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Magic Estimation

DeliveryPrioritization

A neat and handy method to estimate or prioritize any new feature or product in the briefest of time, like magic.

5 min

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Kinds of MVPs

DeliveryDiscovery

No, we’re not talking first release version MVP here. Instead, we show some experiment MVPs which quickly help validate hypotheses without burning your bank.

6 min

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The Product Tree Game

DiscoveryPrioritizationPost Launch

Growing a product tree is a collaborative game to categorize and prioritize features if you already have an up and running product.

4 min

4+

The Speed Boat Technique

DiscoveryPrioritization

The Speed Boat technique is particularly interesting among the prioritization methods, because it helps you identify the least liked features in your product.

3 min

4+

Customer Advisory Boards

Discovery

How to best include users into your product development? Well, invite them, show them around and listen.

3 min

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The Buy a Feature Game

DiscoveryPrioritization

'Buy a feature' is a simple but awesome technique to let a broad range of participants help you prioritize your backlog.

5 min

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Intercom’s Feature Audit

PrioritizationPost LaunchDiscovery

If not continuously done, every once in a while it’s useful to check which features are actually used by how many people. A Feature Audit by the ladies and gents of Intercom helps with that.

4 min

1+

User Story Mapping

PrioritizationDiscovery

One of our favourite, but also a quite complex method to go from zero to MVP with your product. User story mapping will help you identify and prioritize user needs.

9 min

4+

Effort-Impact Matrix

Prioritization

Good prioritization doesn’t have to be complex. Sometimes it just requires balancing quick fixes vs. product (r)evolutions.

1 min

1+

MoSCoW

Prioritization

The easiest method to effectively prioritze any backlog and scope a project: With love, from MoSCoW.

3 min

1+

RICE

Prioritization

You got your backlog filled with loads of items, but which to work on first? The guys and girls at Intercom gave us a crisp quantitative method to solve that problem. It’s called RICE. But it’s not the stuff you could eat.

6 min

1+

KANO

PrioritizationDiscovery

You cannot build everything at once (and you shouldn’t). Instead, you want to build a roadmap with the right features. But which are the right features? KANO provides an answer.

7 min

6+

Value Proposition Canvas

StrategyDiscovery

The Value Proposition Canvas is a great extension of the Business Model Canvas which allows you to go deeper and uncover your user's needs and finding a fitting value proposition.

9 min

4+

666 Roadmap

Strategy

If you work in a startup, planning the whole next year is futile. Better think about the next 6 years, next 6 months, and next 6 weeks.

2 min

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A Page, a Paragraph, a Sentence

Strategyother

A brief exercise for startup founders and product leaders to describe their product's main idea in a short and concise way

1 min

1+

Golden Circle

Strategy

You most probably already heard of it: Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle. Seems to be an old hat, yet so many companies don’t exactly know why they do what they do. So, let’s find out.

5 min

4+

Lighting Decision Jam

other

Wherever you got a problem to solve as a team, Lightning Decision Jams will help you to do so. Extremely powerful method, and super simple.

8 min

4+

Bread & Butter: Backlog Best Practices

otherDelivery

Many new PMs usually jump head first into their Jira board - it's your bread and butter. We share some best practices when setting up the board(s) for your team.

7 min

3+

100+ Retro Formats

other

Retros are a great way to improve just about anything. To make them less boring, let some variety disrupt your routine.

1 min

4+

Bread & Butter: Ticket Best Practices

otherDelivery

Writing tickets is among the daily duties for many POs. There are thousand ways to do it and almost no right nor wrong. Let's take a look at some best practices when writing epics, user stories and bug reports.

8 min

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