The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Firstly, Jeff as a new umbrella brand for all the new services will be providing to our customers; Secondly, a new business line called Beauty Jeff was opening the very first venue in Argentina. For product leaders, that means taking a step back to build a team that can be customer-centric and deliver ongoing innovation to the market.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is largely caused due to not researching enough around the market you are building for understanding the target audience and spending enough time with your customers to build empathy for them and understand their pain points. How Products Fail Without Customer Empathy.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

A startup development team consisting of a product manager and two offshore engineers was facing major challenges in meeting client deliverable deadlines – repeatedly. Without scope discussions, user stories could often run across multiple days making it hard to determine expected delivery. THE EXPERIMENTS. THE CHALLENGE.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We spot important ideas, uncover customer needs, turn concepts into products or features, and work to increase market share. Introduction: The Role of Product Managers in Innovation As product managers, we’re at the forefront of innovation in our companies. But there’s more to innovation than just creating new products.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). Some of the challenges from my personal experience has been. Simple task, right? First Attempt.

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Productside

MARCH 6, 2025

Meet Brian Fugere , a pro whos navigated the high-stakes terrain of M&A more times than he can count. From surfacing hidden landmines during due diligence to bringing entire product orgs under one cohesive vision, Brians got the battle scarsand the winsto prove it. Jumping Into M&A: Why Acquire at All? Brians advice?

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 26, 2021

When we were writing this post, we did a little research to see what other brands were saying about mobile customer experience. So, we won’t waste your time. Stop talking about customer-centricity; turn it into action. Every company says they’re “customer-centric,” but very few actually are. Sound good?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. We recently sat down with four product experts and asked them about their experiences in this field. What have been your favorite ways to connect and get feedback from your customers?

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Product discovery describes the activities required to determine if and why a product should be developed and offered. This increases the chances of creating a product that users actually want and need and achieving product success. Who are the users and who are the customers? What makes the product stand out?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You might already have a Voice of the Customer (VoC) program in place that you’re looking to improve, or perhaps you’re just trying to get started. You also might be reading this post thinking: “Who’s adding new tools to their tech stack right now?” But in truth, there’s never been a better time. This is a valid question.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. Brian: Great.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If the teams developing the different apps all created their own user-interface layers, there would be considerable code duplication, added development costs, and increased development time. Take a portfolio like Microsoft Office, for example. Assign a Platform Owner.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

He is convinced that product is the single most important success driver for tech companies, which is why he founded Prodify to share what he learned from being an advisor to over 50 tech companies to realize their full potential. Ben has led successful technology products for the last 25 years. He

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. How can you capture the right user stories , for instance, if you are unsure who the users are and why they want to use the product?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 13, 2024

It achieves this by stating the product’s target users and customers, the value proposition, the business goals it should meet, and its standout features. But this only works if the product and market are stable and experience little change. For digital products, this is hardly ever the case in my experience.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. The kiosks help thousands of customers by providing valuable information and generate a significant portion of the revenue for the company. The wondrous product was used by less than five percent of our entire user base. No one liked the product.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This can be reassuring for customers and stakeholders. This makes the roadmap harder to understand, and it increases the effort to keep it up to date. It will also limit your ability to experiment and learn, to run sprints and discover the best way to address the user and customer needs and create value for the business.

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

Similarly, the opportunity solution tree can be an incredibly powerful tool for keeping track of your desired outcome , the opportunities you learn about during discovery, the solutions you’re considering for each opportunity, and the experiments you’ll run to assess your ideas. It’s about finding the tech stack that works for your team.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award For 37 years, companies have competed each year to be recognized as the Outstanding Corporate Innovator, awarded by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). PDMA contributes significantly to research and knowledge in the field of product innovation.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

As she tells it, “When I was fresh out of college, I was working at my first job in the tech industry. Think about the impact that racism has already had in tech. Many people believe tech to be apolitical and unbiased, but that’s simply not true. The language we use shapes our world. Paving a way forward.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

Feature parity across desktop and mobile is rarely what customers need or want. If an organization wants to shift to product teams—teams empowered to drive outcomes —they need to structure their teams such that each team includes the necessary skills and abilities required to build and deliver customer value. and CBC Gem.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Guest post by Rebecca Monfries, Head of Delivery at Terem Technologies, and Nathan Bruce, Lead Business Analyst at Terem Technologies. Once you have completed enough discovery on your product or feature, the next stage is to prepare for the development process?—?to

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

While this shift was already underway, the rate of digital transformation is now happening much faster than previously predicted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, expectations are rising for consumer-grade experiences. Third, the lines between sales, marketing, product, and support are blurring.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 24, 2021

billion smartphone users worldwide (yes, that’s roughly 80 percent of the population!), Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) : The amount of revenue each of your active customers (on average) contribute. Retention: Retention is a measurement of customer churn: How many customers continue to actively use your app after one week?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I view it as an entity that creates tangible value for users and possibly customers as well as the business. Once you’ve identified and selected a specific product, you can take the next step and determine the people who are required to create or progress it and generate the desired user and business benefits.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Power of Prototyping in Product Management The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University is an academic makerspaces where students learn innovation and product development skills. Prototyping is a key tool for product managers who want to create value for customers.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

We provided consulting, insurance brokerage, information technology and business process outsourcing services. However, on multiple occasions the transaction would error a second time. This was due to incorrect contribution amounts, the system not finding an account, or invalid employer data.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

When brands listen to and act on the voice of the customer (often referred to as simply “VoC”), it can completely revolutionize the way their business operates. Definition of the Voice of the Customer (VoC). To put it simply, the voice of the customer (VoC) is everything your customers think and feel about your customer experience.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2018

When seeking guidance from a superior, make an effort to present your solution or describe how you are thinking of approaching the situation. One effective strategy to boost your confidence in your report managing these situations is to spend time roleplaying certain scenarios and provide immediate and constructive feedback.

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 19, 2021

Now, more than ever, your customers want to be heard. Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. mParticle is the customer data platform for brands leading the CX revolution.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We thought about how we could shift that to a more positive experience and cut down on pain points. It takes a long time to create documentation. I reflected on my Uber experience, where I was on a launch operations team. It all comes back to the product you’re offering and the value proposition to the end user.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This can be reassuring for customers and stakeholders, as the individuals believe that they know when their features will be delivered. This makes the product roadmap more susceptible to change and it increases the effort to update it. In addition to goals, the template above contains dates or time frames, names, features, and metrics.

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Product Talk

JUNE 19, 2024

But when we use generative AI to replace customer interviews , to generate opportunity solution trees , or to do our thinking for us, we fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of discovery. Tweet This So I want to take some time to review why we do discovery. . My advice in this article may not stand the test of time.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. It’s a model of an iterative process that systematically links the product strategy with the product roadmap , the product backlog , the development work, and the key performance indicators (KPIs).

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The term insurtech is the merger of insurance and technology. But given the fact that this industry demands different touchpoints for its clients, it is only appropriate for insurance companies to make their services more accessible and in turn, keep track of their customers via mobile apps. trillion USD by 2025.

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Product Talk

MAY 15, 2024

It’s no longer about making decisions purely based on your intuitions or stakeholder requests, but finding ways to integrate touch points with customers into your work every week—if not every day. In each instance, Ellen found a solution that didn’t require too much time or technical know-how to set up.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

Then when I heard his backstory in technology leadership roles at Xerox and Experian and the challenges he encountered with product roadmaps, I was eager to invite him to be a guest on this podcast. As the title of this episode conveys, our discussion will weave together topics for aligning customers’ needs and business strategy.

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