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 look at when to use OKRs, measuring transformation and the tech behind Tinder. Enabling the Team Are You Sure You Want to Use OKRs? by Christina Wodtke Everyone writes about OKR's but Christina is the definitive source. In this article, she shares the biggest mistake
Read edition ↗This week we look at team responsibilities, UX in public service, platform products and a thought experiment. Enabling the Team Who’s Responsible for What in the Product Trio? by Teresa Torres In traditional organisations, people have separate areas of responsibility and accounta
Read edition ↗This week we look at dual-track agile, transformation metrics, experience vision and CUPID development (we missed Valentine's day by 1 day!) Enabling the Team How Autodesk implemented Dual-Track Agile by Rory Madden A case study on how the Autodesk design team conflicted with the
Read edition ↗This week we look at what you should learn from the Spotify Model, PM accountability, and an argument against product teams. Enabling the Team The Top 3 Points You Should Have Paid Attention To In The Spotify Engineering Culture Videos by Jason Yip Self-management isn't 'no struc
Read edition ↗This week we look at focusing on alternatives, not competitors, image accessibility and becoming self-managing Enabling the Team How to Become A Self-Managing Team by Pim de Morree Self-management isn't 'no structure' - it's a different structure. Distribute responsibilities, dec
Read edition ↗This week we look at why everyone needs a coach, how PMs spot trends, the flaws in design systems, and architecture intent. Enabling the Team Everyone Needs A Coach by Kate Leto and Barry O'Reilly Consultants solve problems, Mentors give advice and assistance but Coaches help us
Read edition ↗This week we look at the first 90 days as a PM, democratising data analytics, measuring DesignOps and smart contracts without blockchain. Enabling the Team Doerr's Law on Product Teams by Al Tenhundfeld Confusion continues in teams about the difference between PM and UX responsib
Read edition ↗This week we look at why PowerPoint is useless, 16 Product Strategies for Growth and Pixar's Design Critique Approach Enabling the Team PM and UX Have Markedly Different Views of Their Job Responsibilities by Kara Pernice and Raluca Budiu Confusion continues in teams about the di
Read edition ↗Welcome back to the first UXDX newsletter of 2022. We hope you had an amazing break and got to celebrate with family and friends (as much as one can do in a pandemic!) This week we look at overly agreeable teams, ProductOps overview, UX and OKRs and engineering culture. Enabling
Read edition ↗This week we look at career trends, discovery from an engineer's perspective and a DDD kata. Enabling the Team 18 Trends That Will Shape Our Careers in 2022 by Nick deWilde A fascinating look at some of the predicted trends in career paths over the coming years. New Data Finally
Read edition ↗This week we look at the challenges with DAOs, killing your backlog, the state of UX and the value of Design Systems. Enabling the Team DAOs And The Nature Of Human Collaboration by Marin Petrov DAO's promise decentralised, autonomous organisations with autonomy and self-manageme
Read edition ↗This week we look at product metrics, why OKRs aren't a strategy and the ins and outs of diary studies. Enabling the Team Cross-Team Communication: Avoid Dependencies by Fran Ortiz Defining your team interaction modes is as important as team design. Fran shares how they approache
Read edition ↗This week we look at mapping company mindsets, measuring impact, design debt and the problem of pull requests. Enabling the Team Company Mindset - Mapping Out The Ultimate Challenge by Itamar Gilad Processes are based on principles that are driven by core beliefs. New techniques
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