Lean Product Management

Author: Mangalam Nandakumar  

Publisher: Packt Publishing‎

Publication year: 2018

E-ISBN: 9781788832977

P-ISBN(Paperback): 89543100060950

Subject: TP301.6 algorithm theory

Language: ENG

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Lean Product Management

Chapter

We are driven by purpose

Business context defines everything we do

What influences product success?

A business model

Key Business Outcomes

Summary

Chapter 2 - Invest in Key Business Outcomes

Investments

Time-bound priorities for Key Business Outcomes

Investing in Key Business Outcomes

Playing the Investment Game–what outcomes will the business bet on in the next one-to-two months?

Summary

Chapter 3 - Identify the Solution and its Impact on Key Business Outcomes

Finding the right problem to solve

To build or not to build?

Creating an end-to-end view of the user and business (product/service) interaction

Estimating impact on Key Business Outcomes and derive value scores

Visualizing our priorities using a 2 × 2 matrix

Summary

Chapter 4 - Plan for Success

What does success mean to us?

Defining success metrics

Mismatch in expectations from technology

Cost of technical trade-offs

Defining technical success criteria

Summary

Chapter 5 - Identify the Impact Driven Product

Understanding product impact

The cost of creating an impactful product experience

Defining the Impact Driven Product

Value mapping

Deciding to build, buy, or not at all

The cost of a digital solution

Risks of not building something

The cost-impact matrix

Summary

Part Two

Chapter 6 - Managing the Scope of an Impact Driven Product

Are we there yet?

Faster is not always smarter

Minimum Viable Product (mvp)

A brief time lapse on car making

So, what is the most impactful product?

Happy customers at every phase of the product

Summary

Chapter 7 - Track, Measure, and Review Customer Feedback

Why do well-made products fail?

Feedback blind spots

Types of customers

Understanding the perceived value of our product

What aspect of our product experience matters most?

How and when to collect feedback?

Is the consumer ready to share feedback?

Summary

Chapter 8 - Tracking Our Progress

The need for gratification

Is our product working well for the customer?

Is our product working well for the business?

Summary

Part Three

Chapter 9 - Eliminate Waste – Don't Estimate!

Why do we need estimates?

Why can estimates not be accurate?

What should be the outcome of an estimation discussion?

Summary

Chapter 10 - Eliminate Waste – Don't Build What We Can Buy

Selling an idea

What got you here won't get you there

To build or not to build

Feature black holes that suck up a product team's time

Summary

Chapter 11 - Eliminate Waste – Data Versus Opinions

Defining the hypothesis

#1 – data we need before we build the feature idea

#2 – data we need after we launch a feature

The problem with data

Summary

Chapter 12 - Is Our Process Dragging Us Down?

Business and organization context

Reason #1 for process waste – striving for perfection

Reason #2 for process waste – striving for efficiency

Reason #3 for process waste – striving to maximize throughput

Solutions to eliminating process waste

Solution #1 – don't strive for perfection, instead set up outcome-driven timelines

Solution #2 – don't strive for efficiency, instead foster collaboration

Solution #3 – don't strive for throughput, instead restructure teams based on outcome-driven timelines

Summary

Chapter 13 - Team Empowerment

Tenets of lean software development

Decision making

Collaboration

Summary

Index

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