TL;DR — For immense apps with an equally girthy user base, you may want to support early adoption via a feature toggle + group rights combo. Let me state up-front and for the record, I am fully aware that feature toggles are primarily a developer tool to ease the pains of merge madness caused by branch extravaganzas….
Tag: User Experience
6 Product Management Predictions for 2017
With a new year comes our one legitimate chance as product managers to plan waaaaay ahead into the future with our usual level of accuracy, but in behemoth batches, and without all those pesky KPIs to which we’re held accountable. Given this liberty, I offer for your edification and entertainment 6 product management predictions for…
A more Pedestrian Path to User-Centered Product Management
tl;dr: How not to be a stubborn jerk when behaviors reveal user paths you didn’t initially anticipate. User Story As an end-user, I want the software to work for me; not the other way around. Description The internet is replete with images of inefficient park and greenway designs where users have beaten their own, more…
When Cultures — and gym members — Collide.
My almost-daily reminder to consider culture when developing user personas. tl;dr: Neglecting to ‘bake-in’ i18n into our products is a bad idea. Failing to consider cultural practices could cook your goose. h1.User Story As an end-user, I want an application that takes into consideration my culture. h2.Description The W3C offers an easy-to-read and understand explanation…
An epic idea walks into a JIRA backlog …
TL;DR: Good ideas sometimes come in the form of epics. Here’s a “Five Ws & an H” “approach to getting them initially prioritized right. User Story As a product manager, I need a way to initially prioritize new epics. Description An idea walks into a JIRA backlog. The product owner says, “Hey, we have an…
If complexity is the enemy, then ‘No’ is your best friend.
TL;DR: Avoiding worthless hodgepodges of complexity is why product managers need the ability & courage to reply with an ROI-driven ‘No.’ User Story: As a software product manager, I need to be able to say no to complexity. Description I love the above Scott Adams offering in the banner image from February 25, 2013 where…