Carlos Delgado

Product manager with an eye for design and ear for creating sustainable working practices

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@KiwiDenny https://t.co/IQraroIXTA

[Alex Kim @wakeupmrkim]

Happy Halloween from yours truly Feature Creep

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@iamireneyu Same as on here: c_d_los

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

Popping up from lurking for a long while to say I'm on the new thing. Same user name.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@onejasonknight This is basically SAFe's PI Planning

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@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.

[Melissa Perri @lissijean]

The end of this took me out. #prodmgmt

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

I don't understand how it took this long for this thinking to take hold. You just need to look at pets to know this!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Animal researchers are starting to think that every creature might have its own individual traits—an idea that could force them to reevaluate even some foundational experiments, @Inkfish writes for @KnowableMag: https://t.co/hjpDsDgpa4

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

"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."

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@jbonnemaison Sure, but I think if we were to present that to an outside audience, most stakeholders' eyes would glaze over.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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.

[Noah Sussman @noahsussman]

I hate this. That’s not even how the automobile was developed! Neither is correct. It’s 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.

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@Geeta_kap I skip words all the time and blame it on my brain moving faster than my fingers!

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

Shameful

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

@JustAnotherPM "we wouldn't want your job" - so much conveyed by that simple sentence

[Carlos Delgado @c_d_los]

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.