This week, we understand the methodologies behind Tactical Forking, the collective ownership model of decentralised autonomous structures, and we learn why product and CS teams have more commonalities than differences.
Enabling the Team
No Bosses: What It’s Like Working at a DAO by Andrew R. Chow
Decentralised autonomous organisational structures have proliferated recently as money has poured into crypto. Learn about this collective ownership model.
Is There A Need For New Pay? If So, For Whom? by Sarah Maximilian
In German-speaking countries, "New Pay" is being used for compensation approaches in agile or self-organising environments. Could it be used more widely?
Product Direction
Why Pebble Failed by Eric Migicovsky
Where smartwatch inventors Pebble failed, leading them to sell part of the business to Fitbit, as well as an examination of their successes along the way.
Three Challenges that Hinder CSM and PM Collaboration by Pippa Armes
The teams for creating products and keeping customers happy may seem to have competing priorities. But their interests have very important similarities.
Continuous Discovery
TBM 11/52: From Research to Outcomes by John Cutler
Here’s a high level model describing how research turns into outcomes.
Ask Teresa: What Are the Best Customer Interview Questions? by Teresa Torres
Story-based interviewing helps us to overcome bias. It prompts customers to share a specific example of a past behavior rather than a generalised explanation.
Continuous Design
There’s no Such Thing as a “Design System Designer” by Henrik Ståhl
Instead of fabricating titles, we should talk about skills and mindset.
To Design Inclusive Products and Services UX Designers Must Adopt a Participatory Mindset by Brett Vansleve
Although shifting to this approach isn't easy, here's how a participatory mindset helps us design inclusive products and services.
Continuous Delivery
Tactical Forking by Fausto De La Torre
Tactical Forking offers a substitute approach to fully modularising the codebase upfront which comes with many challenges. Get to grips with this method.
Engineering Metrics: 12 Pitfalls by Mojtaba Hosseini
The purpose of this post is to share some lessons learned and pitfalls along the “metric journey” for an engineering organisation.
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UXDX APAC | 22-24 June
UXDX EMEA | 12-14 Oct
Community Events
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UXDX Community Nordics | 28 Apr
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