Great write up on the design process applied by Kicker Studio to develop a better tea pot. It always amazes me that people think of design as magic, something that just happens out of thin air. So glad that Kicker actually took the time to document how their particular research and design process works.
We started this project by investigating the ecosystem of tea. Perhaps a teapot would be our solution, but reframing the ecosystem of making tea through an emerging technology lens could lead us to something entirely new and different. We knew it would lead us to understand what it means to fit into the context of making tea.
Now how can I get one?
How To Create A Winning Product Process
A really interesting interview with Ben Foster VP of Product at Opower. What I found particularly interesting is the way he describes how he has structured product management.
“What I’ve decided to do at Opower is to create a hybrid structure.
- 30% of a PM’s time is focused on component ownership. They lay out a roadmap and strategy to optimize their components or flows.
- 70% of a PM’s time is focused on delivering products that are end to end customer experiences.
- Forces PM’s to develop products that overlap the domain of others, thus forcing collaboration.
- Any PM can work on any initiative, and engineering team is organized by initiatives, not components”
