crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

But in no arena is the impact more strenuous than the one already most subjective and onerous: design. As Marketer Gizmo explains : When they hear the phrase “agile marketing,” most people think of the Scrum methodology. Although undeniably useful, Scrum was originally created for software development.

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ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2020

Agile for developers is not Agile for marketers. While software developers prefer more prescriptive methods, like Scrum , marketers borrow heavily from the Kanban framework. The most recent stats show that 47% of marketers are using a hybrid approach, and only 14% actually use pure Scrum. There are other differences.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2016

A case management system (CMS) is a platform for deploying and designing solutions that assist people attain the right content, and apply analytics for faster and accurate decisions to ensure the business has a better outcome. It was adopted in the software development industry. Scrum methodology. It encourages team work.

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Transformify

JANUARY 2, 2021

Collaboration features, designing tools, and customizable templates in these tools allow you to do project planning right. 1- Scrum: Scrum is an agile project management methodology with a focus on delivering products as fast as possible. Scrum guide is rather a comprehensive resource for learning more about Scrum methodology.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. Frequent collaboration of stakeholders and developers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 20, 2021

” As the only technical founder of the group, I could offer some suggestions regarding the software development aspect. There are several checkpoints in the development of a new feature where you can check for quality. In the software development world, you can look at techniques like the Planning Poker. Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Jeff will also be joining us on stage at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 , where he will be presenting a case study on his experience blending design, Lean Startup, and large company culture. Originally a waterfall shop, we transitioned to Agile development about two years ago.

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SVPG

MARCH 17, 2011

Your company needs the strongest product team possible, and if you don’t develop your team and provide growth opportunities, there are other companies that will. ” This note discusses the technique that I use and advocate for providing a framework for ongoing skills assessment and development. his ability).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2017

Traditionally associated with development and product management, agile is a lightweight and, well, agile framework for software development and bringing features and products to market. Before we dive into the marketing applications, however, let’s briefly cover what scrum is and how it came to be. Simple to understand.

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SVPG

DECEMBER 8, 2010

And one of the reasons I advocate for Scrum is that as a process it values this role of project manager as “impediment remover” (known as the Scrum Master role). I've seen bad Scrum Masters damage the relationship between product owner and team - building distrust between them.”

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2020

Instead, we need to streamline and accelerate our processes by borrowing techniques from the world of lean and agile product development. With this data we can begin to create messaging designed to resonate with this person. The first step as we navigate our changing customer needs is to create a Minimum Viable Persona, or MVP.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

As soon as you have more than one product manager, or more than one interaction designer, teams face this question. Alignment with Development Team. You see it when a Scrum team is frustrated because they have multiple product owners to deal with, or when product managers have to constantly fight for resources that keep disappearing.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Talking scrum to creative won’t work as well as to developers. The great design firm IDEO has the likes of structural engineers working side-by-side with journalists, software developers and surgeons to produce the next generation shopping cart. The trick is knowing how and when.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At Palo Alto Software, we use it to manage our editorial calendar and the web development queue. It’s simple, colorful, adaptive and therefore—in today’s flat design, utility driven world—sexy! Branding and design tools for the DIYer. This is Pinterest for “word people.” Don’t have a website or blog? canva.com.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. I met one recently that is working on a really innovative product, and the stories I heard from their development team made me want to cringe.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Joel said it: "Top notch development teams dont torture their programmers."

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Like a financial debt, the technical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice. Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. The teams involved didn't seem to be exhibiting many of the Symptoms of a Weak Development Team. Instead, what they had was a contract that promised Agile Software Development with Rapid Iterations and an incredibly vague list of features.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Scrum teams can actually be forced into Big Bang releases too. Sometimes an exec has a big aggressive date and the team thinks that the best way to meet that date is to maximize development time, and minimize test and release time. But it’s not limited to Waterfall. Why is this a problem? Because it almost never goes well.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 5, 2014

Personal Development Budget: For the first year of Change Collective, as founders, we took no salary. We make this easier for our employees by providing a $3,000 Personal Development Budget. We keep ourselves accountable to those goals through company progress dashboards, Scrum, etc. We’d have it no other way!

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

When you develop and ship them, you have to keep three factors in mind to get the most organic traffic out of them. You’ll likely have to make a case to get developer and designer resources and bring your asks into the right formats for product teams to push them forward. Keys to adding SEO-friendly features. Accessibility.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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SVPG

AUGUST 20, 2012

In my last article I talked about one technique for applying Scrum concepts to product discovery – the opportunity backlog. Teams would plan a schedule with 2-4 weeks of time to do "requirements and design" and then development would proceed after that. This model of working is often referred to as dual-track Scrum.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2011

You have development practices in place (Agile, Scrum, test driven, etc). The non-tech people (product managers, designers) know about how things work, even if they can't build it. You actively contribute to open source projects as part of your development. See the Joel Test. and so can anyone else on our team.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 31, 2016

Here are four critical business domains - financing, sales, organization design and goal setting where the high-flyers get it right: Financing. Speed of product development, of brand-building, of customer acquisition, of team-building and talent aggregation. Organization Design. Financing, Sales, Organization Design, Planning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

To support the three Cs, ING has also developed their own iterative practice named PACE. Describing the development of this methodology, Ignacio explained, “We just sat down together and said, ‘Well, let's look at what we're doing. Let's see what works well, what doesn't work well for us, for our organization, for our culture.’ .

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 15, 2011

It's challenging to build, design and deploy software. Use Solid Agile Process for Estimating Development Timeline. While the optimism is a great trait in many ways, it can be a huge cause of frustration between co-founders when the technology takes longer to develop than originally estimated.

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JULY 31, 2013

The surprising thing is that the accomplishments I feel proudest of today are not the actual products I helped create, but rather, the many people across our industry I have helped to hire and develop. I love seeing them creating exceptional products, and leading great organizations of their own. I believe in continuous improvement.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 24, 2021

It is executed through practices of Kanban , Scrum, XP. The Agile process model, as depicted in the image below, shows a single cycle of a project which comprises gathering the requirements, design stage, development, testing, deployment, and review. What is Agile Thinking? Have regular checkpoints to see how well you are doing.

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adam.heroku.com

MAY 18, 2012

How To Scale a Development Team. An equally important challenge in a growing business is scaling your development team. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Entire conversations would take place when the CTO and I were in China whilst the CMO/designer was left to catch up hours later through chat or a rehashed conversation. Solution #1: At least once a week have a scrum meeting that absolutely everyone prioritizes. After the scrum, if time allows, hang out and catch up.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Playground designers intend for you to slide down the slide, but, of course, children always want to climb up the slide. For example, Kanban and Scrum are two popular agile project management rituals. For example, developers spend time and engage on Reddit and HackerNews. What’s the right way to play on a playground?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

Thats the essence of so many of the lean startup techniques Ive evangelized: customer development , the Ideas/Code/Data feedback loop , and the adaptation of agile development to the startup experience. Creating a company-wide feedback loop that incorporates both customer development and agile development is a challenge.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2013

Scrum boards went up detailing everything they needed to accomplish by Friday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon they got out of the building and headed to a local mall to begin the customer validation and development process. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams. Develop project management and team communication skills.

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