Applied Frameworks Blog

Product

Product Owners vs Product Managers

Product Owners vs Product Managers: How to Spot the Difference Product Owners vs Product Managers: what’s the difference?... Read More

Product

Maximizing Software Product Profitability

While there are many great resources for understanding and documenting a business model, few give deep insight on maximizing... Read More

Process

Relative Estimation with Reference Stories

Previously we’ve analyzed why Relative Estimation is faster and more reliable than the most common method for Agile team... Read More

Training

The Modern Definition of Product Manager

Ask a veteran product manager how they got into the field and how they became an expert. They’ll probably tell you it was... Read More

Product

How to Create Competitive Battlecards

Competitive Battlecards are a sales enablement tool created by product managers to help the sales team close deals in the... Read More

Process

The Right Way to Do Customer Interviews

A business cannot be Agile — nor have much of a chance at success generally — if it doesn’t understand its customers. While... Read More

Process

Supercharge Your Product Roadmap with an Opportunity Backlog

Despite being a fixture of product management for over twenty-five years, roadmaps do not get a lot of love from product... Read More

Frameworks

The Power of Frameworks for Business

Why did we decide to name our company Applied Frameworks? And how can you use frameworks to spur innovation at all levels of... Read More

Frameworks

Use Design Thinking to Avoid Shipping Products No One Buys

Most people are familiar with some major product flops. Does the name Edsel ring a bell? Ford launched this car in 1957 and... Read More

Training

Product Management Certification: What's Missing

Product management is one of the quintessential “accidental professions” of the 21st Century that most people “fall into”... Read More

Process

Role of the Software Architect

Clients and students in the process of adopting Agile development practices frequently ask me to discuss the role of the... Read More

Webinars

Product Playbook: Collaborative Roadmapping

Join Applied Frameworks’ Carlton Nettleton and Laura Caldie as they demonstrate how to engage a larger group of stakeholders... Read More

Webinars

The Case for Collaborative Cost Cutting

The financial impact of the current pandemic is forcing many companies to reprioritize work and cut budgets. The traditional... Read More

Frameworks

The Power of Collaborative Cost Cutting

Collaborative cost cutting leads to better long term decisions by incorporating information executives can’t easily access.... Read More

Webinars

Webinar: Why You Need a Product Playbook

Product Owners and Product Managers need a concise way to connect strategy with tactics, to generate alignment and... Read More