The Chief Innovation Officer’s Blog
How to Set Up and Lead a Great Product Development Team
As a product leader, you need an inspired, talented team, to believe in your product vision and work with passion towards the shared goal — a great product satisfying all the predefined success criteria + one more: to make the entire team proud of the outcome.
User Stories in Agile: The Whys and Hows
User stories provide a great way to quickly and accurately describe the functionality of a software product or system. They are also very effective in capturing the outputs of brainstorming sessions, design sprints, hackathons, and other innovation-led processes.
Is this a Prototype or an MVP? Or maybe, a Proof of Concept?
When building software products or solutions, it is of critical importance to define early enough the target output — in terms of both functionality and ‘production readiness’. This is a practical guide to help you define a ‘prototype’, versus a ‘proof of concept’ and a ‘minimum viable product’ — and avoid costly misunderstandings.
The True Meaning of Minimum Viable Product
A popular definition for the MVP is this one “… the minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers, and to provide feedback for future development…”
Product Leadership: 9 Traits of Great Product Leaders
Building great products is a difficult and complex job — but also fascinating. It requires a bold vision and, at the same time, a strong connection with reality. This article presents the key qualities of a great Product Leader.
Rapid Prototyping practices for Software Engineering teams
The ability to quickly test ideas via functional prototypes can boost innovation performance. In this article we present a practical guide on how to achieve an increased level of prototyping readiness.