Tag product management

Design

The Biggest Lie: We Care About Our Users

For some companies, there are a lot of buzzwords and terms that they like to use to demonstrate that they “care” about users. They champion those words in product management, product development, and product design.

Teylor Feliz
October 2, 2023

Design, Development

Code Chronicles: Embracing Change in Tech

Reflecting on the transient nature of code, changing landscapes, and the impact of technology's evolution on legacy projects.

Teylor Feliz
August 16, 2023

Design

Affordances and Constraints in Product Design

During our family vacation, I encountered several product design issues that inspired me to talk about affordances and constraints for product design.

Teylor Feliz
August 4, 2023

Business

Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model

The Five Forces framework enables companies to find an attractive industry and serves as a starting point for understanding the competitive landscape.

Teylor Feliz
July 20, 2023

Development

Factors that Influence a System’s Maintainability

Sometimes, even when the system is no longer relevant, it needs to be supported while a replacement is being built. Here, I would like to cover some factors that we need to account for, so we have a plan for system maintainability.

Teylor Feliz
June 15, 2023

Business

Shaming your Employees is Not the Solution

Employees that are afraid will never speak up, continue looking for other jobs, and will never be loyal to you as a boss.

Teylor Feliz
June 13, 2023

Development

The Roles in the Scrum Team

I would like to discuss the roles within the Scrum Team and the responsibilities of each of the roles for people new to Scrum.

Teylor Feliz
June 8, 2023

Business

Opportunity Costs and Sunk Costs

Some people double down on bad investments and end up losing more money. I would like to discuss opportunity costs and sunk costs concerning business decisions.

Teylor Feliz
June 7, 2023

Development

What is Technical Debt?

Let us talk about technical debt which is something that developers face daily when deciding on the features or architecture of an application

Teylor Feliz
May 17, 2023

Business, Development

Creating User Stories for Agile Projects

A user story is a feature request (or need) expressed from the point of view of a user with a description of the value it provides to that user.

Teylor Feliz
January 3, 2023

Development

Product Managers Should Not Be in Daily Scrums

The Daily Scrum was meant for Developers to give each other an idea of the work they had done the day before and their plans for the day in progress. It was never meant for Product Managers or Product Owners to be part of them unless they are taking part of the work in the actual product by working on Sprint Backlog Items.

Teylor Feliz
August 18, 2022

Business, Development

Creating a Product Vision

The product vision needs to be created by the entire team because even though the product owner will be the person reminding the team about the vision and goals of the project, everybody needs to contribute and own the product vision.

Teylor Feliz
July 1, 2022