Five Lesser-Known Tactics to Level Up Your Meetings
The Product Coalition
JUNE 29, 2022
Experiences from a product leader, ex-McKinsey consultant, and current Stanford MBA student Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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6 Customer Fit Types and How to Use Them To Drive Customer Success
Userpilot
JUNE 30, 2022
While everyone talks about product-market fit, finding product-customer fit is equally important when it comes to engaging the right customers and driving success. Without it, you’d find yourself implementing features for the wrong customers, distorting your value proposition, and leading your customer support (CS) team to burnout from dealing with bad-fit users.
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Brain Science 101: Using psychology principles to drive product success
ProductBoard
JUNE 28, 2022
It’s the stuff of product managers’ nightmares: the “product graveyard,” where products go to die. And the truly scary part of the product graveyard? It’s often filled with valuable, viable products that you, your sales team, and your engineers have spent hundreds of hours creating. So what makes one great product succeed while others fail?
What are Product Metrics?
The Product Coalition
JUNE 29, 2022
Reduce your time to insight with intelligent metrics. Discover what PMs are using to track their products. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Product Strategy Agility: How to Use Experiments and Options to Create Products Your Customers Love
Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group
Senior leaders often want to see months - or years - long product roadmaps. But these predictions often do not create products your customers will love. While customers aren’t fickle, they often do not know what they want until you give them something to try. That means product leaders need to integrate experiments and options into their roadmaps. In this presentation, Johanna Rothman will explain: How to limit the duration of a roadmap and show possible options.
Charlie and the Feature Factory
The Product Coalition
JUNE 28, 2022
“Everything on this product roadmap is a feature, and even I start looking like one!” This article is a product take on the classical hit novel Charlie and the chocolate factory by Roald Dahl, but with a twist. No, not a twister, but a twist. To be quite candid, don’t expect a sweet as candy, nicely sugar coated, article, but get ready for the horrors of the Feature Factory.
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Customer Centricity: Part 2 (of 2) – Daniel Harris on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
JUNE 28, 2022
In this weeks' podcast, we jump straight back into our chat with Daniel Harris about customer-centricity and developing that mindset in product management. Let's get straight back to the chat! [.] Read more » The post Customer Centricity: Part 2 (of 2) – Daniel Harris on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.
Adapt Best Practices with Product Ops
Product Management Today Submitted Articles
JUNE 30, 2022
ProductOps is a specialized role that normalizes and helps scale the product function across all products and services. Your teams have adopted numerous methods and roles. They have attempted to implement the same practices as described in that article or webinar, yet don't seem to get the same outcomes. Why is it not working? Because your organization is unique.
How Product Managers Can Manage Stakeholders Without Going Crazy
The Product Coalition
JUNE 27, 2022
Managing stakeholders is a major part of the role as a product manager. Here are some tips I’ve learned that can help you level up. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Solving for Customers
The Product Guy
JUNE 26, 2022
It is not just about solving the problems, but also communicating and effectively marketing the solution to the customers. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Amin Bashi.
Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding
Advertiser: Aggregage
The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.
Product value: what it is and how to deliver more of it by Etienne Garbugli
Mind the Product
JULY 1, 2022
In this ProductTank Waterloo talk, Etienne Garbugli, Author of Lean B2B and Solving Product, dives into the challenges that need to be overcome and how to deliver product value. [.] Read more » The post Product value: what it is and how to deliver more of it by Etienne Garbugli appeared first on Mind the Product.
6 Reasons to Invest in Responsive Web Design Services
UX Studio
JUNE 30, 2022
Have you ever run into a website that looked awful on your phone? And not only that, but the fonts were too big, the pictures were over the edge… What’s more, you couldn’t find the menu or tap the buttons you wanted to. Luckily, a website with a responsive design will never have those problems. Smartphones have changed our lives. We’re not restricted to physical stores or computers anymore when we want to buy something or contact someone.
Why Product Managers Need to Fall in Love with User Problems
The Product Coalition
JULY 1, 2022
To provide the right solution to your users, you have to start by loving their problems. It is the Product Manager’s job to be able to… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
390: Experiences that make product managers grow – with Tom Leung
Product Innovation Educators
JUNE 27, 2022
Lessons learned from a product manager’s experiences at Google and YouTube. Most of us have become product managers and then moved on (or will move on) to product leadership based on our experiences and knowledge. We encounter tools along the way—some that are helpful and some that are not. I want to explore experiences that help you be a better product professional.
Harnessing Mobile-Led Growth: The Case for Mobile App Performance
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In an increasingly mobile-first world, successful mobile apps have become a key driver for business growth. However, many companies still struggle to find success in the highly competitive mobile market. While many factors determine the success of a mobile app, one of the most important and often overlooked is app performance and its effect on the user experience.
Metrics don’t have all the answers: a human-centered approach to business strategy by Samihah Azim
Mind the Product
JUNE 28, 2022
In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, Samihah Azim, Product Designer at Cash App, explains the importance of taking a more human-centred approach to business strategy. [.] Read more » The post Metrics don’t have all the answers: a human-centered approach to business strategy by Samihah Azim appeared first on Mind the Product.
