John KresseRoadmap Prioritization: The Ideal and The RealRoadmap: an artifact to convey confidence and clarity of direction, yet born most often of messy inputs and questions lacking clear-cut…Jan 18, 2018Jan 18, 2018
John KresseAccess Your Ignorance: Four Tips For Empathy During UAT.In Humble Inquiry, Edgar Schein asks us to approach our daily interactions with curiosity and openness, ignoring preconceptions that might…Jun 2, 2016Jun 2, 2016
John KresseImpact Mapping: Three Tips for Newbies Teaching Newbies.Our teams are limited not by our lack of ideas, but by the clarity with which we understand the problems we’re trying to solve. Like user…May 15, 2016May 15, 2016
John KresseThree Tips For Engaging Your AudienceAt our monthly Lean/Kanban Meetup, we discussed how to foster engagement in large groups when smaller group formats (Lean Coffee, for…Apr 23, 2016Apr 23, 2016
John KresseManaging Virtual Presentations Using Sli.doIf you’ve run a virtual focus group or presentation and attempted to solicit audience comments and questions, you’ve likely encountered one…Mar 28, 20161Mar 28, 20161
John KresseInvestigating Your Ability To Iterate“This is our first build. If we hear from users that we need to refine, we can always iterate based on their feedback.”Mar 12, 2016Mar 12, 2016
John KresseNYC Apartment Tidying, Backlog Grooming, and Product ManagementSubtitle: What Marie Kondo Would Tell You To Do With Your WIP.Mar 2, 2016Mar 2, 2016
John KresseSemmelweiss, Cognitive Bias, and User ResearchThe colleagues of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the father of hand washing, didn’t believe him, and he died in an insane asylum. I hope I’m not…Feb 20, 2016Feb 20, 2016
John KresseUsability Testing vs. Beta TestingAs product people, what we build and launch into the world comes with risk. Maybe the product will fail to perform the tasks it’s designed…Feb 17, 2016Feb 17, 2016
John KresseProduct Decision: Students and Ebook Search.Is learning finding the correct answer, or searching for it?Nov 15, 2015Nov 15, 2015