Tag: product-management

The Importance Of Examples

I was working on ticket recently with a simple-looking front end change. There was a screenshot of the expected output. Modifying React code is rarely simple but that’s topic for another time. I spent about 1 day on this.

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Software Engineering Seniority

Every engineer and every company has there own definitions of seniority. They have rubrics, require certain hard skills, and even behavioural aspects they need to see before they consider someone “senior”.

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Jira Ticket Template

I’ve been writing a lot of Jira tickets lately. About 10 in the past week. I’ve refined my personal Jira ticket template over the course of the last few months. Here are the sections I add and why I add them.

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Must, Should, Could: With a Twist

While coming up with a task list, it’s a great exercise to initially break them into 3 categories: Must, Should, and Could. This will help you prioritize when you inevitably run out of time to complete the project.

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Product Management Is About Budget

Those of you who’ve done freelancing will know if you say to the client “Feature X will take 3 weeks at $1,000 a week… that’ll be $3,000 plus tax” they’re going to have a fit. “We want it cheaper, faster, blah blah blah…”

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