This week we look at what if your buyers aren't your users, designing constraints for bad behaviour and the pyramid of unit testing benefits.
Enabling the Team
The 5 Dysfunctions of Product Management Teams by Saeed Khan
Saeed discusses 5 product management team dysfunctions: Bad Job Definitions, Un-skilled Product Managers, Poor Processes, Unclear Objectives and Weak Leaders.
Operating Efficiently At Scale by Brian Armstrong
Companies are shifting from growth to efficiency. Coinbase's approach is to create small teams collaborating with APIs under a single threaded leader.
Product Direction
The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite by Lenny Rachitsky
The W Framework for planning involves a back-and-forth between leadership and teams to set Context, Plans, Integration and Buy-in.
How to Reconcile SMART Goals and OKRs by Jeff Gothelf
While OKRs are different to smart goals they have a lot in common. Jeff shares how they Measurable, Realistic and Specific map to OKRs.
Continuous Discovery
What if Your Buyers Aren’t Your Users? by Teresa Torres
Should you focus on your Customers or your Users? For Customers, deliver the minimum to let your sales team tick the box but deliver the best for Users.
User Diary Studies - An Effective Research Method For Evaluating User Behavior Long-term by Stéphanie Walter
User Diary Studies - An Effective Research Method For Evaluating User Behavior Long-term
Continuous Design
Jimmy Wales on Constraints for Bad Behavior by Jorge Arango
If we design for the worst behaviours we'll limit what people can do. Design for the best behaviour and put in processes to catch and punish the bad behaviour.
The High Cost of Not Doing Experiments by Richard Nisbett
ATTBW: Assumptions Tend to Be Wrong. Richard highlights how social programs are particularly vulnerable to wishful thinking.
Continuous Delivery
Designing inflatable Microservices Architecture by Rameez Kakodker
YAGNI: You aren't going to need it. Microservices solve very large-scale problems that most teams don't have. Start with modular code and split it if needed.
The Pyramid Of Unit Testing Benefits by Gergely Orosz
Unit tests have the immediate effect of validating code. But the real benefit is the compounding benefits of fewer regressions and a refactoring safety net.
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