes tools such as Lookback, Looker and Mind Meister to start.
Accessibility
Holly Tuke
Holly Tuke lists her top 5 inaccessible design features that she faces as a blind screen reader and how to fix them to create more accessible designs.
How to write better alt-text descriptions for accessibility by The Big Hack
Alt-text to images is an important aspect of designing for web accessibility. This article provides 8 tips when creating alt-text, when to use it and how to use it.
The Responsibility of Developers
The Play, the points, and the biggest lie in software by Gojko Adzic
Gojko argues for changing the terminology around story points - we "invested" 20 points this week, instead of "delivered" because "Story points reflect effort, not progress".
Maximizing Developer Effectiveness by Tim Cochran
The Accelerate metrics are great (frequency, lead time, etc.) - but they are lagging indicators. Tim recommends micro feedback loops to help shift these lagging metrics.
Projects to Product Teams
Enterprise vs Startups: Established Products vs Greenfields Products by Parul Goel, Jenn Dearth, Benoit Terpereau & Audrey Tsang
What are the tips for managing established products? How does a mature product advance? This session will talk through the speakers' experience on these projects.
Turning Motivation Into Action by Rory Madden
Using examples from teams at Aer Lingus and Ryanair Rory will share a Product-inspired approach to change management that delivesr real and lasting change.
