Product development

PI planning sessions bring diverse teams together to work toward the same goal—and the SAFe program board is one of the key outputs from these sessions. Learn more about how a SAFe program board works and how you can use one effectively.

Documenting the customer journey is a top priority for product, UX, and engineering teams, as well as for executive stakeholders. Learn the steps you can take to make smart adjustments to your customer journey. 

Lucidchart makes it possible for your team to complete each phase of your two-week sprint remotely. See how your team can plan and carry out your sprint with real-time collaboration, data linking, Smart Containers, and sprint planning templates.

If you're running a business in today's crowded market, how do you make your products stand out? Through product differentiation. Discover what product differentiation is, why it's important, what types there are, and how to develop a strategy around it.

Although product and engineering share similar goals, it can be difficult to create a collaborative, respectful relationship between these two teams when they have distinct motivations and processes. See our tips on how both sides can work better together.

While scrum may be the most popular scrum methodology, it's worth considering feature-driven development, especially for long-term projects with large teams. Read about the steps of the FDD project life cycle, plus advantages and disadvantages of this methodology.

MoSCoW prioritization will help your company prioritize the items that carry the highest business value. Learn how to run a MoSCoW analysis. Template included!

A product requirements document (PRD) details what needs to be built, who it’s for, and how it benefits end users. Learn what other benefits you can gain from creating a product requirements document and see how to get started.

Learn what to include within your new product launch checklist. Especially as you work with cross-functional teams, this tool can help you create a repeatable product launch process and reduce the probability of error. 

Critical to quality trees can help your team deliver high-quality products. Find instructions and examples to create a CTQ tree.

The Voice of the Customer (VoC) helps businesses understand who they are selling to and what they expect. Use the following tips and best practices to better understand what the Voice of the Customer is and how you can implement a successful VoC program.

Before you launch a product, you need to establish where it fits in the market, how it’s different from existing products, and why your customers should care. This is called product positioning—and this article will show you how to approach it.