How to Achieve a Better Product Culture by Pinn VP of PlatformProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to make sure you're joining a company with a culture for success. Turnover for PMs can be high because, if there is an execution issue or political issue plaguing the company, PMs experience it without protection. However, we can also learn from those experiences to identify when a company and team will actually execute well.
- How to make sure you're hiring the right people. If you're going to be a Product Lead, I'll teach a key behavior trait that's vital. It dives into the "hire smart people, no jerks" but that's easier said than done. I'll share what to really look for and watch out for.
- How to identify and manage the more difficult coworker when inevitably encountering one.
Lean and Mean: Building the Roadmap Machine by Expedia Group PMProduct School
- How to deliver on your long term strategy while remaining agile
- Using both qual and quant data to solve business and user problems
- Roadmap planning: who is your audience and how to get it right
How to Become a Successful Non-Tech PM by Spaceship PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- The different types of Product Managers
- How to get into Product Management if you are not from a technical background
- How to be successful as a Product Manager if you are not from a technical background
How to PM in a Big Company vs a Startup by TripAdvisor Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Understand some of the differences between Product Management in a startup vs a larger enterprise
- Key skills essential for PMs working in a startup
- Key skills essential for PMs working in a larger enterprise
How Being an Intraprenuer Helps Your PM Career by Oracle PM DirProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Having lots of good ideas isn’t enough, product leaders have to develop the skill to “sell” their ideas
- Identify barriers to a culture of innovation, and develop methods to overcome those barriers
- Always be up to the challenge to trade off across products and among the features within a product
How to Increase Your Product Sense by ServiceNow Senior PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Framework of learning and improving your product sense
- Learn how to do your skill gap analysis and ideas to level up
- How to build it as a muscle and create successful products
How to Achieve a Better Product Culture by Pinn VP of PlatformProduct School
Main takeaways:
- How to make sure you're joining a company with a culture for success. Turnover for PMs can be high because, if there is an execution issue or political issue plaguing the company, PMs experience it without protection. However, we can also learn from those experiences to identify when a company and team will actually execute well.
- How to make sure you're hiring the right people. If you're going to be a Product Lead, I'll teach a key behavior trait that's vital. It dives into the "hire smart people, no jerks" but that's easier said than done. I'll share what to really look for and watch out for.
- How to identify and manage the more difficult coworker when inevitably encountering one.
Lean and Mean: Building the Roadmap Machine by Expedia Group PMProduct School
- How to deliver on your long term strategy while remaining agile
- Using both qual and quant data to solve business and user problems
- Roadmap planning: who is your audience and how to get it right
How to Become a Successful Non-Tech PM by Spaceship PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- The different types of Product Managers
- How to get into Product Management if you are not from a technical background
- How to be successful as a Product Manager if you are not from a technical background
How to PM in a Big Company vs a Startup by TripAdvisor Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Understand some of the differences between Product Management in a startup vs a larger enterprise
- Key skills essential for PMs working in a startup
- Key skills essential for PMs working in a larger enterprise
How Being an Intraprenuer Helps Your PM Career by Oracle PM DirProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Having lots of good ideas isn’t enough, product leaders have to develop the skill to “sell” their ideas
- Identify barriers to a culture of innovation, and develop methods to overcome those barriers
- Always be up to the challenge to trade off across products and among the features within a product
How to Increase Your Product Sense by ServiceNow Senior PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Framework of learning and improving your product sense
- Learn how to do your skill gap analysis and ideas to level up
- How to build it as a muscle and create successful products
PM and Cross-Functional Teams by Gov Digital Service Prod MgrProduct School
- Why teams are even more important than you think
- Why the Product Manager is not the CEO of anything
- How to empower a team while maintaining influence and control
How to Overcome the Challenges of Being a SaaS PM by Olo Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- The one thing I do to help me identify what part of the problem to focus on
- The challenges of being a SaaS Product Manager and how to overcome them
- Why negotiating and gaining buy-in/allies from other teams is pivotal to your product’s success
Why Business Models, Strategy & Metrics are Crucial by Airbnb PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Know thy business model, for it constrains your strategy
- Strategy is just a concrete decision with a great reason
- Metrics are an essential way to collaboratively manifest your strategy
Product Internationalization Strategies by Amazon Alexa Sr PMProduct School
This talk will explore real world examples and offer tips that will help build products and acquire customers in such economies. Key focus areas:
- How to use data for internationalization?
- Which features/ products should you prioritize when expanding globally?
