A developer proficient in both front-end and back-end technologies, capable of building complete web applications. Crucial for delivering comprehensive and cohesive digital products by managing both user interface and server-side components.
An organization that places the product at the center of its operations, ensuring that all departments align their efforts to support product development and success. Crucial for creating a cohesive and focused approach to product development and business growth.
A senior role responsible for guiding the product management team and overseeing the development and strategy of products. Crucial for ensuring successful product development and alignment with business goals.
A document that defines the functionality, behavior, and features of a system or component. Important for providing clear requirements and expectations for product design and development teams, ensuring alignment and successful project outcomes.
A clear and concise statement that defines the purpose and goals of a product, guiding its development and strategic direction. Crucial for aligning product development efforts with organizational vision and goals.
A team responsible for developing and maintaining the foundational systems and services that support other teams and products. Crucial for ensuring scalability and efficiency across the organization.
Responsive Web Design (RWD) is an approach to web design that makes web pages render well on a variety of devices and window or screen sizes. Essential for creating flexible, adaptive web experiences that maintain functionality and aesthetics across different platforms and devices.
A collection of reusable UI components that can be used to build applications. Helps in maintaining consistency and efficiency in the design and development process.
A visual exercise that helps product teams understand and prioritize features by organizing user stories into a cohesive narrative that aligns with user journeys and goals. Essential for planning and prioritizing product features and ensuring alignment with user needs.
A cross-functional team focused on solving customer problems and achieving business outcomes, with a strong emphasis on discovery, experimentation, and continuous improvement. Crucial for creating valuable and innovative products that meet user needs and drive business success through iterative development and close collaboration with stakeholders.
A technique for creating interactive web applications by exchanging data with the server in the background without reloading the entire page. Essential for enhancing user experience by making web applications more dynamic and responsive.
A Gestalt principle that states that objects that are similar in appearance are perceived as being more related than objects that are dissimilar. Essential for creating visually cohesive and intuitive designs.
The visual images, symbols, or modes of representation collectively associated with a subject, often used in design to communicate ideas quickly and effectively. Important for creating cohesive and meaningful visual systems.
An approach to design that considers the entire user journey and all touchpoints, ensuring a seamless and cohesive experience. Crucial for creating integrated and satisfying user experiences across multiple channels and interactions.
A team focused on designing and improving the user experience across products and services. Essential for ensuring cohesive and high-quality user experiences.
A blend of physical and digital experiences to create a cohesive user experience. Important for integrating online and offline customer interactions.
A consensus-building technique where participants show their level of agreement or support by raising zero to five fingers. Useful for quickly gauging team agreement and making collaborative decisions in product design and development meetings.
A short, daily meeting (separate from Standup) for the development team to sync on progress and plan for the day, part of the Scrum agile framework. Crucial for maintaining team alignment and momentum in agile projects.
The visible elements of a brand, such as color, design, and logo, that identify and distinguish the brand in consumers' minds. Crucial for creating a recognizable and cohesive brand presence that resonates with target audiences.
The strategic objectives that an organization aims to achieve, guiding its operations and decision-making processes. Important for aligning digital product development with the broader mission and objectives of the organization.
A time-boxed period in which Agile teams deliver incremental value in the form of working, tested software and systems. Essential for aligning teams, managing dependencies, and ensuring continuous delivery.
A user experience that feels consistent and unified across different elements and touchpoints. Crucial for ensuring a seamless and engaging user journey.
Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) is the simplest version of a product that delivers a complete and satisfying user experience while meeting core user needs. Essential for rapidly validating product concepts and user experience designs while ensuring that even early versions of a product provide value and a positive impression to users.
A design language developed by Google that uses shadow, depth, and motion to create a realistic and intuitive user interface. Crucial for creating modern, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces.
A strategic approach where decisions and direction are set by top-level management and flow down through the organization, often aligned with overarching business goals. Crucial for ensuring strategic alignment and coherence across all levels of an organization.
A cohesive system of visual and interaction design principles and guidelines that ensure consistency and coherence across a product or brand's interfaces and experiences. Essential for creating a unified and recognizable user experience, ensuring consistency, usability, and brand identity across all platforms and touchpoints.
The planning, development, and management of content to meet business and user needs, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across all channels. Essential for creating cohesive and impactful content that aligns with business goals and user needs.
A design principle that involves repeating elements to create consistency and unity, making the design more cohesive and understandable. Crucial for creating visually appealing and user-friendly designs that enhance readability and usability.
Numeronym for the word "Interoperability" (I + 14 letters + Y), the ability of different systems, devices, or applications to work together and exchange information effectively without compatibility issues. Crucial for ensuring compatibility and integration between systems.