Fintech Product Portfolio Management: How Outcome-Focused Teams Scale
Dragonboat
JUNE 30, 2022
Fintech (financial technology) is a cutthroat, complex, and increasingly competitive industry. With the need for increased speed to market to stay competitive, fintech product leaders need to run their product portfolio like a well-oiled machine. Operating in a highly regulated industry requires flexibility, adaptability, and frequent pivots due to external and regulatory changes.
Why Your Engineers Are Hungry for Your Product Vision.
The Product Coalition
JUNE 28, 2022
Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. There’s this thing that happens to many of us when we feel overwhelmed or busy. We tend to sharpen our proverbial pencils, put our headphones on, raise our virtual cubicle walls, and start grinding away within our own little siloed-world.
How product analytics helps companies navigate uncertain times
Mixpanel
JUNE 29, 2022
Sharing our product-analytics dashboard for tracking business health. The economy was in the midst of a bounceback at the start of 2022. Across industries, we saw record-high company valuations and a renewed sense of optimism. But as we’ve learned over the last few years, anything can happen. In 2020, there was an unfathomable global pandemic. Now, we are seeing high inflation, increasing interest rates, war in Europe, and signs that we could be headed for a recession of an unknown duration. .
Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
June’s top product management content
Mind the Product
JUNE 30, 2022
Hard on the heels of mtpcon Digital Americas in May, our mtpEngage conference in Hamburg returned in June after a two-year absence. This month we also aired podcasts with California’s Chief Technology Innovation Officer Rick Klau and Mark Tsirekas, VP of Product at nutritional science startup Zoe. Here’s a recap of our top posts this [.] Read more » The post June’s top product management content appeared first on Mind the Product.
Forrester’s definition of modern product management
ProductBoard
JULY 1, 2022
With over 25 years of experience in product management roles across a variety of industries, Sam Somasheka has seen the product industry change at a rapid pace. Today, as lead analyst for Forrester’s Product Management Research Service, he’s perfectly placed to know where it’s heading. In a recent Productboard webinar, Sam shared his thoughts on the importance of strategic product management.
How Product Managers Can Have Better Conversations with Customers
The Product Coalition
JUNE 26, 2022
Lessons and Insights from ‘The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers’ by Rob Fitzpatrick “The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers…” is a practical how-to guide that allows you to properly evaluate your current or next business idea. Rob Fitzpatrick, the author, gives us all the tools we need to talk to customers, navigate through the noise, and learn what people really want.
Human-Centered Design vs Design Thinking Process: Is There a Difference?
Userpilot
JUNE 29, 2022
What’s the difference between human-centered design vs. design thinking? Are there any similarities? Which design approach should UX designers use during product development? In this article, we’ll discuss the difference between the two, their similarities, and the steps of each approach. Let’s dive right in. TL; DR. Human-centered design (HCD) puts people at the center of every development process.
Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
What we learned at the 2022 #mtpEngage Leadership Forum
Mind the Product
JUNE 28, 2022
I looked him straight into the eyes. He looked back at me. We didn’t say a single word. No one dared to move. Everything was still for 5 mins. What sounds like a plot to the latest John Grisham crime novel was actually a way to hack leadership. But… let’s start at the beginning: On [.] Read more » The post What we learned at the 2022 #mtpEngage Leadership Forum appeared first on Mind the Product.
Your UX Career Is a Product – with Sarah Doody of Career Strategy Lab
UserInterviews
JUNE 30, 2022
Why you should treat your UX research career like a product, how to build your career roadmap, and how to thrive as a UX researcher.
Ever Tried to Build an Organization with 100 Strangers? It’s Madness.
The Product Coalition
JUNE 27, 2022
It is called the “Organizational Laboratory” Here are a few lessons I’ve learned from the experience. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Product Storytelling 101: 6 Tips To Create a Compelling Product Story for SaaS
Userpilot
JUNE 29, 2022
Did you know that product storytelling increases the chances of your product being remembered by 2200% ? Customers are more likely to remember your product if you tell them a compelling story. But as a product manager , creating a story that will capture a customer’s attention might not be in your wheelhouse. Throughout this article, we will discuss the what, why, and how of storytelling.
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
SUNDAY REWIND: What world-class product management teams do differently
Mind the Product
JUNE 26, 2022
What is the secret ingredient for creating world-class product management teams? In this Sunday Rewind episode, Jeff Lash, VP and Group Director at SiriusDecisions – acquired by Forrester gave us some insight. [.] Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: What world-class product management teams do differently appeared first on Mind the Product.
How to Prevent Burnout Using Timeboxing
Nir Eyal
JUNE 27, 2022
A 2021 Indeed survey shows 52% of 1,500 American respondents say they feel burned out, compared with 43% the year prior; 67% believe that burnout worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s not surprising. The post How to Prevent Burnout Using Timeboxing appeared first on Nir and Far.
How to Measure, Analyze, and Reduce App Churn
The Product Coalition
JULY 1, 2022
All the user acquisition in the world won’t matter if you’ve got a high churn rate on your app. If you want to know why users are uninstalling or unsubscribing, tools like screen flow, heatmaps, and screen recordings can get users loving?—?instead of leaving your app. Have you ever got so frustrated with an app experience that you immediately started googling how to deactivate your account?
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