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Minimum Viable Product is a great agile concept. Here’s how we applied it to our Helperbot product development process.

We know the importance of valuing people and have set up systems and best practices for making our employees feel cared for starting long before they accept an offer to work with us. Here are three people-first principles we’ve incorporated into our hiring process that you can try too. 

Check out our latest video hosted by Product Manager Allison Greenwald and former Digital Strategist Rebecca Viser, Accessibility and Strategy: How They Interact, discussing ways to create content that’s accessible for everyone.

Understand the story behind Helperbot, our asynchronous Scrum solution for distributed and co-located teams – built by the Alley team.

The Scrum world is replete with creative and delightful symbolic stand-ins meant to help people get good with story pointing.

Take some time to check out our three-part Product Chats video series on Data Visualization by former Digital Strategist Rebecca Viser and Senior UX Designer Ben Myers.

For years, Alley has conducted one-on-one, moderated usability tests of our websites— but always with adults. Recently, we conducted a series of testing sessions with children, ages 7-12. To get the best possible answers and responses, we approached our work differently and more creatively. Here, we’ll share tips should you have a project with kids.

Getting to the root cause of an issue can take time. It can even feel inefficient to discuss. But by leaning into techniques such as The Five Whys or Peeling the Onion, we have the opportunity to deliver a more effective and long-lasting positive impact for our teams.

Employees want to know how they’re doing and what it will take to progress. Read more about performance feedback ecosystems that work.

This article expands on recommendations of actual measures media organizations can implement for protecting sources and increasing tips.