The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2023

The team stressed. Then in strolls the design team, telling us to step back. Another blocker in my path preventing me from moving the product team into action. However, I’ve learned that cutting corners early in product strategy development leads to significant hurdles later on. Think of it like a room’s air conditioning.

Weak Development Team 109

Weak Development Team User Testing Data Visualization Product Research 109

Alchemer Mobile

JULY 13, 2021

A good product experience is the primary driver behind product differentiation and ultimately, lasting customer satisfaction (measured through CSAT and NPS ) and loyalty. Beforehand, make sure your team is aligned on: Their definition of product experience. After you’ve socialized your ideas, it’s time to set time for a formal kickoff.

Customer Experience 230

Customer Experience User Testing Onboarding KPIs Product Research 230

ProductPlan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

But for every success story, there’s a graveyard of failed products laid low by bad product strategies. A bad strategy is hard to overcome. What Does a Bad Product Strategy Look Like? What Does a Bad Product Strategy Look Like? If there was a simple test for bad product strategy most companies would happily use it.

Weak Development Team 56

Weak Development Team Product Strategy User Testing Strategy 56

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies.

User Testing 105

User Testing Data Visualization Feedback Software Research Software 105

Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

TL;DR Customer discovery questions enable product teams to better understand customer needs and problems so that they can build products that the potential customer truly needs. Other data sources include product analytics, asking customer-facing teams, competitor analysis, and industry events.

Product Research 103

Product Research Customer Feedback Data Visualization User Testing 103

Alchemer Mobile

JULY 11, 2019

According to 280 Group research and our experience working with product managers for over 20 years, you must become an expert on what your customers really need and how you can differentiate your product from the competition. Develop real personas that reflect your customers. Sounds simple, right? Six Tips to Finding Real Value.

Research Software 220

Research Software User Testing Feedback Software Customer Experience 220

The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Development 130

Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2022

To do this, we need to understand which decisions underperform rapidly and then course correct. If the product strategy is only articulated as a list of features against a schedule, then we have provided no method to evaluate the performance of strategic product development. The full series is listed below.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Feedback Software 52

Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Perform a SWOT analysis, identify the strengths and weaknesses of your top competing products, etc. Idea creation : Use ChatGPT to generate new feature ideas , campaigns, blog post topics, product differentiation ideas, and more. You may want to learn who your top competitors are, their value proposition , and their weaknesses.

ChatGPT 105

ChatGPT Data Visualization Onboarding KPIs Research Software 105

Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

What are the benefits the product should generate for the company developing and providing it? For example, the target group might be too big and diverse; there might be too many needs stated and they are too unspecific; the business goals might be unclear; or the standout features might be weak. What is its value proposition?

Product Strategy 226

Product Strategy Strategy Research Software Customer Experience 226

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

I assume you have some sort of functional product development expertise. If not, why are you in technical product development? These are generalities and we all know how bad generalities are at describing the skills of any one person. The more collaborative your team, the more everyone can gain both kinds of expertise.

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Weak Development Team Certifications Agile Customer Experience 80

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

A purpose we could share with the company’s leadership team, customers, and those working on the product. For product teams, the why and purpose behind the product comes in the form of a meaningful, inspiring, yet achievable north star. Teams may struggle to decide about the product’s features or design, potentially leading to waste.

Weak Development Team 129

Weak Development Team Customer Experience Technical Review Customer Feedback 129

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors.

Feedback Software 105

Feedback Software Analytic Tools Product Research User Testing 105

ProductPlan

AUGUST 4, 2020

In my opinion, the definition of an MVP is often misunderstood, and I’ve seen entrepreneurs and product teams misinterpret it with unfortunate results. First, a shout out to Frank Robinson , a fellow product development pro in Santa Barbara who coined the term “MVP” about 20 years ago. And what it’s not. The Minimum Sellable Product.

Weak Development Team 125

Weak Development Team Product Research User Testing Differentiation 125

Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. This is the main focus of the article.

Research Software 104

Research Software Analytic Tools Feedback Software User Testing 104

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Poor questions yield little value. ?? It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? Build a community: “rosie.land” (Rosie Sherry) Until your product is ready you want your product team to engage with potential users in a valuable way. Questions asked with a bias will bring useless answers.

User Testing 130

User Testing Books Product Marketing Marketing 130

Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. It helps you find product-market fit and gives your team direction. The product’s key differentiators or unique selling proposition. If you want to learn more, keep reading.

Product Research 119

Product Research Onboarding KPIs Product Strategy User Testing 119

The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2022

Around that time, a healthy startup should have established: A solid team A great product/service with at least one core value proposition A base of loyal and highly satisfied customers Once the founder sees good traction with 50+ enterprise customers and/or thousands of users, they face a dilemma. Are there capacity or incentive issues?

Customer Experience 188

Customer Experience Onboarding KPIs User Testing Customer Feedback 188

The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team. I compiled this guide back when I was training product managers on my team to be able to run user interviews. Questions not to ask There are such things as bad questions when you’re interviewing a user.

