What’s the Purpose of a Minimum Viable Product?
Software product development is a design hypothesis testing exercise (as we pointed out in our post on the iterative process).
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The Web Vitals Initiative: What You Need to Know
Google’s Web Vitals initiative evaluates each of your pages across three critical metrics to arrive at a UX score, which it then
How to Build a Domain Model
I have written frequently about what a domain model is and why it’s important to have one. Reading those posts
What Does it Really Mean to be Intuitive?
The highest praise a user interface can receive is to be called intuitive. The users don’t have to think about
When Is a User not a User?
Thinking in Terms of Roles rather than Individuals How many times has this happened to you? You’re buying a gift
Product Owner Nightmares: The Unknown Unknowns
As a product owner, what keeps me up at night is the thought that there are unknown problems lying in
When Do You Have Enough Requirements?
As a product manager, balancing the priorities of product features with their level of detail is key to shipping the
Getting Software Right: The Iterative Process in an Agile Environment
At its heart, software development is a hypothesis testing process. Based on your team’s experience and their understanding of the
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
Good Designs Starts with the User As designers, we want to make something unique, something that stands out, catches the
What You Need to Know about UX
In a recent conversation, I was asked about pet peeves at work. As someone who’s been working in the user
Frank Oelschlager Provides Advice on Getting IT Planning Advice
John Edwards (@TechJohnEdwards) has written an insightful article on where to look for and how to incorporate good advice in
Frank Oelschlager Shares a Technical Debt Case Study
Gábor Zöld of Coding Sans has written an excellent piece on technical debt: Technical Debt: Everything You Need To Know,
The User Experience for Experienced Users
The trouble with experienced users is that they think they know everything. The problem is, they do! They might even
A Heuristic Approach to Creating an Effective User Experience
I am frequently asked for advice on how best to implement a user interface, and, unless I’m very familiar with
The Agility of Graph Databases
Graph databases are a technology in which the relationships between data are as important as the data itself. Graphs make
Minimize the Impact of Change on Your Users
Yes, change is inevitable: New technologies become available while old ones sunset Business context evolves Your product’s users gain experience
The Value of a Technology Assessment
I know what I know if you know what I mean Edie Brickell & New Bohemians We sometimes get pushback
Giving Thanks for Lessons Documented
Just as with Thanksgiving dinner, your business may have tasks that occur on a regular basis, but not often enough
Alden Hart Wins Executive Management Award
SmartCEO has named Ten Mile Square’s Alden Hart as a winner of its Executive Management Award for CXOs. This is
You say you want a Website… (Part 1)
Well, you know, we all want to change the world. One of the first tasks people tackle when starting a