Andreas Stephan

Freelance digital product manager with a passion for #webperf. I love travel photography ( good food, geek gossip, design, science

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@HasnainKazim Konsumkeil

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@LuigisBox Thanks.. likewise! It's been a pleasure working with you!

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

Looking forward to listening to some great talks and getting inspired at #DLSummit. Thanks @svosskoetter for bringing great people together!

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@derherrlaue Jo. Es ist gruselig

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Strongly disagree! In my experience they can be truly helpful, especially for remote teams. I don't believe in the "classic pattern" either. That's just a stupid ritual. If you use the meeting to collaborate to get the most important stuff (e.g. sprint goal) done, it helps a lot!

[Santiago @svpino]

Daily meetings are a micromanaging shitshow.

Most people know these 15-minute stand-ups are useless. But they do them anyway because "that's how it should be."

One day, the corporate world decided that Scrum answered every problem. Daily meetings became popular. Everyone. Every day. No exceptions.

When did we become numb to how inefficient this is? How much time do companies waste every year in this charade?

The funny part is that Scrum sells these by telling us they are a way to avoid other meetings. You gotta be kidding me!

Unfortunately, I've participated in daily stand-ups for decades. If I were to compress these years into a single story, it would read like this:

• We are still waiting for some. Where is he? We can't start unless we are all here. We are late already.

• There's a manager in the meeting. We know she shouldn't be here. Who is going to tell her?

• We take turns reading from a JIRA board shared on the big screen. Everyone can read, but we still do it out loud. She wants to hear us say it.

• Yesterday wasn't a great day, but I won't admit it. Instead, let me tell her, "I'm making great progress" and "I'm getting closer than ever."

• We are all talking to her. She said this is a "safe space." We trust her, of course. Now, she is questioning anyone who isn't moving fast enough.

• 15 minutes in, and we are still here. Same as yesterday.

The first time I led a team, I stopped daily stand-ups. One of the first principles of getting shit done is "maximizing uninterrupted time." Daily meetings are in direct conflict with that.

Why should I force everyone to be at the same time and place while stopping everything else?

I asked everyone to write instead. Some people wrote every day. Some people, whenever they had something to say.

10x improvement overnight. For the project and the team.

I've talked to many people about this. Many tell me developers will never communicate unless you force them into a room daily. They say I shouldn't trust them to put in writing what they need to tell everyone else.

They may be right. They need a better team.

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

A nice summary which #AI tool, to use for which job: https://t.co/DrZyD3QxuH

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

Just finished the second day of the workshop "Product Owner Beyond #SCRUM" by @davidavpereira and I really liked it. Highly recommended even for people who have been working in #ProductManagement for longer!

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@Keith07641745 @nixplaycloud I am sooo mad about this! The feature was the reason I bought these frames for a bunch of family members in the first place!

[Carl Vellotti 🥞 @carlvellotti]

Prototypes are the most powerful way to validate product ideas.

Here's a complete breakdown of 10 ways to validate your prototypes + save yourself from wasting weeks of time:

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 16 years, since 27 Feb 2007 (via @twi_age).

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@heyBarsee Free

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@MkKueper Bezieht keine Position, challenged keinen, vermeidet Konflikte, hält Maßnahmen nicht nach, zeigt offensichtliche Probleme nicht auf, hat keinen Anspruch, das Team effizienter zu machen

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

I really like the opportunity backlog and impact map approach from this article by
@ant_murphy
about different ways of making your #backlog more impactful: https://t.co/ao47UfLWRa. What other ways have you tried to escape JIRA boredom?
#agile #productmanagement

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@vanschneider @kocothedesigner @JAF_Designer exactly what we talked about this morning ;)

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

Had a great time at #dlsummit , listened to some inspiring talks and connected with great people. Felt good to see real people again after missing out on this kind of experience for over two years. Thanks for the event, @svosskoetter + the whole team!

[Miriam Isaac @misaac85]

Wow stumbled across this today! Very useful if you want to quickly gather data on how other design systems document a certain component.

https://t.co/LH9NGdHTv7

Thank you @iainmbean!!!

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@kriscorbus @cmueller80 Doch. Mindestens bei Android geht das trotzdem mit find my phone ;)

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

Ein Grund für das Drama dürfte sein, dass Eltern ihre Vorstellungen von Geschlechterrollen auf die Kleinsten projizieren und entsprechend einkaufen. Kauft euren Söhnen Glitzerleggings in der Mädchenabteilung und den Mädels Dino Onesies bei den Jungs, wenn sie das schön finden!

[Marie-Louise Timcke @datentaeterin]

How gendered is the clothing offer for children? For our @SZ data analysis, we examined 20,000 shirts and shorts from @hmdeutschland, @Zalando and @aboutyou_com that they offer online for children under 10. The results show: Current children's fashion cements gender images. 🧵

[Andreas Stephan @andyman3000]

@hamburgtv_ @anjes_tjarks @bvm_hh @RadwegH @Earther87 @Strandbeutel Jo. Das sind großartige 200m!

[Hassan W. Bhatti @hwbhatti]

In 2009, a Stanford business professor:

- Split her class into 14 teams
- Gave each team $5 and 2 hours
- Told them to get as much ROI as possible
- Said they’d give a presentation after finishing

Here’s how it went down + the foundational lesson you can learn from it:

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