- How to avoid pitfalls in translation and localization of a Product?
How Great PMs Can Come From Anywhere by ICX Media CPOProduct School
Main takeaways:
- 5 Different Personalities of Product Managers
- Product Managers Can Come from Many Different Functions
- Shared Traits of Successful Product Managers
How to Build a Product Roadmap by fmr Microsoft Senior PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Stakeholders as your first customers - how to be effective when other teams know more than you
- Using insight as a tool - combine techniques to shape your own approach
- Using external validation methods - bringing an outsiders view to your roadmap
How to PM a Product Career by Boiler Room's Head of ProductProduct School
Main takeaways:
1: Define your product vision -- Focus on your user experience, not others' waterfall-like milestones
2: Build it to scale -- Gain transferable skills across industry/roles, leveraging your strengths
3: Know your Acceptance Criteria -- Make it data-informed with value-based decision-making
Orderly Innovation: An Oxymoron? by former 3M Technical PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Current approaches to innovation are random and generally unsuccessful
- Innovation is the process of satisfying the unmet needs of target customers
- With the correct sequence and appropriate inputs, innovation success improves dramatically.
What Forces Drive Towards Product Innovation by Realeyes PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- What is the JOB that your product is hired for? Why does it matter?
- How Product Managers personally benefit from structured communication of customer needs
- Real market example of what we discovered while using these approaches
How to Be an Impactful Product Manager by Uber Product ManagerProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Defining the Product Manager role
- Understanding the key competencies of a Product Manager
- How to make big impact on your product while avoiding major pitfalls
How Does a Tech PM Differ From a Non-Tech PM by fmr Renault PMProduct School
- In organisations, Product Managers are there to “join the dots”.
- The tasks and skills required significantly differ between tech and non-tech.
- Process and methods are key in tech versus commercial acumen makes or breaks a non tech Product Manager
What Product Management Frameworks Work by Google PM LeadProduct School
Main takeaways:
-There are many types of Product Management jobs - strategic frameworks can be used to better understand the role, customer, and how best to innovate
-Horizon planning is one popular framework that can help determine useful metrics and priorities
-The Technology Layers Framework helps identify feedback channels and your closest allies
How Product Managers and Designers Work Together by XO Group PMProduct School
Shilpi Roongta, a Product Manager, and Celine Chang, a Product Designer, discussed ways that both functions can work together to create great products. They covered personal experiences, the differences and overlaps in both roles, strategies you can use to forge a good partnership and design methodologies you can integrate into your product development process.
How to Turn Machine Learning Into Products by Capital One PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Turning Machine Learning Ideas into Products using the Capital One Machine Learning Business Model Canvas
- Start with a business problem
- Come armed with data, inputs, outputs and labels
How to Leverage Your Skill Set for Product by Google Product ManagerProduct School
Product managers love to apply frameworks to solving big thorny business challenges in their day to day. Interestingly enough, one can use a framework for the PM job itself to abstract away the details and optimize for success. Learn about the most important advice on how to leverage your skills here
PM and Cross-Functional Teams by Gov Digital Service Prod MgrProduct School
- Why teams are even more important than you think
- Why the Product Manager is not the CEO of anything
- How to empower a team while maintaining influence and control
How to Overcome the Challenges of Being a SaaS PM by Olo Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- The one thing I do to help me identify what part of the problem to focus on
- The challenges of being a SaaS Product Manager and how to overcome them
- Why negotiating and gaining buy-in/allies from other teams is pivotal to your product’s success
Why Business Models, Strategy & Metrics are Crucial by Airbnb PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Know thy business model, for it constrains your strategy
- Strategy is just a concrete decision with a great reason
- Metrics are an essential way to collaboratively manifest your strategy
Product Internationalization Strategies by Amazon Alexa Sr PMProduct School
This talk will explore real world examples and offer tips that will help build products and acquire customers in such economies. Key focus areas:
- How to use data for internationalization?
- Which features/ products should you prioritize when expanding globally?
- How to avoid pitfalls in translation and localization of a Product?
