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Build a versatile startup team to make pivots easier

TechCrunch

There are a thousand solutions that are better than Jira, but hordes of product managers are using it through gritted teeth. He has attempted to start a games company several times, and “failed” every time. The first time he built a game, his company wanted a mechanism for sharing pictures and screenshots.

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What you need to know about product management for AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

If you’re already a software product manager (PM), you have a head start on becoming a PM for artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML). You already know the game and how it is played: you’re the coordinator who ties everything together, from the developers and designers to the executives.

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Appetiser’s co-founders discuss building client relationships and getting to MVP

TechCrunch

“We were able to use our CTO to lead a team of six devs from the Appetiser team, with occasional UX/UI, product management and project management as needed. MacRae: The “Telephone Game” is a popular children’s game to teach us the consequences of messages traveling from person to person.

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The Infinite Loop Part II: The Solution

Wolk Software Engineering

I have frequently encountered startup CEOs who have difficulty committing the word “Minimum” in Minimum Viable Product (MVP). One simple but effective way to solve a problem like this is to encourage the usage of Minimum Marketable Feature (MMF) over MVP.

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How to Run Product Discovery: Process, Frameworks, and Best Practices

Altexsoft

To approach idea testing, we can use established techniques from product management. Their objective is to get the overview of how their actions impact the outcome of the game. Those working in software engineering or product management should be familiar with the concept of MVP. RAT or riskiest assumption test.

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Functional Prototype: How to Iterate with your Software Product

Altexsoft

The term prototype is often mixed up with a proof of concept (PoC) and a minimum viable product (MVP). You can often find them used interchangeably because every team decides what their validation product will be named for themselves. What will help you determine the market fit is a minimum viable product (MVP).

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AoAD2 Practice: Adaptive Planning

James Shore

Product Managers, Customers. If you want to keep more detailed notes, you can, but for most product managers I meet, a short phrase is enough of a reminder. But I’ve been recruited, and they want me to bring another good product manager with me. Instead, it’s a way of validating your product ideas.