Product Development

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   Product Development Radoslav Stankov 26/11/2018

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   • Context • Process • Stories • Tools Agenda for

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   How it all started

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   An Idea t

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   Funding t ⛽

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    Product Hunt + AngelList t

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    ~150 product launches per day are featured at Product Hunt

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    Golden Kitty 2018 Post submission flow Redesign for homepage Jobs

    2.0 Makers Fest Launch Today API 2.0 GraphQL Founder Club Badges Stories Browser Extension 2.0 Promoted Post Comment polls Discussion boards Notification Center SEO optimizations Mobile web facelift Speed improvements Post reviews 2.0 Makers Feed Makers Virtual Coworking Improved spam detection Your Stacks
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    Golden Kitty 2018 Post submission flow Redesign for homepage Jobs

    2.0 Makers Fest Launch Today API 2.0 GraphQL Founder Club Badges Stories Browser Extension 2.0 Promoted Post Comment polls Discussion boards Notification Center SEO optimizations Mobile web facelift Speed improvements Post reviews 2.0 Makers Feed Makers Virtual Coworking Improved spam detection Your Stacks Project launches 2019
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    image credit: remotehub.io

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    Process

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    “Process is automatic decisions for trivial questions and framework for

    making decisions for all other questions.” - Rado What is process
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    Single Player Mode

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    Project A Project B Project C Project D Projects

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    Project Iteration Delivery Retro

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    Project Iteration Delivery Retro

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    Project scope
 target metric
 ⏳ timeline (optional, 2-4 weeks usually)


    developer
 designer
 community member
 weekly meetings
 Slack channel
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    Project Iteration Delivery Retro

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    Task Planning ⚽ focus first on what won’t change know

    what "ready" means what should I do today? ⚾ retrospectives
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    All hands meeting • GOAL - keep company in sync

    • every Monday • require for everybody • share company CORE metrics • mention any HEALTH metrics weirdness • project status updates and demos
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    Project meeting • can be skipped • avoid status updates,

    use Slack for this • before meeting - publish the agenda • agenda is items to discuss/decide • follow the agenda • after meeting list action items with responsible party
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    Happy Friday Fix bugs Goodies features Pay technical depth Catchup

    on projects
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    Project Iteration Delivery Retro

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    Feature switches

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    OFF ON User Feature switches Check

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    1 week 2 week 3 week ... developer admins beta

    everybody
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    Project Iteration Delivery Retro

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    Retrospective • did we achieve our goal? • what did

    we learn? • how should we improve?
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    Stories

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    Why stories matter? • Motivation • Cautionary tale • Shape

    culture • ... fun
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    Listen to your community

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    Build in the open

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    Test before build

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    Don't build until needed

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    Learn from your mistakes
 (no blame culture)

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    Tuesday → Thursday

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    Tools

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    Github
 Slack
 Trello
 Invision
 Quip
 Google Docs
 Periscope
 Zoom
 1Password

    Tools we use
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    Slack Channels - weekly-updates - changelog - feedback - project-[...]

    - [team]
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    Github
 Slack
 Trello
 Invision
 Quip
 Google Docs
 Periscope
 Zoom
 1Password

    Tools we use
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    https://trello.com/b/zDemw5sd/example-board

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    Github
 Slack
 Trello
 Invision
 Quip
 Google Docs
 Periscope
 Zoom
 1Password

    Tools we use
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