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Are We Going About Stakeholder Alignment the Hard Way?

Product Management University

I was at a recent Product Coffee meeting and the subject of stakeholder alignment came up. I immediately sensed heightened stress levels in everyone’s voice as the discussion progressed. I know stakeholder alignment has always been a challenge, but the intensity has clearly been ratcheted up as the complexities in product management continue to grow.

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498: Real-world use of product life cycle management – with John Rovnan

Product Innovation Educators

Mastering product lifecycle management – for product managers Watch on YouTube TLDR Product lifecycle management is key to successful product development and innovation. This article explores the stages of a product’s life, from launch to retirement, and how they differ across industries and product types. Here are the main takeaways: The classic product lifecycle stages are introduction, growth, maturity, decline, and retirement.

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Hello, what exactly is you do? Jonty Sharples (Product and Strategy consultant)

Mind the Product

In the opening keynote at the Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow in London, Jonty Sharples, a renowned product and strategy consultant, delivered an insightful talk on the current state of product management. Here are the key takeaways from his presentation: The evolution of product management Jonty began by highlighting the increasing interest in product management over the past Read more » The post Hello, what exactly is you do?

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WWDC24 Takeaways as a designer

UX Planet

The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 has once again showcased Apple’s vision for the future of technology. As a designer, the event was filled with exciting revelations that will shape the landscape of user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design. Here are the key takeaways from WWDC24 that are set to redefine our design approaches: 1.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Highlights from Turing Fest: Key product takeaways and insights

Mind the Product

We attended Turing Fest last week to connect with amazing product people and gain insights from experts like Matt LeMay, Petra Wille, Gopika M, and many others. Here’s a quick roundup of our key takeaways! Megan Caywood on building a billion-dollar business One of the first talks from day one was by Megan Caywood, CEO Read more » The post Highlights from Turing Fest: Key product takeaways and insights appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Customer Success in B2B SaaS: Best Practices for Retention & Expansion

Amplitude

Discover five effective customer success best practices for retention and growth designed to enhance customer engagement and satisfaction.

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8 Must-have Websites to Master UI/UX Skills

UX Planet

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash To gain and improve your UI/UX design skills, you need theoretical knowledge and access to practical resources that will help you realise quality and attractive projects. In this publication, I’ve collected eight websites indispensable for anyone aspiring to become a UI/UX design pro. Design Principles Photo by Alvaro Reyes on Unsplash First on the list is Design Principles.

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Only People Who Believe in Luck Have It

Nir Eyal

Richard Branson will be the first to tell you that he’s generally a lucky person in business and life. An adrenaline junkie, he’s lived through several near-death experiences, including in the early ’70s, when he and his then-wife survived a shipwreck that no other passengers did by jumping off the boat in a storm and swimming to shore. Branson isn’t the only uber-successful person to say that luck was on their side.

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Problem-Focused Roadmap is Product Management

Ronke PM

We’ve entered the age of the customer. Our customers are busy and don’t want to explain the features, functionalities, or enhancements they need. They want us to understand their obstacles and hindrances. Even when they convey their needs, we still need to translate them because what customers say and what they mean can be different. Our customers exist independently of our products.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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CPO Burnout

Mironov Consulting

Cold take: most of the CPOs I know are unhappy, frustrated, burnt out.  (My selection bias: mostly B2B/enterprise, primarily 15-plus-year veterans, many current or former coachees).  Over and over, I’m hearing quiet questioning about whether they’d want another CPO gig, even if they're currently between gigs.  A lot of “I’m experiencing the same C-level challenges that made my last 2 or 3 VPPM/CPO jobs so taxing: demands for certainty, mortgaging t

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Super.com Improves Customer Retention by 90% Using Amplitude Experiment

Amplitude

Learn how integrating Amplitude Analytics and Experiment enabled Super.com to accelerate testing, create a new product offering, and achieve higher retention in three months.

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It’s all right if you don’t want to be a manager

UX Planet

Several years ago, I achieved my goal of becoming a manager at a tech company. I had always dreamed of being in a managerial position, believing it was the ultimate career achievement. However, I quickly realised the challenges that came with it. Many people idealise the role of a manager. It seems that in the design field, the expectation is to become a manager eventually.

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Assessing the 10 Usability Principles for AI Interfaces

UX Studio

As a design agency, we must keep usability heuristics aligned with emerging technologies like AI. This way, we can apply professional, up-to-date evaluation practices for clients developing AI products and experiences. Iterating heuristics, that is, the pragmatic mental shortcuts of our users, ensures we master industry best practices. This year is the 30th anniversary of Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.