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How to Move from Story Points and Magical Thinking to Cycle Time for Decisions

Johanna Rothman

Partly because they also do production support—but those are mostly cycle times of 2-3 days. The team spent most of a week educating themselves. If you're not sure about cycle time, read Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers. .” (It doesn't matter what 3 or 5 means. Every single item was either a 3 or a 5.)

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What Does an Instructional Designer Do?

Clarity Consultants

Instructional designers are professionals who focus on creating and delivering learning products, such as company training and coursework for educational institutions. Education and communication are both critical components. The world of instructional design includes a few specific disciplines.

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Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team

Harvard Business

As a consequence, managers don’t have a clear sense of what is really driving sales in their business, while salespeople, who are inundated with dozens of metrics, get lost in the day-to-day noise. The challenge, of course, is to decide on the right metrics. Wins are the most common metric used across sales roles and industries.

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How to Assess Entry-Level Product Manger Positions

Tom Spencer

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. These alumni have gone on to become VCs, founders, and product leaders, in addition to starting APM programs at companies like Salesforce.

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Want to Be More Productive? Sit Next to Someone Who Is

Harvard Business

To increase worker performance, employers often invest in a number of things, from rewards and incentives to education and training. But we discovered a surprisingly simple way to increase productivity, one that was low-cost and had immediate impact: better office seating arrangements. and Europe. Effectiveness.

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How to Build Great Data Products

Harvard Business

Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. Classic examples include Google search and Amazon product recommendations, both of which improve as more users engage. Data products are a team sport. A few norms can help: Educate data scientists about the user and business needs.

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An Overview of Digital Marketing Consulting

Tom Spencer

A key reason that businesses are increasingly willing to spend on digital marketing is that many of the key engagement metrics can be easily measured: e.g., open rates, clickthrough rates, and conversion rates. In 2020, global spend increased by 12.7% to reach US$378 billion.