This week we look at focusing on alternatives, not competitors, image accessibility and becoming self-managing
Enabling the Team
How to Become A Self-Managing Team by Pim de Morree
Self-management isn't 'no structure' - it's a different structure. Distribute responsibilities, decision-making, have conflict resolution processes and more.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real by Jonathan Jarry
The more expertise you get in the Dunning-Kruger effect the less you take it at face value. Seems like proof to me!
Product Vision
Alternatives, Not Competitors by Brian Balfour
A focus on competitors means you will lack differentiation, you'll focus too narrowly and you won't really understand your customers' needs.
8 Tips To Most Effectively Hire And Manage Your Head Of Product by Nikhyl Singhal
Hire based on the needs of your company, which will change over time based on your product maturity.
Continuous Discovery
User Engagement Metrics In A Nutshell by Data & Insights Blog
Define what engagement is to your products and the monetization metrics that you can use to improve user engagements for your product.
How The Product Team At Faire Stays Customer Obsessed by Carla Pellicano & Edie Campbell-Urban
Learn how the team at Faire tackles their user interviews - and how this task is also performed by the product managers in the team.
Continuous Design
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Image Accessibility by Shivang Bhandari
Web accessibility is a core to ensure that your product caters to all users. Shivang shares his best practices to ensure the images on your app are accessible.
The Art Of Presenting A Design Deep Dive by Sunil Shrivastav
Most deep dives rush to the prototype but they don't explain your thinking, process or how you will perform. Sunil shares a better way.
Continuous Delivery
Fixing Performance Regressions Before they Happen by Angus Croll
Lag while watching a show will make people stop watching so Netflix tests every commit, twice, to detect memory and responsiveness issues.
Best Practices For Using AWS Step Functions by Lukas Fruntke
Step Functions enable long-running, multi-step tasks. But it requires architecting your code differently.
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