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Author Archives: guptasudhir
Will AI ‘transform’ the education like MOOCs did?
The year 2013 was a year of hype for MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) just like the year 2023 is a year of hype for AI (Artificial Intelligence). MOOCs were promoted as a panacea to all the ills that plague … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Technology
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Climate change and sustainability
A sustainable living is a must to arrest climate change. One must conscientiously use the resources provided by this mother nature. Continue reading
Posted in Humanitarian Causes, World Affairs
Tagged energy efficiency, sustainable living, vivekananda
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User stories and acceptance criteria
User stories and acceptance criteria are inseparable. A user story according to me is the core of product mindset where we put the users at the centre of all product development. Continue reading
Posted in Agile Product Management, Product Management Concepts
Tagged acceptance criteria, agile, Empathy, epic, personas, scrum, user story
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Beyond tech debt towards product debt
Product organizations and product mindset must look beyond technology debt towards a wholesome concept of product debt. Technology is a component of the product and not the product itself. Continue reading
Posted in Product Improvement, Product Management Concepts
Tagged product debt, tech debt
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Design – an overloaded term in product management
Design in product management is an overloaded term. Most people usually refer to visual and interaction design when they speak about design. This is not true. Design is more than that! Continue reading
How I interview and like to be interviewed
This is an article about what I believe are some best practices for interviewing or being interviewed. Continue reading
Posted in Product Management - Random
Tagged courtesies, human resources, interviews
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‘Commander’s Intent’ for Product Leadership
In this article, I write about ‘Commander’s Intent’, a concept invented by U.S Army and it’s relevance for product leaders to internalize product vision throughout the organization. Continue reading
Feature Toggles
This is an article about feature toggles, written mainly from a product management perspective. Continue reading
Minimum Desirable Agile in a Scrum Framework
While it is perfectly fine to customize the agile processes as per the needs of an organization, I think there are certain minimum considerations for an organization to label its product development lifecycle as agile. Continue reading
Posted in Agile Product Management
Tagged agile, product development life cycle, scrum
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Product improvement feature – Google Maps
From a product management perspective, what is the lesson here? Empathy cannot stay on paper and in talks. User empathy is real and matters for product design. The best way to develop empathy is to simulate the conditions of the user as much as possible; a 100% if that is possible. In this case, a product designer from Google Maps could have taken a bus to the office daily for a week and would know what features really matter to the user. It is possible that this might have been done and yet, this need escaped! You can also perform what is known as Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) with the actual users. I will elaborate more about CTA in another article! Continue reading
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