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 how most agile transformations will fail, introducing business design patterns and how some are starting to involve stakeholders in user testing. Enabling the Team Most Agile Transformations Will Fail by Anthony Mersi
Read edition ↗ This week, we take a look at how some of the best managers lead by example, a former agile coach is now a soldier, finding your T-shape as a generalist designer and this week is your last chance to sign up for the UXDX EMEA in Dublin next week. Enablin
Read edition ↗ This week, we take a deep dive into the pitfalls of a waterfall model posing as agile, how GitHub CoPilot fared in the usability stakes for developers, and why anti-personas may be a blessing in disguise. Enabling the Team Faster and More Predict
Read edition ↗ This week, we look at having too many cooks or too few kitchens when creating an open workplace culture. We also examine how HBO's app experience fails and what we can learn, why not to avoid vendor lock-in and how to up your game when designing for FA
Read edition ↗ Coding across cultures, building a platform team, the purpose of inclusive design and last chance to access workshop tickets. A Handbook Of A Self-Managed Organization by Joost MinnaarThe Panelfisa handbook lists the different types of
Read edition ↗We take a look at the future of performance reviews, the thinking behind root cause reasoning, and why certainty does not equal strategic clarity. This week, we also examine how leading companies break UX rules to differentiate themselves, the future of resumable code, and how to
Read edition ↗ Learning from FAANG way of working, avoiding product sprawl, adopting offensive product strategies and more. The Product Culture Shift by Camille FournierIt’s easy for people who have spent their whole career building infrastructure t
Read edition ↗We take a look at Continuous Deployment at Lyft, Cross-Team Feedback Loops, and the Magical Short-Form Creative Brief. Plus what to expect at UXDX APAC this week. Enabling the Team When it Comes to Changing Culture, Think Small by Theodore Kinni To change the way people work toge
Read edition ↗This week, we feature the importance of aligning on incentives, atomic research, that priceless 'aha' moment for your product, and much more. Enabling the Team We Don’t Sell Saddles Here by Stewart Butterfield An old, but timeless classic: Stewart outlines how he wants his teams
Read edition ↗This week, we discuss the distinction between 'Shape up' and Sprint methodologies, how to manage projects without scrum, and why we need fresh perspectives to overcome myopia. We also take a critical look at product waste, the ever-important topic of finding research subjects (fo
Read edition ↗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
Read edition ↗This week: UXDX trends: techniques to make workshops more effective, designing teachable products and steps of scaling your customer business Enabling the Team Keep Your Agile off My Lawn, Please by Friedrich C.F. Meertaube While I am biased, agile isn't the only way of working.
Read edition ↗This week: UXDX trends: Ramping up on a new industry, getting promoted in flat orgs and the latest in React state management. Enabling the Team What is your "Leadership Edge"? by Kate Leto We often don't tackle leadership like we do a hard technical skill. Creating achievable lea
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