Product Management: Collabsprint

THE CHALLENGE

As part of Collabsprint, our team were tasked with the problem that everyone has an online presence now, but it is scattered across many platforms. When someone asks "where can I learn more about you?", there's no good answer! We explored this issue, identifying key user insights, then created Linkify: a personal profile builder that works for anyone. In 8 weeks, we designed and shipped our Minimum Viable Product.

My ROLE

Product Manager and Team Rep

THE PROCESS

• 8 weeks of structured teamwork with milestones, standups, and a final demo

• Guidance from industry mentors at Miro and IBM

• Use of Slack, Miro, Notion, Otter, Github, Figma and Vercel as key tools

• A globally distributed team of Product Managers, Designer and Developers working remotely

OUTCOMES

After an intensive collaborative process, we shipped Linkify: a personal profile builder that automatically updates. We learned valuable lessons about the importance of frequent communication, involving the whole team in user research to fully understand the problem, prioritising features, overcoming tech blockers and pivoting to meet deadlines. We presented our work at a Demo Day to the first Collabsprint cohort, receiving very positive feedback.

NEXT STEPS

We have identified that the future roadmap for Linkify would involve connecting more products to build the profile, fine-tuning the rules and controls for users and building out the analytics side of the tool.