Burndown: A Better Way To Build Products
The First Way enables fast left-to-right flow of work from Development to Operations to the customer. In order to maximize flow, we need to make work visible, reduce our batch sizes and intervals of work, build in quality by preventing defects from being passed to downstream work centers, and constantly optimize for the global goals.
Gene Kim, Patrick Debois, Jez Humble, John Willis • The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
The first principle is that we think big but start small. This means thinking about a big vision and then ruthlessly cutting the scope so we can ship. Because our next principle is ship to learn, which means shipping as fast as possible so we can learn as fast as possible. The third principle is to design from first principles — to start with a bla
... See moreMartin Eriksson • Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
Even when doing concept work, you often need to focus your efforts. The design concept should feel like an exciting evolution of the product. A redesign should not completely disassemble the product to its atomic parts. While you might have ambitious goals, you also have to be realistic and manage risks.