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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

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The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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Strategic Thinking Exercise – A SWOT Analysis to Push Thinking

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Consistently moving with greater agility than competitors ? What are WEAKNESSES relative to: Delivering the product attributes and performance most important to customer s? Here are the four questions associated with each SWOT analysis area: What are our STRENGTHS relative to: How we deliver value for customers ?

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Unleash Your Visual Superpower!

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Agile teams can lose the long term direction by focusing on small sprints. These designers influence the strategy by showing how each release moves toward the ultimate vision. An experience roadmap shows how a product can evolve—and whether it has weak points along the way. Putting your creative self out there is draining.

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Top 10 Product Development and Innovation Management Predictions for 2024

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Alignment in this arena streamlines product strategy implementation and enables the agility to pivot when disruptions and market changes occur quickly. A unified platform that facilitates the seamless flow of information from ideation to end-of-life (EOL) is essential for efficient product portfolio management.

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Adapting in Uncertainty: Best Practices for Effective Product Portfolio Management

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Bridge the Gap Between Product Strategy and Delivery. Organizations need a continuous analysis process for product portfolio investment from innovation to launch.

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Make the Commercial First

Boxes and Arrows

Rather than simply add a UI to an existing product idea, the tools and techniques designers use can be adapted to think through the product itself. Taking on the role of customer researcher also empowers a designer to shape the product strategy when it is the most undefined. Also, it’s fun as heck!

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