How many times have you and your team spent countless hours building, bug fixing, and finally releasing a new feature only to hear feedback from a customer that it’s not what they wanted? Or worse, they don’t say anything. Why? Read more...
We’ve updated the Tracker Android app to include profile photos and better support for tablets. Version 2.1 is available on Google Play right this very moment. Read more...
As a team that engages in our fair share of presentations, we know how important it is to nail it, so we’re always looking for ways to improve our game. That’s why we’re extremely happy to be able to share valuable tips with our readers by offering a free download of the book, Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public Speaking, by Karen Catlin and Poornima Vijayashanker. This is a limited-time exclusive—good through the end of the year only—so please take advantage soon. Read more...
This post is the first in a series that we’re introducing to get back to the basics of agile and help you understand where these methodologies that have been so successful actually originate from. Read more...
If you’ve struggled to deal with paying down product debt on your product team, or want to educate new teammates on how to manage it, then this Build Tip is for you! Read more...
I don’t know about you, but before I decided to take on my first leadership role, I agonized over it for months! I worried that as an engineer, the coding skills that I had taken years to learn and hone would get rusty. And I wasn’t alone in worrying. Read more...
The world of tech is so, so cool. And bonus—it’s got a role that is both analytical and creative. How can someone new start working towards a product manager position? Read more...
Have you been in your current role for a while, and are eager to try something new? Perhaps you’ve thought about transitioning from being an individual contributor into a leadership role, but you’re not sure if it’s the right move for you? Read more...
A redesign is a great way to reinvent your brand, get a leg up on the competition, and revisit those clunky and outdated workflows. While we may be eager to jump right in, we have to be careful about what is actually going to help us accomplish our business goals. Read more...
If you’re like most product managers, you probably have a backlog full of user stories representing just what you’d like to see your best users do with your product. But what about your not so great users? Read more...
All this month on Build, we’ve been talking about project management. First, we shared two ground rules you need to set for yourself to get through a software project successfully, and in the last episode, we shared strategies for handling new ideas and unexpected challenges that may derail your project. Read more...
Many product managers transition into product management from project management. How to do this and what the differences in these roles are was the central topic of a recent panel discussion held in the Denver offices of Pivotal. Read more...
In the last episode, we talked shared two ground rules you need to set for yourself to get through a software project successfully. But we know that managing our own anxieties is only half the battle to keeping the project on course; the other is navigating new ideas or unanticipated challenges. Read more...
How is my team doing? How much have they done? Inevitably, after your team starts to make progress using an agile methodology, you’ll find yourself wanting to measure that progress. And as soon as you start to look at how to measure agile teams, you’ll encounter velocity. Read more...
So you got tasked with managing your first high-stakes software project? Like handling tech debt, breaking up a monolithic code base into a microservices architecture, or something else? Congratulations! Are you excited? Maybe a little nervous? Read more...
As if preparing and delivering a presentation to your peers isn’t nerve-wracking enough, you also have to worry about the Q&A period at the end of your talk! Read more...
Tracker has always believed in software as a team sport. We are a tool built to help teams collaborate and build better software—not just faster, but together. But for a tool that helps people collaborate, we’ve always represented people by initials that—except in rare examples—don’t really capture your teammates’ personalities, or scan easily. Read more...
All this month, we’ve been focused on the theme of pitching. We started out by talking about why many creative problem solvers shy away from pitching, leaving it up to CEOs, founders, and salespeople. But pitching is a valuable skill that all of us need to hone in order for people hear us out, adopt our ideas, and believe in our solutions. Read more...
One of the reasons people don’t like pitching is because they feel like they have to be someone else. They have to abandon their personality, get into character, and speak in a way they normally wouldn’t in order to impress a colleague, customer, or investor. Read more...
We are extremely proud to be a partner with Notion and Product Plan in hosting The Product Stack. Our most recent webinar, “Aligning Product Strategy with Customer Feature Requests,” is available below if you were unable to attend the live broadcast. Read more...
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