AI has made building easier.
But building the right thing is still hard.
Ten articles every week on what is happening across product, research, design and engineering. Curated by Rory Madden to help teams decide what to build.
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This week we take a look at slacking at work, reverse impact mapping, field trips, wikipedia redesign and the impact of increasing developer responsibility. Enabling the Team Meetings *are* the work by Elizabeth AyerMeeting culture sucks. But the only work that matters in a k
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at acquisition channels, PM anti-patterns, secondary sources, unlearning and security. Enabling the Team The Biggest Threat To Pioneering Firms Are Its Own Leaders by Joost MinnaarUnder Herb Kelleher, Southwest was very operationally oriented. But whe
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at tracking BAU work, Marvel versus DC from a product perspective, the design circular economy and architecture modernization teams. Enabling the Team From Outputs to Outcomes: Bridging the Four Gaps by Itamar GiladOutcome goals are often harder to se
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at the writing an engineering strategy, measuring communities of practice, getting research out of reports and designing platforms. Enabling the Team The Age Of Cargo Cult Agile Must End by Jason YipSeeing another “The age of Agile must end” article t
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at the benefits (or lack thereof) of agile coaches, embedding customer centricity, measuring design and the pros and cons of platform engineering. Enabling the Team The Alternative to Agile Coaches by Marty CaganFollowing Scrum or other ceremonies doe
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at a prompt driven design, how Pinterest use OKRs, how much discovery is enough and the value of pair programming. Enabling the Team How To Manage A Program In A Product-Mode Organization by Luiza Nunes and James LewisProjects still exist even when te
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at a critique of the Spotify Model, startup to enterprise product management, prompt engineering, and golden paths. Enabling the Team My Critique Of “The Spotify Model”: Part 1 by Jason YipAgile, autonomy, alignment, cross-pollination, structure, moti
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at employer-employee relationships, B2B versus B2C strategies, the UX of banking, improving web performance by 11x and more. Enabling the Team Scaling Design at SumUp by Pamela MeadHow SumUp scaled design to create a cohesive merchant experience that
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at Feature Factories, Onboarding best practices, the hype around Serverless and more. Enabling the Team Feature Factories vs. Value Generators by Itamar GiladBoosting efficiency and improving productivity can actually be waste generators. The better o
Read edition ↗ This week we take at how Shopify is axing all meetings, declaring goal bankruptcy, how good are ChatGPT’s UX writing skills?, the state of mobile user experience and what to expect from AI in 2023 . Enabling the Team Why There’s No Such Thing as Perfect (Agile) Transformation
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at why can't we get along?, the three True-North metrics that your product and business need, The science of user experience, how hydration is pure overhead and product designers should forget about coding and learn product man
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at how our brains decide when to trust, how to focus on product strategy patterns, not templates, how design takes time, comparing the Gatsby, Next, Nuxt, and Nest Open-source JavaScript Fram and to wrap up the year we look at
Read edition ↗ This week we take a look at how Spotify designed a new homepage experience, the future of UX writing, how one man would change how he designs social media apps and we will look at the latest product blowing up tech social media - OpenAI ChatGPT for pro
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