How Great PMs Can Come From Anywhere by ICX Media CPOProduct School
Main takeaways:
- 5 Different Personalities of Product Managers
- Product Managers Can Come from Many Different Functions
- Shared Traits of Successful Product Managers
How to Build a Product Roadmap by fmr Microsoft Senior PMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Stakeholders as your first customers - how to be effective when other teams know more than you
- Using insight as a tool - combine techniques to shape your own approach
- Using external validation methods - bringing an outsiders view to your roadmap
How to PM a Product Career by Boiler Room's Head of ProductProduct School
Main takeaways:
1: Define your product vision -- Focus on your user experience, not others' waterfall-like milestones
2: Build it to scale -- Gain transferable skills across industry/roles, leveraging your strengths
3: Know your Acceptance Criteria -- Make it data-informed with value-based decision-making
Orderly Innovation: An Oxymoron? by former 3M Technical PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Current approaches to innovation are random and generally unsuccessful
- Innovation is the process of satisfying the unmet needs of target customers
- With the correct sequence and appropriate inputs, innovation success improves dramatically.
What Forces Drive Towards Product Innovation by Realeyes PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- What is the JOB that your product is hired for? Why does it matter?
- How Product Managers personally benefit from structured communication of customer needs
- Real market example of what we discovered while using these approaches
How to Be an Impactful Product Manager by Uber Product ManagerProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Defining the Product Manager role
- Understanding the key competencies of a Product Manager
- How to make big impact on your product while avoiding major pitfalls
How Does a Tech PM Differ From a Non-Tech PM by fmr Renault PMProduct School
- In organisations, Product Managers are there to “join the dots”.
- The tasks and skills required significantly differ between tech and non-tech.
- Process and methods are key in tech versus commercial acumen makes or breaks a non tech Product Manager
What Product Management Frameworks Work by Google PM LeadProduct School
Main takeaways:
-There are many types of Product Management jobs - strategic frameworks can be used to better understand the role, customer, and how best to innovate
-Horizon planning is one popular framework that can help determine useful metrics and priorities
-The Technology Layers Framework helps identify feedback channels and your closest allies
How Product Managers and Designers Work Together by XO Group PMProduct School
Shilpi Roongta, a Product Manager, and Celine Chang, a Product Designer, discussed ways that both functions can work together to create great products. They covered personal experiences, the differences and overlaps in both roles, strategies you can use to forge a good partnership and design methodologies you can integrate into your product development process.
How to Turn Machine Learning Into Products by Capital One PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
- Turning Machine Learning Ideas into Products using the Capital One Machine Learning Business Model Canvas
- Start with a business problem
- Come armed with data, inputs, outputs and labels
How to Leverage Your Skill Set for Product by Google Product ManagerProduct School
Product managers love to apply frameworks to solving big thorny business challenges in their day to day. Interestingly enough, one can use a framework for the PM job itself to abstract away the details and optimize for success. Learn about the most important advice on how to leverage your skills here
How did we sell DT, how did the workshops with clients and users, which methods work and which ones do not.
Examples of real projects: both successful and not very)
- What is DT and why everyone is talking about it
- Key DT elements
- How DT works in outsourcing
- How the theory differs in practice
- How to sell DT
- How a project with DT fails
Fallon Brainfood x Planning-ness 2010: How To Plan AppsAki Spicer
Aki Spicer, Fallon's Director of Digital Strategy will reveal some learnings and tips for account planners trying to operationalize the process of concepting, selling and building applications and digital tools.
Learn some pitfalls to avoid, shortcuts for bridging the gap between "start-up" culture and agency culture, guidance for selling apps to clients who are "bottom-line" or "ad message" minded, and shifting your teams from campaign thinking to service mentality.
http://planningness.com
September 30th – October 1st at Denver’s, Space Gallery.
Building User-Centric and Responsible Generative AI ProductsAggregage
https://www.productmanagementtoday.com/frs/24832811/building-user-centric-and-responsible-generative-ai-products/email
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Generative AI products stand at the cutting edge. These products, with their unique capabilities, bring fresh opportunities and challenges that demand a fresh approach to product management.
This presentation unveils a comprehensive 7-step framework designed to navigate the complexities of developing, launching, and scaling Generative AI products. The framework offers a systematic approach to understanding target users and their AI readiness, defining user problems and opportunities, ideating with AI's unique capabilities, validating assumptions, building user-centric and responsible AI products, measuring success, and scaling optimally.
Key learning objectives:
• Gain a deep understanding of Generative AI product characteristics and their relevance in today’s rapidly evolving landscape
• Discover a comprehensive 7-step framework for developing, launching, and scaling Generative AI products, including user-centric and responsible approaches
• Learn how to identify target users and asses their AI readiness, ensuring a more tailored and effective product strategy
• Acquire key product principles specific to Generative AI, enabling the creation of products that deliver value, engagement, and ethical considerations
• Develop the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the unique opportunities and challenges presented by Generative AI, ultimately empowering product managers to harness its transformative potential for success
It doesn’t matter if you’re a one-person freelancer, a budding 5-10 person agency, or an established small to mid-sized company - you will always contend with the challenges of growth. This month, key employees from Raleigh-based web shop Atlantic BT (ABT) will share their experiences on how to build and maintain a foundation for growth in light of pressures from increasing demand.
