When projects get complex and have many moving parts, it’s important to have the right type of project management tool. One of the best methods to use, especially in technical development, is the Kanban method being used on a Kanban board. Its original roots come from lean manufacturing with a mindset of continuous improvement. It has since been adapted as a part of agile methodology to handle time management better. It’s a type of graphic…
If you want your next product to succeed, you’ll need a clear product roadmap to get you there. Like any other kind of map, product or project roadmaps give you a high-level overview of where you are. They show you where you’re going. And they clarify how you’re going to get there, along with how long it’s going to take you. To put it simply, creating a product roadmap is an important step in product…
Life is filled with decisions. Will it be toast or cereal for breakfast? Will you go to college or immediately look for a job? Will you market your product to this niche or that one? Will you follow this philosophy or that religion? While Venn diagrams won’t make these decisions for you, they can make it easier for you to make them. They give you the ability to compare and contrast two or more things.…
Do you remember your high school English teacher telling everyone to draw two overlapping circles on a piece of paper? Over one circle, she said to write something like ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Over the other she said to write ‘West Side Story.’ Then, she told everyone to write the differences between them on the outside and their commonalities on the inside. That was a Venn diagram! They’ve been around since John Venn, an English logician,…
What is a Pyramid Chart? A pyramid chart is one of the earliest types of charts many of us end up seeing. That is because of how it’s able to represent concepts and ideas visually. The first instance for many would come from the Food Pyramid example. This graphic organizer shows what amount of each food group we should consume to have a balanced diet. Yet it is only one of many ways to be…