6 months ago, I joined a climate tech startup called Climate Policy Radar as employee #11. As their first product manager, user research is one of the main things I am responsible for. This post describes the approach I am using to gather continuous feedback from users via user tests and interviews. Background For most […]
How we have setup Notion to help our startup stay organised
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Alan WrightI am working at a startup of 13 people with big plans for the future. Notion is one of the main tools everybody in the team uses. This post describes how we have set up Notion to make information easy to find across multiple growing teams. What is Notion Notion is a note-taking and productivity […]
Climate Policy Radar launches public product roadmap
/0 Comments/in Product, UX & Strategy /by Alan WrightWe are delighted to share Climate Policy Radar’s Public Product Roadmap – sketching the steps we’re taking today to reach our (very) ambitious future goals. Transparency is one of our core values, and it threads through everything we do and advocate for. We believe that being open about our own processes and priorities will lead us to […]
How we use Notion to manage our product backlog / bets
/0 Comments/in Product, UX & Strategy /by Alan WrightAt Climate Policy Radar, bets are things we might do that might improve our product. We frame these as problems we need to solve or solution ideas that we think might add value. This post explains how we keep track of bets from initial idea to completion. Most other organisations would probably call this a […]
Doing user research as a product manager in an early-stage startup
/0 Comments/in Product, UX & Strategy /by Alan Wright6 months ago, I joined a climate tech startup called Climate Policy Radar as employee #11. As their first product manager, user research is one of the main things I am responsible for. This post describes the approach I am using to gather continuous feedback from users via user tests and interviews. Background For most […]
How to run a retrospective
/0 Comments/in How to run meetings, Team Ways of Working /by Alan WrightThis post provides an introduction to team retrospectives and a guide on how to run them. Intro to retrospectives What is a retrospective? A regular meeting for the team to reflect on past performance and identify ways to improve. Why bother? Good teams continuously improve their product. Great teams also continuously improve how they work […]
How to run a premortem
/0 Comments/in How to run meetings, Team Ways of Working /by Alan WrightPremortems help us identify and reduce risks before they happen. They are a great exercise to run before launching a product or feature. What is a premortem Product teams often use postmortems to understand what caused a problem and how to reduce the risk of it becoming a problem again. Premortems are the opposite. You […]
Writing good OKRs
/0 Comments/in Product, UX & Strategy, Team Ways of Working /by Alan WrightOKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal setting system that was popularised by Google. To summarise, the objective defines what you want to achieve and the key result defines how you will measure progress towards achieving the objective. In this blog post, I share my thoughts on how to write good OKRs. I focus […]
Makers time and collaboration time: two metrics that help teams improve the timing of meetings to increase team health and productivity
/0 Comments/in How to run meetings, Team Ways of Working /by Alan WrightMakers time and collaboration time are two metrics that I have started using to help teams to measure the amount of quality time they have available to do their best work, and to make improvements over time. In this blog post I explain what they are and when/how to use them.
Better meetings for remote teams
/0 Comments/in How to run meetings, Team Ways of Working /by Alan Wright“Too many meetings” is something I’ve said or heard over and over again in every organisation I’ve worked. Since lockdown began, this problem seems to have gotten worse for two main reasons: There are more meetings: ‘Watercooler’ conversations and informal chats around the team space have been replaced with scheduled video meetings. Meetings are more […]
Running effective show & tells
/0 Comments/in How to run meetings /by Alan WrightShow & tell is a chance for teams to show their work to stakeholders and to get feedback. It’s a crucial form of governance for agile teams that keeps everyone up to date by allowing them to see the team’s progress first hand. Before you read this, you might want to check out my other […]