COO, Software Development Manager, and Creative Director will share some patterns that triggered growth, and how each handled them.
December 2017 presentation covering: What is design thinking? What does it look like in practice? What are some case stories of design thinking being used in the real world? How can we use design thinking in our organization? Where can I learn more?
Product design for Non Designers - Montreal Digital Nomad MeetupSebastian Tory-Pratt
The basic principles of product design are very simple. And you don't need to be able to code to start building your product. This deck introduces some basic principles to help you start moving from idea to tangible product.
We hebben allemaal de kracht van AI gezien in de hele wereld, maar hoe kan het uw KMO helpen groeien of hoe kan je ermee groeien als bedrijfsleider/ #sales en #marketing manager? Sluit u aan bij ons aankomende webinar 'De ultieme gids voor AI voor #KMO's en bedrijfsleider' en ontdek hoe bedrijven net als de uwe hun marketing- en salesinspanningen hebben getransformeerd met AI.
Webinar How PMs Use AI to 10X Their Productivity by Product School EiR.pdfProduct School
Explore AI tools hands-on and smoothly integrate them into your work routine. This practical experience is here to empower you, offering insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers. Learn the skills to become a more effective Product Manager.
Main Takeaways:
Hands-On AI Integration:
Learn practical strategies for integrating AI tools into your workflow effectively.
Mindset Insights for Success:
Gain valuable insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers, unlocking the secrets to their achievements.
Skill Empowerment for Growth:
Acquire essential skills that empower your evolution toward becoming a more effective and impactful Product Manager.
Webinar: Using GenAI for Increasing Productivity in PM by Amazon PM LeaderProduct School
In this webinar, you will learn how AI can take work off your plate, allowing you to focus on deep thinking or critical work. Cut out the drudge work in Product Management and get more out of your day.
Learnings:
Improve workflows that are high frequency - "manual tasks"
Increase the quality of output that has high importance - "brainy tasks"
Put GenAI to work today
Unlocking High-Performance Product Teams by former Meta Global PMMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- High-Performing Team Dynamics: You’ll gain insights into fostering high-performance teamwork.
- Unveiling Team Personas: You’ll learn about different personas in the team and how to foster these differences.
- Decoding the Team Needs x Productivity Equation: You’ll learn about different team needs and how they correlate with engagement and productivity.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
23. Simple: easily knowable
Complicated: not simple, but still knowable
Complex: not fully knowable,
but reasonably predictable
Chaotic: neither knowable nor predictable.
http://noop.nl/2008/08/simple-vs-complicated-vs-complex-vs-chaotic.html
26. Design thinking is:
A process for creative problem solving.
Design thinking utilizes elements from the designer's toolkit like empathy and
experimentation to arrive at innovative solutions. By using design thinking, you
make decisions based on what future customers really want instead of relying only
on historical data or making risky bets based on instinct instead of evidence.
IDEO
https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/what-is-design-thinking
43. Everything great that has ever
happened to humanity has begun
as a single thought in someone's
mind, and if anyone of us is
capable of such a thought, then all
of us has the same capacity,
capability, because we're all the
same.
-Yanni, Yanni Live at the Acropolis
50. Human beings are creators, flinging
powerful images into the minds of their
fellow men. And all of these images are
built of tiny particles of thought.
-Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads
64. Simple: easily knowable
Complicated: not simple, but still knowable
Complex: not fully knowable,
but reasonably predictable
Chaotic: neither knowable nor predictable.
http://noop.nl/2008/08/simple-vs-complicated-vs-complex-vs-chaotic.html
65. Design thinking is:
A process for creative problem solving.
Design thinking utilizes elements from the designer's toolkit like empathy and
experimentation to arrive at innovative solutions. By using design thinking, you
make decisions based on what future customers really want instead of relying only
on historical data or making risky bets based on instinct instead of evidence.
IDEO
https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/what-is-design-thinking
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For growth minded companies and organizations who are motivated to solve an important challenge, Sprint 52 will use the Design Sprint to deliver a validated solution in just one week. Unlike traditional methods of problem solving, the Design Sprint provides you with the critical data needed before you invest the time and resources required to implement a solution.
