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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again!

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The Importance of Staying Scrappy in an AI-Driven Era

Tullio Siragusa

As AI and sophisticated systems become the norm, it’s essential for organizations to retain their creative spirit, agility, and grit. Large enterprises often lose their agility due to organizational inertia and bureaucracy. However, over-engineering can make simple processes tedious. Resist the temptation to emulate the giants.

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Three Ways to Leverage Software Engineering Intelligence for Enhanced Delivery Efficiency

Planview

Changes to processes and priorities within an engineering team may unexpectedly aggravate bottlenecks or dependencies elsewhere in the software delivery lifecycle. Though engineering metrics are helpful, they do not fully reflect the interconnectedness of software delivery value streams.

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Pace of Innovation – The Ultimate Competitive Advantage

Idea to Value

In a nutshell, the pace of innovation is simply the speed at which an organization can improve their existing products and services, but also at which it is able to introduce new ones to capture the needs of the constantly evolving markets they operate in. The difference is profound, as you’ll soon see. The perfect example of this is SpaceX.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

From its foundational beginnings in early brand management to high tech software program management, product management has emerged as its own collective of product-focused best practices. The memo that started it all sounds more like modern product marketing than product management, but your mileage may vary. We were Waterfall.

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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Hinders Responsiveness to Change In a rapidly changing business landscape, agility and adaptability are crucial. A command-and-control culture slows down decision-making processes, making it harder for a company to respond to changes in the market promptly. A great place to work becomes a great company to do business with.

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Unlocking the Future of Value Stream Management: 5 Key Insights from VSMC’s 2023 Report

Planview

Feedback has been integrated from a wide spectrum of positions, such as software engineers, product owners, value stream architects, DevOps engineers, release or environment managers, and even the strategic vantage point of the C-Suite. The perspective isn’t limited to just a few roles in an organization’s hierarchy.

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