Four Principles for Designing Your New Agile ProjectThere are guidelines for those transitioning to agile. You have to know how your product releases and how often. Next, you should determine how complex your product is. Johanna Rothman helps you determine what type of product you have and how you can work on it while making the transition to agile.
Four Reasons to Stick with Daily Scrum MeetingsEvery team member is required to attend a daily scrum meeting. Pro tip: The ScrumMaster and product owner are team members too, despite their titles of leadership. If you feel you don’t need to attend every daily scrum, then consider these four reasons why you should stick with it.
Calculating the Real Cost of Multitasking on Your ProjectsThe cost of delay due to multitasking is real. It’s invisible to most people, especially management. It’s not just the cost of time lost due to context switching; it’s the fact that projects don't get out on time, which hurts your maximum sales revenue. How do you calculate these costs of delay?
Facebook to Buy Messaging Startup Service WhatsApp for $19 BillionIn an apparent move to reign over messaging on phones and online, Facebook is purchasing WhatsApp for $19 billion. The sum may seem astronomical, but analysts think the deal is a smart strategy on the social network's part to maintain its place as a mobile leader. So, what's up with WhatsApp?
The Cost of Delay for Not Shipping on TimeThe cost of delay is the way to think about the revenue you can lose plus the cost of continued development. When you delay your release and don’t ship on time, you miss the revenue from the maximum sales times. Shipping on time isn't always easy, but it's easy to see why you need to.
Pricing as a Service: A New Trend to Watch in 2014As we get ready for 2014, early views into trend reports indicate a continued and stronger presence for cloud computing, including a newer manifestation—pricing as a service. The need to determine the right pricing for a product has forced organizations to bring in newer pricing strategies.
Driving a Successful Media Strategy for Your ProductImplementing a media strategy has become essential to creating a space for a business in the marketplace. The company’s brand, the platform, the content, and the authors who create the content are all collectively important—and interdependent, to a great extent—when creating a successful media plan.
Tools and Techniques to Help You Be an Efficient Product OwnerVenkatesh Krishnamurthy writes on tools and techniques product owners can use to do their jobs more efficiently. Remember, the product owner is responsible for building a valuable, usable, and feasible product.
