The practice of guiding and inspiring teams to develop and deliver successful products, often involving strategic vision, team management, and innovation. Crucial for driving product success and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
A user-centered approach to problem-solving that involves empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing. Crucial for developing innovative and effective solutions that meet user needs.
A cross-functional team that is given the autonomy, resources, and authority to make decisions and take ownership of the product's success, focusing on solving user problems and achieving business outcomes. Important for fostering innovation, accountability, and agility, leading to more effective product development and higher user satisfaction.
Research aimed at exploring and identifying new opportunities, needs, and ideas to inform the design process. Essential for discovering user insights and guiding innovative design solutions.
The set of shared values, practices, and goals that characterize a startup company. Important for fostering innovation, agility, and a collaborative environment within product design teams.
An iterative design process that uses algorithms and computational tools to generate a wide range of design solutions based on defined constraints and goals. Crucial for exploring innovative and optimized design solutions.
A cognitive bias where new evidence or knowledge is automatically rejected because it contradicts established norms or beliefs. Important for recognizing resistance to change and designing strategies to encourage openness to new ideas among designers.
The process of examining large and varied data sets to uncover hidden patterns, correlations, and insights. Important for making informed business decisions and identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
A time-boxed period during which specific work must be completed and made ready for review, used in Agile project management. Crucial for managing workload and ensuring continuous delivery and improvement in Agile projects.
Information provided by users about their experience with a product, used to inform improvements and adjustments. Crucial for continuous improvement and user-centered design.
Proof of Concept (PoC) is a demonstration, usually in the form of a prototype or pilot project, to verify that a concept or theory has practical potential. Crucial for validating ideas, demonstrating feasibility, and securing support for further development in product design and innovation processes.
A brainstorming technique where participants sketch eight ideas in eight minutes to generate a wide range of concepts quickly. Essential for fostering creativity and generating diverse ideas rapidly.
Newly developing patterns or shifts in technology, behavior, or design that have the potential to influence future practices and strategies. Important for staying ahead of the curve and adapting to changes in the industry.
The level of sophistication and integration of design practices within an organization's processes and culture. Essential for assessing and improving the effectiveness of design in driving business value and innovation.
The area within a market where unmet needs or problems present potential for new products or services. Essential for identifying new business opportunities.
The process of self-examination and adaptation in AI systems, where models evaluate and improve their own outputs or behaviors based on feedback. Crucial for enhancing the performance and reliability of AI-driven design solutions by fostering continuous learning and improvement.
An approach to design that explores and creates provocative scenarios of future possibilities to stimulate discussion and critical thinking about the direction of design and society. Important for pushing the boundaries of conventional design thinking and envisioning future implications.
An Agile project management framework that uses iterative cycles, called sprints, to deliver incremental improvements and adapt to changing requirements. Crucial for managing projects in a flexible and iterative manner, ensuring continuous improvement and responsiveness.
The integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, fundamentally changing how it operates and delivers value to customers. Essential for staying competitive and relevant in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
New Product Development (NPD) is the complete process of bringing a new product to market, from idea generation to commercialization. Essential for companies to innovate, stay competitive, and meet evolving customer needs through a structured approach to creating and launching new offerings.
A skill set that combines deep knowledge in a single area (the vertical stroke) with a broad understanding across multiple disciplines (the horizontal stroke). Valuable for fostering versatility and collaboration within teams, enhancing problem-solving and innovation.
Also known as "Maslow's Hammer," a cognitive bias where people rely too heavily on a familiar tool or method, often summarized as "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.". Important for designers to recognize and avoid over-reliance on familiar methods in problem-solving and design.
The distribution of a new or updated software product to users. Important for delivering new features, improvements, and fixes to users, ensuring continuous enhancement of the product.
An organization that places the product at the center of its operations, ensuring that all departments align their efforts to support product development and success. Crucial for creating a cohesive and focused approach to product development and business growth.
A practice of performing testing activities in the production environment to monitor and validate the behavior and performance of software in real-world conditions. Crucial for ensuring the stability, reliability, and user satisfaction of digital products in a live environment.
Product Advisory Council (PAC) is a group of customers, industry experts, and stakeholders who provide feedback and guidance on a company's product strategy and development. Essential for aligning products with market needs and driving innovation.
The process of identifying user needs and market opportunities to inform the development of new products or features. Crucial for ensuring that products are user-centered and meet real market demands.
Application Release Automation (ARA) is the process of automating the release of applications, ensuring consistency and reducing errors. Crucial for accelerating the delivery of software updates and maintaining high-quality digital products.
The practice of quickly testing and iterating on ideas to validate assumptions and learn from user feedback in a short time frame. Essential for agile development and making data-driven decisions efficiently.
