This week, we learn the skills of strategically delaying research, setting directional goals, and choosing workable salary models. We unpack cognitive bias and constraints in design; articulate when you should ignore the measurements you've set, and take an in-depth look at CloudFront functions vs CloudFlare workers. Finally, with only three weeks to go, we invite you to join us for knowledge sharing and inspiration sessions in New York.
Enabling the Team
We Need Someone Who Has Done "It" Before by John Cutler
Have you (or your company) tried repeatedly to hire for Role X? And failed?
Do you have a revolving door situation at your company?
How Do You Set Up A Salary Model That Has Everyone's Approval? by Marc-Peter Pijper
Remuneration policy reflects an organisation's culture. It’s a calling card for your company. It also determines who wants to join or stay with your company.
Product Direction
How to Overcome the Bias We Have Toward Our Own Ideas by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph Fuchs, Maik Schlickel, and Oliver Alexy
Research in innovation suggests that most ideators overvalue their ideas. Unsurprisingly, this tendency is positively correlated with status.
A software team's purpose is to provide valued capabilities to users. To do this software has to be available, fast, and usable (aspects not displayed in JIRA).
Continuous Discovery
When to Skip UX Research by Taylor Palmer
Our industry spent decades convincing organisations that UX research was worthwhile. Why would we ever dare to skip it?
How Continuous Discovery Works (and Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups by Teresa Torres
Many startups get stuck thinking that because they don’t have a product yet they can’t set an outcome. We assume an outcome is only valuable if it’s measurable.
Continuous Design
Constraints & Helping Users Make Better Decisions by Sam Stone
Constraints are essential to good product design. Here is how to use them in order to help users make better long-term decisions.
You know that feeling when you really understand something or get an idea of how to solve a problem? Have you ever wondered what causes these moments?
Continuous Delivery
CloudFront Functions: 20% faster than CloudFlare Workers, 230% faster than Lambda@Edge by Paul Foryt
Paul does a deep dive into functionality and performance of the major edge workers on the market (and why they're better than lambda functions).
The Scoop: Inside the Longest Atlassian Outage of All Time by Gergely Orosz
For most of the outage, Atlassian went silent in external communications. It took until Day 9 for executives at the company to acknowledge the outage. Find out what happened and what they learnt.
All great products start with a great team; and building a high performing team functions at its best through effective communication. Mamuna Oladipo, VP of Product, Shopify, reveals her communication strategies when it comes to introducing change within her HP teams. Haven't signed up yet to join like-minded industry leaders?
Meet us in New York in three week's time to network with high profile speakers like Mamuna.
Do you have a great case study that highlights how you have adopted a new practice, tool or technique?
Do you want to share the challenges as well as the successes?
Hiring
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