Product Development

How we do product development at Product Hunt.

- https://blog.rstankov.com/collaborative-single-player-mode/
- https://blog.rstankov.com/how-i-plan-and-execute-features/

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1. Product
   Development
   Radoslav Stankov 12/01/2020
   

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2. ! Context
   " Process
   # Stories
   $ Agenda
   

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6. How it all started
   

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7. An Idea
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8. Funding
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10. Product Hunt + AngelList
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12. ~150
    product launches per day are
    featured at Product Hunt
    

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23. ( Ads 2.0
    # Discussions 2.0
    ) New mobile app
    * Updated post pages
    + New activity feed
    , Karma
    - Moderation 3.0
    . User verification
    / New onboarding
    ! StackCam
    0 Updated comments
    " Redesign of topics
    1 New profiles
    2 Topic feed
    3 Need4Speed
    4 GoldenKitties 2020
    5 Redesign of collections
    6 Mobile web improvements
    7 Project delight
    8 Trust 2.0
    9 Summer cleanup
    : YourStack
    ; Newsletter updates
    < Howdy
    product initiatives in 2020 =
    

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24. image credit: remotehub.io
    

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25. Process
    

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28. “Process is automatic decisions for trivial
    questions and framework for making decisions
    for all other questions.”
    - Rado
    What is process
    

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29. Collaborative Single Player Mode
    

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32. https://blog.rstankov.com/collaborative-single-player-mode/
    

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34. Design Sprint
    Implement Sprint
    Implement Sprint
    Bug Duty
    Work in 2 week cycles
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36. https://basecamp.com/shapeup
    Inspired by...
    

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37. ...kinda B
    

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38. Project Iteration Delivery Retro
    every 2 weeks
    

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39. Project Iteration Delivery Retro
    

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40. Project
    C scope
    D target metric
    ⏳ milestones every 2 weeks
    F developer
    G designer
    H community member
    I Slack channel
    J only mission oriented meetings
    

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42. Project Iteration Delivery Retro
    

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43. Task Planning
    ⚽ focus first on what won’t change
    L know what "ready" means
    M what should I do today?
    ⚾ retrospectives
    

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44. https://blog.rstankov.com/how-i-plan-and-execute-features/
    Feature Progress
    

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45. 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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46. Mission oriented meetings
    • 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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48. Slack Channels
    - weekly-updates
    - changelog
    - feedback
    - emergency-room
    - virtual-coffee
    - project-planing
    - project-[...]
    - [team]
    - engineering-wip
    - auto-[...]
    

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49. Project Iteration Delivery Retro
    

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54. O Feature switches
    

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55. OFF
    ON
    User
    O Feature switches
    Check
    

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57. 1 week 2 week 3 week ...
    

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58. 1 week 2 week 3 week ...
    developer
    

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59. 1 week 2 week 3 week ...
    developer beta
    

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60. 1 week 2 week 3 week ...
    developer beta admin
    

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61. 1 week 2 week 3 week ...
    developer beta admin everybody
    

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62. Project Iteration Delivery Retro
    

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63. Retrospective
    • did we achieve our goal?
    • what did we learn?
    • how should we improve?
    

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65. Stories
    

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66. Why stories matter?
    

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67. Why stories matter?
    • motivation
    

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68. Why stories matter?
    • motivation
    • cautionary tale
    

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69. Why stories matter?
    • motivation
    • cautionary tale
    • shape culture
    

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70. Why stories matter?
    • motivation
    • cautionary tale
    • shape culture
    • ... fun P
    

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71. Document your history
    

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72. Document your history
    

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73. Document your history
    • team photos of key events
    

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74. Document your history
    • team photos of key events
    • every month gather product screenshots
    

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75. Document your history
    • team photos of key events
    • every month gather product screenshots
    • keep list of cool stories to share
    

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76. Listen to your community
    

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80. Build in the open
    

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85. Test before build
    

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89. Don't build until needed
    

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92. Learn from your mistakes

    (no blame culture)
    

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    Q Tuesday → Thursday Q
    

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