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 replacing the agile manifesto, better design critiques and better software testing. Enabling the Team Exact Instructions vs. Social Competence by Michael Bolton Often we blame mistakes on poor requirements or a lack of documentation. But perfect documentation
Read edition ↗This week we look at Slack's product culture, pairing in design, and why data needs to shift from centralised to decentralised teams. Enabling the Team How Not to Be Stupid by Shane Parish Stupidity is the cost of intelligence operating in a complex environment. Adam Robinson sha
Read edition ↗This week we look at how Miro stay aligned as they double in size, how to turn research data into problem statements and introducing Astro, the latest frontend framework. Enabling the Team Google's 7-Step Process to Delegating Tasks That Any Manager Can Use by Michael Schneider D
Read edition ↗This week we look at how Reddit use ProductOps to ensure consistency across teams, a unified theory for designing anything and how software architecture enables teams. Enabling the Team You Don’t Need Permission by Steve Blank A lot of people waste time trying to convince others
Read edition ↗This week we look at Josh Seidon's advice for fitting UX into a sprint, product management career tracks and tips for good REST API design. Enabling the Team Build Your Reputation as a Trustworthy Leader by Ron Carucci Reliability and integrity are table stakes. State and live yo
Read edition ↗This week we look at Github's new coding AI, Eventbrite's product response to COVID and aligning without bosses Enabling the Team How to Successfully Scale a Flat Organization by Eero Vaara, Mickaël Buffar, Mia Leppälä and Anni Harju How do self-managed teams scale while avoiding
Read edition ↗This week we look at designing ecosystems, not paths, product discovery for small teams and improving security through observability. Enabling the Team The Work by Jeff Gothelf Stakeholders prioritise code since it is the end product. But to write effective code you need Product,
Read edition ↗This week we look at 30-60-90 framework for design critique, inclusive UX writing & how agile has changed product management. Enabling the Team Surviving IDEO by George Aye "After 23 interviews, I believe that without significant reform, IDEO is an unsafe workplace for women, PoC
Read edition ↗This week we look at CSPO pathology, workers calling BS on WFH, emotion-detection software and design ops at Zalando. Enabling the Team Don’t Let Employees Pick Their WFH Days by Nicholas Bloom Some want office work, others prefer working from home. Evidence shows that working fr
Read edition ↗This week: Pendo release a product management report, Reddit's technology 2021 north stars, and the no-mouse challenge! UXDX USA is taking place on June 16th, and we pulled together a list of the top 5 talks that cannot be missed: 5 Talks You Can’t Miss at UXDX USA 2021 Enabling
Read edition ↗This week we look at Google's new design language, mitigating user bias, how to leverage as a PM and the bad iPhone web app experience. Enabling the Team Shifting from Middle Manager & Static Relationships It’s Time to Free the Middle Manager by Brian Elliott Information can flow
Read edition ↗This week we are saying yes to our careers, learning lessons from IKEA and learning what 'fun' actually means to users. Enabling the Team Saying Yes to Opportunities Saying Yes with Catherine Madden by Parul Goel On this podcast, Parul and Catherine talk about the benefit of taki
Read edition ↗This week we look at the Basecamp exodus, what a unicorn PM is and why they're sought after, will UX ever be seen as a valued business metric and how to measure design debt. Trust and Company Culture Etiquette at Work or Policing? Basecamp Implodes as Employees Flee Company, Incl
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