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[LC14] Language and Frames

"When a group of people try to do something together, they usually fail."

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[LC13] Patterns of Events

Recurring patterns of events represent the ground truth: in both buildings and software systems.

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[LC12] A Natural Process

How do you build whole and healthy structure?

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[LC11] Frame Control

It takes more than one frame to move the work forward.

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[LC10] Considering Sand Tables

The sand table gathers people for discussion and decision: and it only shows what is strictly necessary.

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[LC09] Mapping the Unbundling

A picture worth 2,215 words?

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[LC08] Sequence: Concierge MVP

To develop product craft, we need to know the steps involved and understand how they interact.

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Unbundling User Research

As user research is rebuilt into product practices, all its parts — not just the interviewing — must eventually be re-integrated.

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[LC07] Disposable Models

Making models — sacred or sacrificial?

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[LC06] Teaching People to Play

It's difficult to remember what it was like when we didn't know what we do now.

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[LC05] Maintaining Models

Everything decays — even the pictures we use to represent reality.

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[LC04] Three Levels of Scale

Work in product organizations operates across three levels of strategic scale.

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[LC03] Focus and Sense

Organizations need strategic focus and sensing mechanisms to grow useful new capabilities.

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[LC02] Process vs. Sequence

Working in healthy sequences keeps our teams moving forward confidently and steadily.

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[LC01] A Guiding Metaphor

Our organizations adapt to the external world: once there's fit, they both re-shape each other.

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Profiling Product Teams & Predicting Research Needs

We can build a simple profile to predict where, and what kind, of research support our teams will need.

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External Loops vs. Internal Cycles

The value of research lies in external feedback loops. Its impact moves through internal operating cycles.

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User Research and Its Inevitable Evolution

User research is evolving — inevitably, and somewhat predictably.

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The Structure of User Experience

A model of how “UX” works, and the critical forces that drive the team's product development.

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A Spectrum of Perspectives: Design, Product, and Business

To align with product, research must recognize and balance design and business perspectives.

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Where UX Research Is Working

As research evolves, the practice will hook into the organization in new ways.

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The Fundamental Research Question

Product teams must answer one question about their users: "what are they doing right now?"

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Continuous Discovery vs. Research Projects

An emerging paradigm, in opposition to project-based research, equips product teams to make informed decisions in short cycles.

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A Strategy and Wardley Mapping Primer

You should know the basic elements of Wardley Mapping for strategy.

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