The things we geek out on.
At Sprint52 we believe workflows and the products they produce should be designed to keep what’s most important at the center. Human beings. The companies that last the longest and achieve long-term success are are companies that put people at the center of both what produce, as well as how they work. To do that however is more difficult than it sounds. While it’s probably rare anyone explicitly sets out to ignore a customer or their employees, but it happens. A lot.
I want to ask you today to have an open mind. When Sprint 52 began my businesses partner and I sat down at the very beginning and asked ourselves who are our customers? What are they like? Who are the types of people we want to work with? Instantly we determined that we work with Growth Minded individuals. Growth and Fixed mindsets are terms coined in research by Carol Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
During our discussions with IEEE about this event today,
You get out of it what you put in.
Be involved,
Ask questions during
Share with one another
Keep the conversation going
What I hope cover is a pretty in-depth cover of the concepts of design thinking, we are going to talk about problems, empathy, defining, ideating, prototypes and testing. We have time built in for questions but if at any point your lost entirely feel free to tell me. A youtube video you click and move on and find something else.
Nature of problems (10min) - Bryan
Empathy (8min) - Bryan
Define (8min) - Ellen
Ideate (8min) - Ellen
Prototype (8min) - Bryan
Test (8min) - Ellen
Conclusion (5min) - Ellen
Ready for your first exercise?
Exercise #1: Think of a current problem you are facing. Nothing deeply personal or relationship wise, maybe a school or career challenge, maybe something a customer of yours faces. When you have identified something specific I'd ask you to raise your hand.
Exercise #2 Introduce yourself to two people you don’t know. Get their names, 2 details each and their contact information.
Exercise #3: For one of those two people you just met, help them solve their hardest problem in the next 2 minutes.
Exercise #4: solve my problem
Keys are Simple
Cars are Complicated
Traffic is Complex
Guatemala traffic is Chaos
Very brief history of design thinking
Unlike other design firms at the time they also invited experts from disparate fields like anthropology, business strategy, education or healthcare to guide and augment their design teams and processes. Their tactic to create multidisciplinary teams had the collective gaining recognition with several awards within a few years of starting.
They have since managed to popularise the terms design thinking and human-centred design, launched educational programs at d.school, authored several books, and embed members at prestigious universities world-wide.
2005 Stanford University school begins to teach design thinking as a generalisable approach to technical and social innovation
https://medium.com/@szczpanks/design-thinking-where-it-came-from-and-the-type-of-people-who-made-it-all-happen-dc3a05411e53
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/design-thinking-get-a-quick-overview-of-the-history
test
Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc & Capitol Region Council of Governments
Challenge of CT transit
What is the person feeling?
What actions or words indicate this feeling?
Can you identify their feelings through words?
What words would you use to describe their feelings?
Eye contact
Muscles & facial expressions
Posture
Affect (name the feelings)
Tone of voice
Hearing
Your response
To kick off Sprint project research, the team held a special event by gathering input from residents in the Hartford region. Upward Hartford was responsible for hosting, managing registrations through Eventbrite, and promoting the event via a variety of channels, including social media. In addition to understanding barriers to public transit, the group also brainstormed ideas:
Plutchnik’s wheel of emotional intelligence
Mighty wheel of intelligence
https://themighty.com/2018/11/i-feel-nothing-wheel-of-emotions/
Disney editors feel frustrated
Building features that bring anticipation, trust
Emotions from project: lack of trust,
Ellen
In the define stage, you take the data you gathered in the empathise phase to organize, interpret and make sense of it in order to define the problem. A really valuable tool in identifying the problem is to make a map.
Ellen
We are always so quick to assume that we know how to solve a challenge but we rarely ever take enough time to pause, and really examine the problem.
Ellen
Human-centred
Broad enough for creative freedom
Narrow enough to make it manageable
Ellen
It’s a simple diagram that represents a lot of complexity. Gives you an opportunity to think about your user from start to finish not have to rely on your short term memory to keep track of how the pieces fit together.
Actors on the left, end goal on the right - what is the path to get there?
When we run design sprints, the map will stay up all week.
Make taking the bus and figuring out routes as easy as getting in a car? (1E, 4)
Help communities build brand around their transit?
Now that you have your problem simplified and visual, you want to decide on which part of the complex problem you want to solve for. As you gather data and map your map/talk through the challenges, you and your team can be capturing How Might We questions.
