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Learn what Scrum is, the basics of scrum events, a step-by-step guide to sprint planning and common challenges with moving to Scrum from a Product Manager.

Product Management
What is Scrum?
by
Alison Stark
Mar 21, 2019

Learn how you can prepare for a design sprint as a designer, including your role in the process, what to expect and ways to practice beforehand.

Product Design
How to Prep for a Design Sprint (Designer’s POV)
by
Pamela Porto
Mar 4, 2019

Learn what user stories are and how to write user stories, including testing instructions & verification, reference a & considerations, and acceptance criteria.

Client Resources
How to Write User Stories
by
Tucker Pivonka
Feb 21, 2019

Learn the difference between Kanban and Scrum, including pros & cons of each, some middle ground options, and the tools Crema uses for our product management.

Product Management
What’s the Difference Between Kanban and Scrum?
by
Tucker Pivonka
Jan 29, 2019

Learn from George Brooks about the 8 lessons he's learned creating & managing Crema's product teams, including diversifying, short sprints, and silos.

Company Culture
Product Teams: 8 Lessons Learned
by
George Brooks
Jan 28, 2019

Unleash the Sprint. Learn how to tackle agile sprint planning, explore our sprint planning template and figure out the sprint timeline that works best for you.

Product Management
Our Sprint Framework
by
Oct 2, 2018

Learn how to get an entry level programming job with no experience! We provide tips on how to network, get your projects in front of the right people and more.

Software Development
Three Tips For Getting Your First Programming Job With No Experience
by
Oct 2, 2018

In a team or business, mantras give the organization and culture repeatable and memorable sound bites for focusing on how to make the team better.

Company Culture
Crema's Mantras - A Reflection of our Team and Culture
by
George Brooks
Oct 2, 2018

Looking for QA testing tools? These 9 Chrome extensions aid in testing, writing better bugs, and covering more exploratory ground. Plus, some free tools!

Test Engineering
9 Magical Chrome Extensions for QA Testing

Graphs can be a complex design challenge for UI designers. Learn how to make percentage circles or a pie chart in Sketch with these 3 easy steps!

Product Design
3 Easy Steps to Create Percentage Circles and Pie Charts in Sketch
by
Oct 1, 2018

Crema uses Slack for all internal communication. Learn how we built a Slackbot called Scorebot, and how it hit the front page of Product hunt in 2016.

Company Culture
Scoring the office with a Chatbot in Slack
by
George Brooks
Oct 1, 2018
Tyler Hilker
4
min read

The Better Bets Canvas for Product Leaders

In this article, we talk about a tool we use to help product leaders think more deeply about the problems they face every day. We call it the Better Bets Canvas, based on insights found in Annie Duke's book Thinking and Bets (which you should absolutely go read).

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