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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasized the importance of role clarity and how the lack of it often leads to frustrated product managers leaving their positions. Its success relies heavily on the thoroughness of the preceding market research phase while setting the stage for subsequent product positioning and vision development.

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5 Positive Things SaaS CEOs And Leaders Should Do To Get Through COVID-19

Gainsight

As leaders, whether in business, our families, or our communities, we have a role to play now just as our leaders did in 2001 to help them deal with that fear. ” We need a pathway to take positive action. To reassert some positive control over our universe. To make a difference. Conclusion: Your Team Needs You Now.

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From vanity to value: How Intercom conducts NPS surveys

Intercom, Inc.

But all too often the way the underlying data is collected makes NPS little more than a vanity metric, easily rigged to give the impression of positive customer sentiment, leading to shallow insights and false assurances. At Intercom, we’re on a journey to do NPS the right way.

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When 2 Become 1: The Roles of Product Manager and Product Owner

bpma ProductHub

Since the Agile Manifesto first distinguished the roles in 2001, the same person has often been expected to serve as both PM and PO. But Butzow and Boduch posited that the PM and PO functions can rarely be performed by the same person effectively. In summary, here’s how they defined each role: PM.

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What we can Learn from Electric Scooter Companies like Lime and Bird

Mind the Product

Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. Tech investor John Doerr posited that it would be more important than the internet. The buzz just before the launch of his Segway personal transporter was astonishing. South Park devoted an episode to making fun of the hype before the product was released.

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High Performing Teams: Super Goals & Super Identity

The Product Coalition

This super identity has been shown in multiple studies to be a strong positive factor in successful teams building new products: How to get a super identity First, you need a super goal. A super goal needs you to find an outcome that will facilitate alignment across the organisation, across the different silos and functions.

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Creating a “Customer Value” Culture, Powered by Product Management & Product Marketing

Product Management University

The answers are your core value propositions that drive marketing, sales, pricing, competitive positioning, etc. I’ve worked with a lot of highly successful organizations since 2001. What are the next biggest obstacles we need to eliminate to help car washes continue achieving this goal?