Areas of unmet demand in a market where opportunities for growth and development exist. Essential for identifying new business opportunities.
The use of software tools to run tests on code automatically, ensuring functionality and identifying defects without manual intervention. Crucial for maintaining high code quality and efficiency in the development process.
SAFe is a framework designed to scale agile practices across large organizations by integrating agile and lean principles. It is widely used but criticized for its rigidity, bureaucratic structure, and potential to stifle true agile culture.
Product Development is the process of bringing a new product to market or improving an existing one. Crucial for innovation, meeting customer needs, and maintaining a competitive edge.
A cohesive system of visual and interaction design principles and guidelines that ensure consistency and coherence across a product or brand's interfaces and experiences. Essential for creating a unified and recognizable user experience, ensuring consistency, usability, and brand identity across all platforms and touchpoints.
The process of anticipating future developments to ensure that a product or system remains relevant and functional over time. Essential for designing durable and adaptable products.
An ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes over time through incremental and breakthrough improvements. Crucial for fostering a culture of constant enhancement and adaptation.
A software development practice where code changes are automatically deployed to production without manual intervention. Important for maintaining a high level of productivity and quality in software development.
A software development practice where code changes are automatically prepared for a release to production. Crucial for ensuring rapid and reliable deployment of updates.
An ongoing process of learning and development that enables individuals and organizations to adapt to changing environments and requirements. Crucial for staying current with industry trends and improving skills and knowledge.
The persistence of misinformation in memory and influence on reasoning, even after it has been corrected. Crucial for understanding and mitigating the impact of misinformation in design and communication.
A collection of multiple squads working in the same domain or on related projects, typically consisting of 40-150 people. Important for ensuring alignment and coordination across related squads, fostering a larger community with shared goals.
A group of people who share a common interest or profession and engage in collective learning through regular interactions, sharing knowledge, and developing expertise together. Essential for fostering collaboration, continuous learning, and the dissemination of best practices within a specific field or discipline.
The process of fundamentally changing how a service is delivered to improve efficiency, user satisfaction, and overall effectiveness. Essential for enhancing service delivery and aligning it with modern user needs and expectations.
The practice of comparing one's performance, processes, or practices to those of peers or competitors to identify areas for improvement. Important for understanding relative performance and identifying best practices for improvement.
The process of maintaining, updating, and improving a product or system after its initial deployment to ensure its continued functionality, performance, and relevance to users. Crucial for ensuring long-term user satisfaction, product reliability, and adaptation to changing user needs and technological advancements.
A time-constrained, intensive process that helps teams quickly design, prototype, and test ideas. Important for rapidly developing and validating design solutions.
Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, and Sharing (CALMS) is a framework for guiding the implementation of DevOps practices. Important for fostering a DevOps culture and improving collaboration, efficiency, and continuous improvement in product design teams.
Extremely large data sets that can be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations. Crucial for gaining insights and making data-driven decisions.
Characteristics of big data defined as Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Value. Important for understanding the complexities and potential of big data in driving business insights and innovation.
The process of making tools, methods, and knowledge accessible to a broader range of people within an organization or community, allowing non-specialists to participate and contribute meaningfully. Important for fostering inclusivity, enhancing collaboration, and leveraging diverse perspectives to improve outcomes across various disciplines.
A lightweight, flexible approach to software development that emphasizes team communication and continuous improvement. Useful for tailoring agile practices to fit the specific needs of the development team.
An established company or market leader that holds a significant market share and has a strong presence in the industry. Important for understanding the dynamics between established players and new entrants in a market.
A group of individuals with similar skills or expertise, spread across different squads, who come together to share knowledge and best practices. Crucial for maintaining technical excellence and fostering professional development within specific disciplines.
A practice of performing testing activities earlier in the software development lifecycle to identify and address issues sooner. Essential for improving software quality, reducing defects, and accelerating development cycles in digital product design.
Customer Experience Management (CEM) is the process of managing and improving the interactions and experiences customers have with a brand across all touchpoints. This process is essential for building strong customer relationships and enhancing brand loyalty.
The study of complex systems and how interactions within these systems give rise to collective behaviors. Useful for understanding and managing the complexity in design processes and systems.
An approach to design that aligns design activities with strategic business goals, ensuring that design contributes to overall organizational success. Essential for integrating design into the strategic planning process and achieving business objectives.
The combined efforts of humans and AI systems to achieve better outcomes than either could alone. Important for leveraging the strengths of both humans and AI in various tasks.
A design process model that outlines four phases: Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver, promoting both divergent and convergent thinking. Crucial for structuring the design process and fostering both creativity and precision.
The process of creating an early model of a product to test and validate ideas, features, and design choices before full-scale production. Essential for validating design choices and gathering user feedback early in the development process.