An overarching idea or theme that guides the design process, providing direction and coherence to the final product. Essential for ensuring that all design elements align with a central vision and purpose.
The primary brand in a brand architecture that serves as the foundation for all sub-brands and extensions. Essential for providing a unified brand strategy and leveraging brand equity across multiple products.
Tell, Don't Ask (TDA) is a design principle in software engineering that promotes encapsulation by having objects handle their own data and actions. Essential for maintaining object-oriented integrity and reducing dependencies in the code.
A system of design variables used to maintain consistency in a design system, such as colors, fonts, and spacing. Crucial for ensuring uniformity and scalability in design across different platforms and products.
Fundamental guidelines that inform and shape the design process, ensuring consistency, usability, and effectiveness in product creation. Essential for creating coherent, user-centered designs that align with organizational goals and user needs.
The process of combining different systems or components in a way that ensures they work together smoothly and efficiently without disruptions. Essential for providing a cohesive user experience and ensuring the reliability of complex systems.
The four key elements of marketing: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion, used to develop marketing strategies. Important for creating comprehensive marketing strategies that effectively promote digital products.
The degree to which a product's elements are consistent with each other. Crucial for creating a cohesive and intuitive user experience.
The condition in which two or more versions of a product or system offer the same features and functionalities, ensuring consistency and uniformity across different platforms or updates. Important for providing a consistent user experience, reducing confusion, and ensuring all users have access to the same capabilities regardless of the platform they use.
A collection of design patterns that provides solutions to common design problems. Useful for standardizing design solutions and promoting best practices across projects.
The main brand in a brand architecture that houses sub-brands or extensions. Crucial for providing overarching brand identity and consistency across sub-brands.
A methodology for creating design systems by breaking down interfaces into their basic components (atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages). Essential for creating scalable and maintainable design systems.
A seamless and integrated customer experience across multiple channels, such as online, mobile, and in-store. Crucial for providing a consistent and cohesive user experience, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty in digital products.
Numeronym for the word "Compatibility" (C + 11 letters + Y), ensuring that systems, devices, or applications can operate together without conflict or need for modification. Crucial for ensuring seamless integration and functionality across different platforms.
The established set of core values, stories, and attributes that define a brand's identity and guide its communications. Essential for maintaining brand consistency and authenticity.
The visual elements of a brand, such as color, design, and logo, that communicate the brand to consumers. Crucial for creating a consistent and recognizable brand presence.
A Gestalt principle stating that elements that are visually connected are perceived as more related than elements with no connection. Essential for creating designs that effectively group related elements.
The process of applying a consistent style, motif, or brand identity across a piece of work, design, or user experience to create coherence and enhance the overall aesthetic. Essential for ensuring visual consistency, reinforcing brand identity, and providing users with a unified and engaging experience.
The degree to which a product's elements are consistent with external standards or other products. Important for ensuring compatibility and user familiarity across different systems.
The set of shared values, practices, and goals that characterize a startup company. Important for fostering innovation, agility, and a collaborative environment within product design teams.
A concise statement of what the team aims to achieve during a sprint, providing direction and a shared understanding of the sprint's purpose. Crucial for ensuring team alignment and focus on the most important outcomes during a sprint.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are integrated software systems that manage business processes across various departments, such as finance, HR, and supply chain. Essential for improving operational efficiency and providing a unified view of business operations.
The tendency for individuals to put in less effort when working in a group compared to when working alone, due to reduced accountability. Crucial for understanding group dynamics and designing systems that ensure individual accountability.
Enterprise Project Management (EPM) is a comprehensive approach to managing projects across an entire organization. Essential for coordinating complex, cross-functional projects and achieving organizational objectives.
A theory of motivation that emphasizes the importance of autonomy, competence, and relatedness in fostering intrinsic motivation and psychological well-being. Important for understanding how to design experiences that support user motivation and well-being.
The practice of guiding and inspiring teams to create effective, user-centered design solutions that align with business goals. Crucial for fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence in design practices within organizations.
A regular meeting in Agile project management where team members discuss progress, plan work, and identify any obstacles, typically held daily. Crucial for maintaining communication, transparency, and accountability within Agile teams.
A role in Agile project management responsible for ensuring the team follows Agile practices, facilitating meetings, and removing obstacles to progress. Essential for supporting Agile teams and ensuring successful implementation of Scrum practices.
A professional responsible for overseeing and coordinating multiple related projects to ensure they align with organizational goals and deliver strategic value. Essential for managing complex initiatives and ensuring successful delivery of business objectives.
The dynamic system of content creation, distribution, and interaction within an environment. Important for understanding how content flows and interacts within a system.
The process of combining multiple products or product lines into a single offering to streamline operations and reduce complexity. Useful for optimizing product portfolios and improving operational efficiency.