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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Early agile pioneers were working on in-house IT projects (custom software) or enterprise software [ 1 , 2 ]. The economics are different in selling consumer products than when developing software for enterprises—UX matters more for consumer products. Larry makes money even if people can’t use his software.

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Do We Need Managers or Management?

Tim Kastelle

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. So, maybe this structure only works for not-for-profits and software firms with open source platforms?

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

In a flash of insight, he realized that software could replace pencil-and-paper accounting for everyone. They had users try their new software, Quicken, while they ran a stopwatch. Then they’d tweak the software and retest until processes that took an hour were reduced to a quarter of that.

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Do We Need Managers or Management?

Tim Kastelle

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. So, maybe this structure only works for not-for-profits and software firms with open source platforms?

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Do We Need Managers or Management?

Tim Kastelle

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. So, maybe this structure only works for not-for-profits and software firms with open source platforms?

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Do We Need Managers or Management?

Tim Kastelle

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. So, maybe this structure only works for not-for-profits and software firms with open source platforms?

article thumbnail

Do We Need Managers or Management?

Tim Kastelle

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. So, maybe this structure only works for not-for-profits and software firms with open source platforms?