The best trend in #prodmgmt right now: growing acknowledgement that the books, threads, and blog posts are idealized versions of the craft; and it's extremely rare to be in a position to put it into practice.
@neil_killick I'm going to say this until I'm blue in the face: The skateboard diagram is effective for folks outside industry. They see it and immediately understand the idea: make something small, put it in the hands of users, and go from there. It's relatable and doesn't use jargon.
@johncutlefish The participants live and breathe the org day in and day out and are more acutely aware of its limitations than anybody else. These threats are more top of mind then an external disruptor.
@onejasonknight I've actually been trying to get myself to use "capability" instead of "feature". IME, you can game what's considered a feature and make it so granular, it's effectively meaningless to customers. But framing something as a capability puts the focus on how it's used.
I love a good, fast feedback loop but getting there doesn't just mean internal change. Your customers / users have to buy into it too and in some industries, that's a harder task than you'd think.
This was such a refreshing conversation between @lennysan and @joshm. I hope these kinds of things take root across the industry:
- move away from being dominated by metrics
- approach to corporate values that, dare I say, are more human
- focus on UX
https://t.co/KJjHzK27HS
Animal researchers are starting to think that every creature might have its own individual traitsβan idea that could force them to reevaluate even some foundational experiments, @Inkfish writes for @KnowableMag: https://t.co/hjpDsDgpa4
Just thinking about the highlighted part... My car has automatic windshield wipers and they go off in broad daylight if the sun hits the car just right. A minor annoyance for me, but a real danger if the entire car was controlled by that.
Source: https://t.co/3LPGw1Hq6j
@benvoss I include this kind of stuff under the umbrella of process, and my philosophy to process is: you should have "just enough" to let quality work flow at a sustainable pace and nothing more.
"You would be hard-pressed to find another parasite that has so thoroughly wrecked the body and environment of its host, all while trying to convince the host that it is deserving of praise and further accommodation."
Taps the homemade sign I made: "this is for outsiders; not product builders"
They see it and immediately understand the idea: make something small, put it in the hands of users, and go from there. It's relatable and doesn't use jargon.
I hate this. Thatβs not even how the automobile was developed! Neither is correct. Itβs just nice looking nonsense.
The Ford model T was not created by putting a roof on a convertible. and good luck iterating that bicycle into a porsche.
Everytime I see a post with something like "ensure engineering team can deliver within specification, on time, and within budget", I think they're willfully unaware how product building works.