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Should companies eat their own dogfood?

2021/9/7
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Work Check

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The name is hard to defend, but the practice of “dogfooding” is a staple in product development. But should every company be product testing this way...or should we leave this practice behind? Join host Christine Dela Rosa and debaters Marshall Walker Lee and Shannon Winter to learn if you really need to “eat your own dogfood” to make products that work.

In this episode, co-CEO of Easy Agile Nick Muldoon) joins to share his successes with dogfooding. Atlassian's Head of Engineering Paul Slade) speaks of the dangers of dogfooding, and Project Inkblot's Akilah Scharff) talks about the limits of the practice when your team doesn't represent your audience.

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