Blog about Remote Work and OKRs
Amy Ngo on August 12th, 2020.
Daily stand-ups, check-ins, and OKR are growing in popularity so you and your team should give us a try! Don't lag behind all the teams and start-ups. With Focus, you'll find ease in fostering clarity and teamwork across all types of departments and projects!
Anton Cherkasov on July 10th, 2020.
Teams often lose focus on top priorities for a multitude of reasons. At Focus, we believe that staying concentrated on what “matters” is one of the most important skills for product teams. Here are some sources of distraction your team may face: The team works on a hard project for too long. Instead of validating the main...
Anton Cherkasov on May 18th, 2020.
While speaking at many management conferences, I see that a lot of people struggle with setting OKRs (objectives and key results). The most important part I want to point out is that people often make similar OKR mistakes. In this article, you find the top 5 mistakes that companies make when setting OKRs and the ways on how to...
Anton Cherkasov on April 23rd, 2020.
We interviewed Madhuri Aggarwal, a senior business consultant solving product challenges for clients such as eBay and Cisco. Madhuri shared her expertise in product management and favorite tools and processes she uses on a daily basis. What’s your background, and what are you working on? With a masters in marketing and...
Anton Cherkasov on March 27th, 2020.
This week, we interviewed Jedrzej Kaminski, a Product Manager at EyeEm. Jedrzej shared his expertise in A/B Testing and data analytics to discuss measuring success when conducting research. He also answered burning questions on technologies he uses on a daily basis, his experience at EyeEm, and how to make different transitions into...
Anton Cherkasov on February 28th, 2020.
As an entrepreneur or a manager, do you want to build an amazing team that achieves new heights in the business? Well, of course, you doā¦ And I wanted the same. The real question is – how to manage the team and increase productivity? This is the story about problems I had managing my previous startup and why I created the OKR...
Anton Cherkasov on January 16th, 2020.
Weāre incredibly excited to announce that Focus has launched the bot for Slack. Itās a big step for us for helping teams to build high-performing culture through effective scrum meetings and employee recognition. Status meetings are a serious waste of time The majority of employees hate meetings. A Korn Felly survey reveals that...
Anton Cherkasov on December 12th, 2019.
There is a focus on high-quality of product development in Scrum methodology. Thatās why scrum meetings have high priority and run by a scrum master. The main goal of the scrum meeting is team synchronization. Who is a scrum master? The better definition of a scrum master role is āservant leaderā. Scrum masterās goal is to...
Anton Cherkasov on December 5th, 2019.
Scrum standup is a daily meeting that helps product teams to be more effective and analyze their routines. The recommended length of the meeting is 15 minutes, however, it depends on the team size. All members of the product team participate in the standups, not only the product owner and scrum master. Scrum meetings or Daily Standups...
Anton Cherkasov on November 21st, 2019.
Letās start at the end: Thereās a team that loves your company. Theyāve already achieved outstanding results in the area your organization operates. They are full of energy and tell anyone who will listen how awesome it is at work in your company. If you ask for working overtime, they do it – and happily. If you donāt, they...
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