Product Talk

JUNE 19, 2024

I’m disappointed to see the rise of generative AI tools that are designed to replace discovery with real humans. 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. Don’t get me wrong.

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Userpilot

APRIL 15, 2024

Left unaddressed, customer communication pain points can cause dissatisfaction and eventual churn. We cover: Types of customer pain points. How to identify customer pain points. Six common customer pain points. Better customer support. CSAT surveys.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Opportunity solution trees help product teams chart the best path to their desired outcome. They keep the team aligned as they manage the messy cycles of continuous discovery. Why does the outcome focus on business value and not customer value? How do you test to make sure your opportunity is not a solution in disguise?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Customer pain points are important to reveal when you want to improve product engagement and grow fast. If you can fix customers’ pain points, you’ll be well on your way to improving their overall customer experience. In this article, we’ll cover: What are customer pain points?

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A regular cadence of assumption testing helps product teams quickly determine which ideas will work and which ones won’t. And sadly, most product teams don’t do any assumption testing at all. In this article, I’ll cover assumption testing from beginning to end, including: Why should product teams test their assumptions?

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Product Talk

AUGUST 21, 2024

Whenever I introduce the topic of customer interviews (the foundational element of continuous discovery ), I get a lot of questions about who counts as a customer. Tweet This Ask Teresa: Who counts as a customer? Who should my product trio be trying to speak with every week?

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 10, 2022

The bandwidth of your development team, not so much. With infinite choices and limited bandwidth, how do you decide what to prioritize when it comes to improving your mobile customer experience? Learning more about your customers is the best place to start. Step #1: Capture mobile customer feedback.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 10, 2023

How can product teams leverage the product discovery process to create products that satisfy genuine user needs? This article explores every stage of the process and shares some of the best practices that will help product managers deliver delightful user experiences! Let’s get right to it!

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The opportunity solution tree helps visualize all the work that goes into continuous discovery. And while opportunity solution trees have become increasingly common among product teams, there’s still plenty of room for customization, both in the way you set up your trees and the tools you use to build them.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What product discovery techniques can product managers use to build products that deliver value for their customers? TL;DR Product discovery comes before the product delivery process and its aim is to find and validate opportunities and solutions that will enhance product value and drive business goals.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 31, 2024

You’ll often hear Teresa say that there’s no single right way to do continuous discovery. Something she might not say as often (that’s just as true) is that there’s no single wrong way to do discovery , either. Let’s be clear: The fact that it’s easy to make mistakes is not an excuse for avoiding discovery. Let’s dive in!

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It’s true that discovery takes time. Interviewing customers , building opportunity solution trees , running assumption tests —these are all activities that take your attention away from delivery. But I’m also a firm believer that discovery doesn’t come at the expense of delivery. Teresa Torres: Hi, everyone.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Why should you use customer discovery? How can product managers use it to test assumptions and uncover opportunities? These are the key questions that Susan Stavitzki, the Senior Product Manager at CarMax, discussed during her presentation at the Product Drive Summit this year. What is customer discovery?

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

The beauty of continuous discovery is that there’s no single right way to do it. For example, while Teresa recommends creating a product trio that includes a product manager, engineering lead, and a designer, she acknowledges that some product trios might be made up of slightly different members. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

JUNE 5, 2024

Product trios are cross-functional product teams who are responsible for both deciding what to build and then building it. The goal is for a product trio to represent balanced perspectives while still remaining as small as possible to facilitate and expedite collaborative decision-making. What is a product trio?

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A big part of Teeba’s process involved putting her product skills to use throughout the job search, both in terms of identifying product-led companies and in terms of mapping out business and product outcomes for companies where she was interviewing. Meet our continuous discovery champion, Teeba Alkhudairi.

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Userpilot

MARCH 31, 2023

Are you using customer experience surveys to gather actionable insights? By asking the right questions, you can collect valuable customer insight that can help you improve your product, and assess your overall user sentiment. Survey questions should be easy to understand and answer.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome to JEDI Training for Continuous Discovery Teams. I work as a product discovery coach. I’ve had the luxury of working with teams all over the world, and I teach them a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery. Here’s how I’m redefining JEDI training in a product context.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Generative vs evaluative research methods are two techniques for conducting user research when managing your product. Both UX research methods are different but provide valuable insights to help your product development process.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What customer discovery questions should product managers ask to accurately identify the unsatisfied needs of potential customers and validate ideas? To collect the necessary data, you can conduct customer discovery interviews or trigger in-app surveys. What are customer discovery questions?