User Testing 119

User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience Data Visualization 119

Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Product differentiation and positioning are important aspects of strategic product management because they allow you to build a product that meets the needs of the right customers in the right market and stand out from the crowd. They tell the product management team what they need to achieve. What is strategic product management?

Product Research 98

Product Research User Testing Customer Feedback Research Software 98

The Product Coalition

MAY 12, 2022

In the B2B space, why can a product manager nail the customer’s need, solve the market problem in a differentiated way, have compelling results that make the case, and still hit a wall? And remember, even if you have sold the senior executive, their team still needs to become allies in the deployment of your product.

Weak Development Team 119

Weak Development Team Differentiation B2B Customer Experience 119

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As a sales manager, the most impactful thing you can do is coach your team. At Intercom, we’ve developed the GEMS framework to help everyone on our teams achieve best-in-class written communication. Prospects and customers can only subscribe to that ideology if they experience it firsthand with our teams”.

Framework 118

Framework Weak Development Team Technical Review Feedback Software 118

Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. This enables the marketing team to set clear expectations from the very beginning of the marketing campaign. Strong positioning makes the work of the marketing and sales teams easier.

Research Software 98

Research Software Feedback Software Analytic Tools Positioning 98

DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. The challenge for product leaders is that ideas from the C-Suite often lack customer validation and therefore put teams at risk of investing resources in ideas that won’t be successful.

Weak Development Team 53

Weak Development Team Product Research User Testing Customer Feedback 53

Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate. Developing features without validation results in bloated products and unnecessarily drives the cost of development up. Product teams should invest in validation when developing the MVP.

User Testing 98

User Testing Product Research Framework Feedback Software 98

The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

How to learn by doing it and lead a new team at the same time? How to plan for future growth for oneself, the product team and the products overall? It was a mind expanding exercise and set a clear structure for me to rethink what is really the differentiation factor in our product. .

Product Management 163

Product Management Product Manager Research Software Feedback Software 163

Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2023

 Renting (licensing) means we can put more of our own effort into market differentiators. We want to invest our always-scarce development efforts in work that truly matters to our customers, or where only we can do what’s necessary.  So and then the next.

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Reporting Tools Engineering 52

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. Clarity enables the team to translate the choices into a functional product that creates value. So as you make choices, package the strategy into a document, and share it with the product team, keep four words in mind?—?a A yes with a weak how or a no receives a zero.

Product Strategy 123

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Weak Development Team 123

Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, cost leadership (low prices), differentiation (uniquely desirable products and services), or focus (niche markets)—three options originally suggested by Michael Porter. Answering this question requires you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your business and the competition you face.

Strategy 256

Strategy Product Research Weak Development Team Systems Review 256

DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. The challenge for product leaders is that ideas from the C-Suite often lack customer validation and therefore put teams at risk of investing resources in ideas that won’t be successful.

Weak Development Team 40

Weak Development Team Product Research User Testing Customer Feedback 40

DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. The challenge for product leaders is that ideas from the C-Suite often lack customer validation and therefore put teams at risk of investing resources in ideas that won’t be successful.

Weak Development Team 40

Weak Development Team Product Research User Testing Customer Feedback 40

The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2023

Others believe that a focus on outcomes will negatively impact their ability to release features [outputs] as quickly as possible, especially since speed to market is still a winning differentiator for businesses — and back and forth the debate goes. Outcomes are a team effort so harder to take credit for. Outputs aren’t bad.

Weak Development Team 116

Weak Development Team Reporting Tools Customer Experience Advertising 116

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

Most sales and support teams are already well versed in conversations about data deletion, risk assessments and security frameworks, but those issues are going to become an even more prominent part of the discussion once GDPR comes into effect. Setting up developer guidelines will help current and future collaborations and integrations.

Weak Development Team 220

Weak Development Team Systems Review Data Visualization User Testing 220

ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The internal pressure to deliver faster and more frequently often leaves product teams feeling like they have to slim down the scope of a feature, change the architecture, or make design decisions, all in the name of expediency. Thankfully, the product development lifecycle doesn’t always have to exist in a pressure cooker.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience User Testing User Experience Customer Feedback 59

The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation, and rightfully so. The reason that educating the market is considered a bad idea lies in the context: the term “educating the market” usually comes up right after the problematic claim that “they just don’t get it”.

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Education Marketing Weak Development Team User Testing 109

UX Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

The last thing you need is to stumble into the abyss of bad branding, a place where countless others have lost their way. Market research for startup branding can be perceived as an unnecessary expense, especially when compared to product development or marketing activities that seem more directly linked to revenue generation.

Branding 88

Branding User Testing Product Research Data Visualization 88

Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

We finish with an overview of product analytics tools that your team can benefit from. Product analytics are used not only by the product team but also by the customer success and the marketing team, as well as UX designers and devs. As a result, product teams are able to make quicker decisions.

Analytic Tools 98

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Feedback Software Onboarding KPIs 98