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5 Best Practices For Keeping A New Product On Track
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Vera Reynolds, Software Engineer at Pivotal Tracker (middle), Lisa Doan, Product Manager at Pivotal Tracker (right)and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer(left)Interview with Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds of Pivotal TrackerLast week on Build, we shared why instead of rebuilding or redesigning an existing product, it might make sense to build a brand-new product, and we walked you through how some folks on the Pivotal Tracker team arrived at their decision.When you start building a new product, you have the best of intentions to revise old processes and move away from bad habits. But it’s easier said than done. So this week, we’re going to share some best practices for keeping a new product on track!And to help us out, Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds are back! You’ll recall Lisa is a (...)

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Why Build A Brand New Product Instead Of Rebuilding Or Redesigning One
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Vera Reynolds, Software Engineer at Pivotal Tracker (middle), Lisa Doan, Product Manager at Pivotal Tracker (right)and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer(left)Interview with Lisa Doan and Vera Reynolds of Pivotal TrackerHappy November!November is one of my favorite months mostly because I love Thanksgiving. Last year I had a wonderful time celebrating it with Meghan Burgain, Femgineer’s Community Manager in Bordeaux, France. We had a Frenchgiving, and had the opportunity to share how Meghan works remotely.This November, we’re going to be tackling a new theme on Build: building a brand-new product.If you’ve been building a product for a while, you know it’s natural to start accruing tech debt and product debt. And there comes a point when it becomes really hard to add new features (...)

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How To Get Started Building Applications For Augmented Reality And Virtual Reality
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Rose Haft CEO & Founder of Lumenora (right) and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer (left)Interview with Rose Haft Founder of LumenoraIn last week’s episode of my show Build, we exposed a number of myths about current augmented reality and virtual reality trends, and how new products are evolving by learning from predecessors like Google Glass.If the episode piqued your curiosity and left you wondering how you can get started or where you can find more resources, today’s episode is for you!Rose Haft the CEO and Founder of Lumenora is back. Together we’re going to share some the applications of augmented reality and virtual reality that are here to stay, and how you can get started tinkering with the technology.You’ll learn:How 200+ companies are using augmented reality and (...)

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What A Remote Team Needs To Be Successful When Working On A Mission Critical Project
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Holly Cardew at Founder of Pixc (right) and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer (left)Interview with Holly Cardew Founder of PixcAll this month we’ve been talking about remote working as it relates to recruiting, training, and retaining remote workers. We started out by tackling how to recruit remote workers for people who may be new to it. Then we discussed how to train, hold accountable, and retain remote workers.After last week’s episode a number of you wrote in to share your experience via email or on social media. Thank Kate B, Lauren H, and Shannon W for reaching out!You’ve each embraced remote by either proving that you can be a productive remote employee, building a team, and now you’re juggling things like remote-first versus remote-friendly and making additional (...)

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Why Hourly Estimates For User Stories And Technical Tasks May Seem Crazy But You Need To Do Them…
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Hiten Shah Founder of Product Habits (right) and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer (left)Why Hourly Estimates For User Stories And Technical Tasks May Seem Crazy But You Need To Do Them AnywayInterview with Hiten Shah Founder of Product HabitsWe began this month with a Build episode where we exposed all the aftershocks of using current product management methodologies to estimate user stories. Then in last week’s episode, we dove into Hiten Shah’s new EAT approach which boils down to doing hourly estimates.Don’t worry if you thought Hiten was crazy, you aren’t alone!We received a lot of questions, concerns, and objections, so in today’s episode we’re going to dive into the top 3 we heard again and again:Objection #1: My team is still healing from our previous approach.“My team (...)

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