We’re talking to Elisa, bol’s very first UX Research Lead. With us, she shares stories about her journey, her future goals, ánd Continuous Interviewing – a successfully implemented program that now empowers several of bol’s product teams to regularly connect with their shoppers.
Leading the way in UX research: “This role was completely mine to shape”Senior Data Scientist Eryk plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining forecasting projects, specializing in aggregated sales. We talk to him about his journey, facing a challenging pandemic, and being part of the data scientist community at bol.
Navigating chaotic times: forecasting amid the pandemicIn this article we’ll first talk about the fundamentals of retrospectives: why they are important and how to structure a simple but effective version. We’ll address a common problem: no actions and/or actors are defined. Next, we’ll take it one step further, and discuss how to avoid “getting stuck” by regularly changing the format of your retrospectives. To top it off, I offer some more varied formats.
Bye Bye, Boring RetrospectivesIf you are interested in Product Discovery or interested in how Platform teams can add loads of value to Product Teams, this is an episode for you.
Discovery for Technical Platform TeamsAs bol.com we are transitioning to a product-led organization. In previous Techlab podcast episodes, we discussed several aspects of this transition. One of the viewpoints we haven’t discussed is that of the software engineer.
Product-led the engineering perspectiveA few months ago we noticed a message that stood out on our internal platform. Basically, it stated: "I'm back". Naturally, it happens every now and then that employees explore their horizons but still return to bol.
To indie game developer and backWelcome to episode number 100! A special show with a very interesting topic: Inclusion of Introverts and Introversion. We asked our CEO Margaret Versteden for a quote for this number 100. She surprised us with the fact that this topic is so important for her as she is dealing with this her whole life, as an introvert.
Inclusion of IntrovertsWe are not only the hosts of the show but so far we also do the selection of the topics ourselves. Research what’s interesting. Find diverse subjects and guests, etc.
Transforming your experimentation knowledge into a bookThis episode is 2021 Techlab Wrapped. Inspired by one of the platforms that host our podcast Spotify. It is the end of Season 3 and the end of 2021.
2021 WrappedDuring the recording of this episode, we are in the week of Black Friday. An exciting week for people hunting for bargains. And also for a lot of our colleagues.
Load testing with Locust