This is a method that was invented by Proctor ang Gamble in the 70s. Take challenges that might feel impossible to solve and turning them into questions that just need an answer. Asking how yields more concrete ideas than why, this is why the HMW’s set you up for the ideate stage.
To determine which HMW’s we will focus our solution, we use a voting method
Ellen
Human-centred
Broad enough for creative freedom
Narrow enough to make it manageable
What is the person feeling?
What actions or words indicate this feeling?
Can you identify their feelings through words?
What words would you use to describe their feelings?
Stage 3 is ideate
Brainstorm quick tips:
Set a time limit
Start with a problem statement, point of view, possible questions, a plan, or a goal and stay focused
Defer judgement or criticism
Encourage wild ideas
Aim for quantity
Build on each other
Be visual
One conversation at a time
Formulate on your own and share with the group
Mind Mapping
Reverse Brainstorming
Gap Filling
Drivers Analysis
SWOT Analysis
The Five Whys
Starbursting
Brain-Netting (Online Brainstorming)
Brainwriting (or Slip Writing)
Collaborative Brainwriting
Role Storming
Reverse Thinking
Figure Storming
Step Ladder Brainstorming
Round Robin Brainstorming
Rapid Ideation
Trigger Storming
Charrette
What If Brainstorming
Recommendations
Active Facilitation
Brainstorming is an activity/skill unto itself
Leaders are often too close to the problem
Team is often too close to the leader to be unbiased
Design Sprint Sketching
Picture is worth a thousand words
Crazy 8’s 1 minute per idea
Use Paper and Pencil, don’t get hung up on technology.
https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/methodology/phase3-sketch
Prototype
What is a prototype? Anything that presents a solution to a problem in front of a potential customer allows them to provide you with useful feedback.
Bias towards action
Prototyping is all about speed; the longer you spend building your prototype, the more emotionally attached you can get with your idea, thus hampering your ability to objectively judge its merits.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/stage-4-in-the-design-thinking-process-prototype
Digital, Physical, Symbolic
Final prototype: https://marvelapp.com/42eg5j4
Timeboxing - hours & days not weeks and months
test
Testing Gathering feedback
Largely dependent on the type of prototype you’ve created, function, can users perform a task? Could be emotional response, how did you feel?
Warning: Don’t trust when people tell you what they would do. We are terrible at predicting behavior, even our own.
Don’t skip testing!
It’s very tempting to get excited about what you've built and go straight to production.
Finding test users: You should recruit participants who represent your target group/end users.
They can have characteristics that are as broad or as narrow as the nature of your project;
one thing you should never overlook, though, is accessibility – ensure you consider how users with disabilities would encounter your design. - Colorblind developer
Be Neutral When Presenting Your Ideas
The mom test - not looking for positive, but useful feedback
You get out of it what you put in.
Be involved,
Ask questions during
Share with one another
Keep the conversation going and Let’s talk after
Prototype feedback 10x thinking
What would you make you so excited that you would invite all of your closest friends?
What would make this prototype 10x better?
What I hope cover is a pretty in-depth cover of the concepts of design thinking, we are going to talk about problems, empathy, defining, ideating, prototypes and testing. We have time built in for questions but if at any point your lost entirely feel free to tell me. A youtube video you click and move on and find something else.
Nature of problems (10min) - Bryan
Empathy (8min) - Bryan
Define (8min) - Ellen
Ideate (8min) - Ellen
Prototype (8min) - Bryan
Test (8min) - Ellen
Conclusion (5min) - Ellen
Very brief history of design thinking
Unlike other design firms at the time they also invited experts from disparate fields like anthropology, business strategy, education or healthcare to guide and augment their design teams and processes. Their tactic to create multidisciplinary teams had the collective gaining recognition with several awards within a few years of starting.
They have since managed to popularise the terms design thinking and human-centred design, launched educational programs at d.school, authored several books, and embed members at prestigious universities world-wide.
2005 Stanford University school begins to teach design thinking as a generalisable approach to technical and social innovation
https://medium.com/@szczpanks/design-thinking-where-it-came-from-and-the-type-of-people-who-made-it-all-happen-dc3a05411e53
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/design-thinking-get-a-quick-overview-of-the-history
test
For growth minded companies and organizations who are motivated to solve an important challenge, Sprint 52 will use the Design Sprint to deliver a validated solution in just one week. Unlike traditional methods of problem solving, the Design Sprint provides you with the critical data needed before you invest the time and resources required to implement a solution.