Product Beliefs

A quick bulleted list about what I believe products should embrace:

• Speed as a feature.
• Quality over quantity.
• Intuitive UI/UX.
• Longer battery life is generally better.
• Thinner can be better (but not always).
• Delightful to use.

When developing products:

• Focus on your end users.
• Always learn from your MVP.
• Scope is not an excuse for poor quality.
• Establish champions.
• Trust your reference customers but be willing to build something different.
• Don’t compromise on quality.
• Iterate quickly.
• Prototype cheaply.
• Solve problems.
• Have fun.

When managing backlogs:

• Maintain a clean and transparent backlog.
• Play the ticket game - connect your smallest item to your objectives.
• Empower your team to understand the why.