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Why market research is product managers’ secret ingredient for successful products Watch on YouTube TLDR Market research is a key part of product development and management. Introduction In the world of product management and innovation, market research is like a compass.

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Product Talk

JULY 3, 2024

When we interview customers , our goal is to learn as much as we can about their context. This will help us understand their specific needs, pain points, and desires (otherwise known as opportunities) which will inform our product decisions. Question: What if the story we collect is atypical for the customer?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Creating and distributing effective B2B customer satisfaction surveys is a vital step in understanding your customers and fostering mutually beneficial business relationships. Analyzing user sentiment can unlock valuable insights that improve customer satisfaction, and skyrocket retention.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

5-step process The Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) is a powerful tool in product design that helps teams focus on understanding the needs and objectives of their customers rather than just the product itself. Here’s how to use the JTBD framework in product design: [link] 1. Why do they want to use your product?

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Userpilot

MAY 26, 2024

A Customer Effort Score (CES) survey is a powerful tool for assessing how easy it is for customers to interact with your product. It helps you identify areas for improvement and enhance the user experience. The best times to launch your CES surveys. The best times to launch your CES surveys.

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Userpilot

JULY 16, 2024

While your SaaS company’s success depends on several elements, the most crucial ingredient will always be your product experience. Providing a great product experience helps SaaS companies reduce churn and improve product management metrics like customer satisfaction and customer lifetime value.

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Userpilot

JUNE 14, 2023

Looking to leverage the product feedback survey template to gather valuable insights from your customers? Crafting an effective product feedback survey requires careful consideration. You want to ask the right questions in the right way to extract meaningful user sentiment insights.

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Sachin Rekhi

OCTOBER 25, 2016

While every product team I've worked with leverages customer feedback to inform product decisions in some way, most fall short of designing their customer feedback loop to maximize the benefits to the product team of gathering, recording, and synthesizing feedback.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

According to Gartner , companies that properly use customer journey maps are twice as likely to outperform their competitors that don’t. But to unlock such effective results, first, you need to know how to create impactful maps—which is what these 8 customer journey map examples are for. Creating user personas.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2023

What does it have to do with product management or product design? TL;DR Product dogfooding is a testing practice. It involves teams using their own product internally to identify issues and opportunities for improvement. Use surveys , interviews, session recordings, and product analytics to gather insights.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Have you ever wondered about the product design process for companies like Slack, Loom, or ClickUp? These companies not only follow a user-centric approach to product management. They also have a robust system to collect data, make decisions, build solutions, perform tests, and deploy new products on time.

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UX Studio

JUNE 27, 2024

Starting from scratch with a digital product is a thrilling but tough job. Research helps answer tough questions, so knowing when and how to use UX research vs market research methods is crucial. In this article we answer: How can you distinguish between different types of research? Let’s get started. Don’t panic.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 22, 2022

What’s product ideation? In the article, we look at the stages of the product ideation process and popular ideation techniques a product manager can apply. We also explore different ways of collecting user feedback to inform the process. There are five key stages in the product ideation process.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Now, imagine applying this level of understanding and customization to your marketing strategy. A customer-led marketing strategy is about transforming your approach to reflect the same level of personalization. It helps build customer retention and brand loyalty. Prioritize features based on what your customers need.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 8, 2018

In this context, solutions aren’t product solutions, but rather internal programs and processes that effect change within the organization. I realized that they perfectly summarized what matters to me in discovery, so I decided to share them with you. We can’t get very far in discovery if we don’t know who our audience is.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the UX research process? It also outlines a 9-step guide on how to conduct UX research for product managers and UX designers. TL;DR The UX research process is a sequence of steps to collect and analyze data on user interactions with the product to better understand their needs and preferences.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Attention, Product Managers! Imagine a whole user journey where grasping your users’ needs isn’t a task but an exhilarating step towards innovation. Uncover the secrets of seamless and feature adoption and discovery with us—a thrilling promise that can revolutionise SaaS product adoption.

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