Author archives: Mike

One of my favourite product management books is User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton.  The technique of story mapping, especially when working with a group works best with a heap of post-it notes and a big wall, however when working with a distributed team or when organising your own product thoughts a digital story mapping […]

There are loads of great books out their for product managers, some very tactical and some thought provoking. Here’s a list of my favourites that I come back to again and again. No affiliate links as I don’t know how to do that. Badass: Making User’s Awesome Kathy Sierra Kathy Sierra’s beautiful book reminds us […]

When writing a user story for development team, the acceptance criteria are the oft overlooked part that can make the difference between whether what is built does what is needed, or not. We’ve all seen vague user stories that say something like: As a patient:I want an appointments screenSo that I can make an appointment […]