January, 2015

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Lean Product Management Manifesto

Melissa Perri

If you want to read the story behind the Lean Product Management Manifesto, you can find it here. Over the past few months I have been working with people in the Lean and Agile community to figure out how we can communicate the benefits of a Lean approach to Product Management. I expect this to evolve and change as we continuously integrate these principles into our own practices and learn.

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How to Measure the Quality of Your Product

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

We all want to create a quality product. Every team–from Executives to Sales, Marketing, Support, and Development–talk about the quality of the product. But the truth is, no matter how much teams speak about quality, chances are your company doesn’t have a clear or unified definition of what quality is. Even worse, companies usually don’t have a clear approach to […] The post How to Measure the Quality of Your Product first appeared on Daniel Elizalde.

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Why Not What – An Example

Tyner Blain

Forbes quoted Steve Jobs as saying “I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.” This is a really enlightened perspective – and a way to enforce focus from the top down. Before you can drive a “this goal is more important than that goal” focus, you have to make sure you’re actually focusing on the goals.

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What are the best product management books?

DISQO

Product management is grounded in learning, so it makes sense that reading is a critical aspect of keeping up with trends. On our podcast, This is Product Management , we ask all interviewees which books they’re currently reading. Here’s the most popular along with some of our favorites: Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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7 Ways To Growth Hack eCommerce in 2015

Bryce York

Before we get started: In this post I’ll be referring to eCommerce store owners as e-tailers, purely to save repeating myself. Let’s get on with it! 1. Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) will come out of obscurity. A lot of e-tailers discovered CRO in 2015. Many of us even did some research and started to look into the technology and tactics that make it work.

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The Story Behind The Lean Product Management Manifesto

Melissa Perri

Setting the Stage. In the past few years, I have had a lot of people come up to me and ask about Product Management (lean, agile, waterfall, whatever) and what makes a "good" Product Manager. They've also asked for resources. A lot of the resources on traditional Product Management tend to focus on story card grooming, lots of feature specs, and playing politics with the business.

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Ideas for creative printables - A automobile theme clock for my kid

SidsAvenue

I have a 4 year old son and his passion is vehicles. Cars, trains, tractors, bike, bus drive him crazy. He can play all day long with them. Here's a view of his garage. His favorite is Nano. When I am playing with my kiddo, I try to intermix gyan with fun. I try to introduce concepts like Fuel, Braking, Money etc. When I am driving and stop at a Fuel station, I explain him the need of Fuel.

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8 Steps to Building Features Your Users Actually Want

UserTesting

Today’s guest post was written by Craig Morrison, founder of UsabilityHour.com. Enjoy! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! That’s a quote from Lord of the Rings, in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last… 60 years. This is … The post 8 Steps to Building Features Your Users Actually Want appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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What are the major product management trends of 2015?

DISQO

What does it take to be a successful product manager? What exactly do product managers do on a daily basis? What are the latest trends and best practices throughout the product lifecycle? To get answers to these questions and to many others, we sourced and surveyed over 100 product managers at SMBs to Fortune 500 companies across various industries.

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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What Makes a Great Product Manager?

Melissa Perri

It's a question I get asked often by my students, clients, and people in the community. What is it that separates the good Product Managers from the best? What qualities in my potential candidates will let me know this person is the real deal? To me, there's one thing that stands between a good Product Manager and an exceptional Product Manager. It's not wireframing.

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Tips For Optimizing Your Recommendation Engine for Customer Outcomes

TSIA

In today’s B4B world , meeting business outcomes for the customer is increasingly more important. If suppliers can present valid solutions to the pressing issues facing customers at the right time, then win rates will improve, suppliers’ business will grow, and customers will gain success. Can these offers, or at least the presentation of the offers, be automated?

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What are the major product management trends of 2015?

DISQO

What does it take to be a successful product manager? What exactly do product managers do on a daily basis? What are the latest trends and best practices throughout the product lifecycle? To get answers to these questions and to many others, we sourced and surveyed over 100 product managers at SMBs to Fortune 500 companies across various industries.

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What Makes a Successful Learning-as-a-Service Offer

TSIA

The XaaS model, which refers to “anything”-as-a-service, has become a hot topic in the technology services industry. In response to this growing trend, education service providers are starting to develop learning-as-a-service (LaaS) offers that include cloud-based tools, providing customers with even more accessibility to education resources that benefit learners and educators alike.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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What are the major product management trends of 2015?

DISQO

What does it take to be a successful product manager? What exactly do product managers do on a daily basis? What are the latest trends and best practices throughout the product lifecycle? To get answers to these questions and to many others, we sourced and surveyed over 100 product managers at SMBs to Fortune 500 companies across various industries.

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How the Top 50 Tech Companies Are Being Affected by Current Trends

TSIA

As we head into 2015, we'd like to get a glimpse of what's on the horizon for technology services by taking a closer look at the most recent industry trends. To do this, we'll be referencing the TSIA Service 50 index, which tracks the service and revenue profit trends of a sampling of the top 50 companies in the industry from public record data sources.

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The Difference Between Customer Service and Customer Success

TSIA

When working in customer facing businesses, there are a number of terms thrown around that revolve around the customer. We hear such phrases as “customer service,” “ customer success ,” “customer experience,” “customer loyalty,” used repeatedly, but just because these phrases are common within our industry, it doesn’t mean that their meanings are obvious.

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How to Connect Your Service Offers to Business Value: Part 1

TSIA

Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot about the emergence of B4B and the growing need for product-focused companies to become customer outcome-focused, but there is still a lot of confusion about how to accomplish this transformation. In this three part blog series, I will be outlining the key capabilities required in order to make the transition, how to identify customer outcomes, and how your company can take the plunge toward offering outcomes as part of your pricing model.

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How To Select the Right Software for Innovation Management

Finding the right innovation management software is like picking a racing bike—it's essential to consider your unique needs rather than just flashy features. This oversight can stall your innovation efforts. Download now to explore key considerations for success!

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8 Steps to Building Features Your Users Actually Want

UserTesting

Today’s guest post was written by Craig Morrison, founder of UsabilityHour.com. Enjoy! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! That’s a quote from Lord of the Rings, in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last… 60 years. This is … The post 8 Steps to Building Features Your Users Actually Want appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Will Microsoft HoloLens Catch On? [POLL]

UserTesting

This week, Microsoft made some big announcements. And when we saw HoloLens , the new wearable device that overlays high-definition holograms onto the real world, we couldn’t help but get excited. If you haven’t already heard the news about … The post Will Microsoft HoloLens Catch On? [POLL] appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Will Microsoft HoloLens Catch On? [POLL]

UserTesting

This week, Microsoft made some big announcements. And when we saw HoloLens , the new wearable device that overlays high-definition holograms onto the real world, we couldn’t help but get excited. If you haven’t already heard the news about … The post Will Microsoft HoloLens Catch On? [POLL] appeared first on UserTesting Blog.