Edwin Balaciu - Professionality in Numbers

Product Management
10

Years of experience in a professional position

Prototyping
14

Products I worked on

Personality
460

Colleagues I met and worked with

Personality
210

Workshops, Presentations & Meetings conducted by me

Product Management
1.250

User stories I wrote, tested and were in "Defintion of Done"

Prototyping
850

Bugs found & test cases written

Personality
320

Views & Symbols designed in Sketch including grid & spacing

Personality
125

User Interviews organised, conducted & used as input for product development

Portfolio & Skills

Checkout some of my past work which I produced while working on developing digital products. I used many frameworks and tools to make that happen such as Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Problem Interviews, Usability Testing, User Stories, etc.

Website
This website

This website is designed and published in just 2 days

Prototype
Plattform Prototype

Created with Unbounce. A Prototype of a Listing Platform

http://tiny.cc/Prototype_Test
Interview Scripts & Personas
Interview Scripts & Personas

Problem Interviews for qualitative data gathering

http://tiny.cc/interviews_edwin
Experiment
Platform Pivot Experiment

Asynchronous language learning via E-Mail and Google Drive

http://tiny.cc/Experiment_Edwin
BM & VP Canvas
BM & VP Canvas + User Stories

Business Model, Value Proposition and User Stories

http://tiny.cc/Canvas_Edwin
Testimonials
Testimonials

Testimonials about my past positions can be found here

http://tiny.cc/Testimonials_Edwin
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Certificates

Duolingo
Duolingo English Test

83 % Proficient in English

https://certs.duolingo.com/9j7kgc7q
Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB CTFL

Certified Tester Foundation Level

http://tiny.cc/CTFL_Edwin

My Experiences*

  • Prototyping
  • Problem Interviews
  • Usability Testing
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Java
  • UI/UX Design
  • E-Commerce
  • Moderating Workshops
  • SCRUM Master
  • SQL
  • Lean Startup

*I am only mentioning skills/tools/frameworks which I used regularly at least for a year

My Toolset

Have a look on which tools I am using to develop a professional digital product:

Webflow
Webflow

Website builder for creating modern state of the art websites

Mailchimp
Mailchimp

Good for creating complex E-Mail marketing campaigns

Material Design
Material Design

UI Resources and State of the art guidelines for UI Designing

Material Design
JIRA + Confluence

The classic and still very good tools for software development

Typeform
Typeform

Very powerful, easy to use and easy to implement online surveys

Google Analytics
Google Analytics

The good old classic Google Analytics still does the job by tracking user behaviour

Sketch
Sketch

A very complex and powerful design tool to create beautiful designs

Shoutem
Shoutem

Best mobile app builder to quickly create, publish and organise mobile apps

Zeplin
Zeplin

Collaboration tool to share designs and styleguides

Abstract
Abstract

Collaboration tool to work simultaneously on the same Sketch files

TestingTime
Testingtime

To conduct user interviews and do usability Testing with real users

Testbirds
Testbirds

With this service it is possible to conduct crowdtesting quickly

Figma
Figma

Click Dummies & UI Design

And over 80 more tools for doing designs, online marketing, software development, tracking, user research, etc.

Frameworks & Methods I use

Have a look on which frameworks I learned and used in a professional environment to build digital products and brands:

Value Proposition Canvas
Value Proposition Canvas

Helps you to identify the jobs to be done, pains and gains of your customers

Business Model Canvas
Business Model Canvas

Identify your revenue streams, key partners, key activities, channels, etc.

Personas
Personas

Write down the problems, wishes, most favourite channels of your customer groups

OKRs
OKRs

Define your objectives and key results based on trackable and achievable metrics

Lean Startup Validation Board
Lean Startup Validation Board

How to setup quickly an experiment to test your idea and to validate it with real customers

Problem Interviews & Usability Testing
Problem Interviews / Usability Testing

Talk to your customers and gain qualitative data to identify their problems and needs

Mission Model Canvas
Mission Model Canvas

Identify your value propositions, cost factory, key partners, etc.

Brand Steering wheel
Brand Steering wheel

Helps to set a path of how you want your brand to appear

Product Development

Any story or bug which is created has to go through different stages to make sure we are developing viable products which people need. Therefore any idea or story should contain these informations:

Qualitative Data
QUALITATIVE DATA

Did we talk to any real user by doing usability testing or conducting problem interviews?

QUANTITATIVE DATA
QUANTITATIVE DATA

Do we have any data based on real user behaviour from a tracking? How many customers are affected?

CUSTOMER AND BUSINESS VALUE
CUSTOMER AND BUSINESS VALUE

Does the story generate any business or customer value? What are the value propositions?

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