Agile & Product Development

Adrian Crabtree, ProductPlan's Director of Product Design, shares our entire product design process from inception through delivery.

Working on this distributed, high-performing team is pretty special. So, what does a Lead Engineer at ProductPlan do in a day?

“Being Agile” and “being predictable” may seem mutually exclusive. What happens when you're a predictable product manager in an agile environment?

Is your backlog a black hole? It might be time to declare backlog bankruptcy. Learn what it is and how to develop a healthy backlog process.

Product managers must not forget about internal constituents who depend on product management for knowledge and resources.

How do you strike the right balance between short and long term planning? Many agile product teams use an approach called the Planning Onion.

Transparency should be baked into every step of the product development process. Here's why a transparent feature prioritization process is so important.

Discover what one product manager learned while exploring the caves under the jungle of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

There’s no universally effective plan for launching new products. So, here are the five most valuable lessons I’ve learned.

We put together a handful of our favorite product management tweets from the past year and included some commentary. Check them out now!

Agile roadmap planning can be stressful. How should you balance long-term strategic planning with short-term agility?

Product squads can help some businesses improve on their agile development process. Are they right for your organization?

How can product development teams build strong relationships and thrive as a company? Heidi Helfand from AppFolio shares five ways.

An agile product roadmap communicates to the organization the big picture - the initiatives that move the needle, expand markets, address competition, and create customer value. That big-picture thinking can't be distilled in the backlog.

The three most common artifacts that product teams use are wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. Find out when you might use each one.

What if your research and development spend is too high? Learn how to better evaluate what you're spending on R&D and why.

Which method do you prefer: Agile or Waterfall? Let's explore what these two approaches are and how they differ for product teams.

Is the true measure of success how often dev squads are hitting their sprint goals? Here's why that might have some negative consequences.

The two most popular agile approaches are Kanban and Scrum. How do they differ? Find out what method works best for your team.

Product development is separate from product management— so how do you create a product development strategy? We cover how in this article.

Let's dive into the topic of Scrum and how agile product management teams can make use of this framework to be more productive.

The Waterfall to Agile transition can be challenging. Discover what needs to change in your roadmap process to be successful.

The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is a framework used to produce high-quality software in a systematic and cost-effective way.

Agile product managers can use and benefit from the 80/20 rule, where 80% of the effect comes from 20% of causes.

Agile may not be perfect, but it has changed how organizations approach product management. What does Agile mean in practice? Let's break it down.

What's the difference between a product launch vs. a feature launch? We suggest the best practices to help your launch.

A product development roadmap is the central resource for the "how" work involved in bringing a product to market.

Enterprise architects need to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience. Here's how to master the art of storytelling.

Technology evolves so rapidly that the product is already obsolete by the time it ships. Learn how IT managers minimize technical debt.

In an Agile world, your product team must agree on the “Definition of Done”. We outline how to define "done" and how to implement it with your product team.

Agile planning and agile roadmapping go hand in hand. Here's a 6 step process for agile roadmapping plus other agile planning considerations.

Product managers at rapidly scaling companies face a unique set of growth challenges. In this post, we cover a handful of these challenges.

Often used incorrectly as a synonym for product management, product development describes the steps involved in bringing a product to market.

Scope creep is an insidious problem for product managers because it often flies under the radar. However, it's important to keep an eye on it.

Why wait until after a launch to run through a pre-mortem with your team? Learn the 3 reasons to include a product launch pre-mortem.

Design thinking can be a powerful creative framework for product managers, helping them come up with great insights. Let us show you why.

We love recommending books we believe can help product managers. Here’s a product leadership book speaking directly to product managers.

In this post, we discuss some of the essential agile best practices—and the ones we’ve seen many product teams neglect.

Learn how you can best proactively manage technical debt without slowing things down or stalling innovation? Here are some tips!

Managing multiple development tracks can be overwhelming. Learn how to revolutionize roadmapping by implementing smart strategies.

How does agile and project management go together? We explain the benefits of agile project management and how to put it into practice.

Product teams apply product design principles that help set them up for success, and it needs a place on your product roadmap.

Cross-functional product teams vary by company, however, here are best practices for building the right team with the right people.

Product owners have more responsibility than you might realize. Here are our thoughts about how to best work with your agile developers.

Product launch checklists help ensure you don’t forget a step as you bring your product to market. Here’s our suggested checklist.