Mind the Product
OCTOBER 21, 2022
In this ProductTank Heidelberg, Jenny Herald, VP of Product Evangelism at Gtmhub shares her experiences with working with OKRs and explains the groundwork required to get started with these metrics. [.] Read more » The post The good, bad, and ugly of OKRs by Jenny Herald appeared first on Mind the Product.
ProductBoard
OCTOBER 18, 2022
While you can never completely cut the risks of uncertainty out of life, you can prepare for them and embrace the opportunity they provide. That was the premise of our 2022 Product Excellence Summit (now available on demand) and we wanted to be sure to share the best strategies for doing so with you, whether you were able to attend in-person, virtually, or only in spirit.
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The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Product Managers uniformly seem to be burning out. I believe there’s another way. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Start or end your product work day with these memes! Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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
UserInterviews
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Every taco should be enjoyed but tide pods are hard to ignore. Roberta is back to discuss the good (and not-so-good) aspects of UX research.
Product Management Today brings together the best content for product management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ProductBoard
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Roadmaps can be full of unintended pitfalls, like overly ambitious timelines or too many unnecessary features that don’t actually solve the needs of your customers. How do you stay the course to build features your customers actually want, instead of getting pulled down another dusty side road someone in the C-Suite swears is a shortcut? We put together insights from several product management.
Product Talk
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What do your customers care about? This seems like a simple enough question, but many product teams struggle to answer it honestly. Often the first instinct is to frame an answer in terms of what your business cares about. But remember: Your customers don’t care about your business outcomes. They care about having their own problems solved or having an enjoyable experience when they use your product.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 16, 2022
At the dawn of the computer age, PCs did not have a graphical user interface. Only employees of scientific institutions could work with them. With the help of special commands, they accessed an operating system through a console. In the 1970s, Xerox PARC managed to make technology clear for people by developing a GUI. The era of personal computers began.
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 16, 2022
It is never too soon to start your career in product management. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Mihaela Draghici.
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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
Product Innovation Educators
OCTOBER 17, 2022
What product managers need to know about the Product Development and Management Association. The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) has been curating the body of knowledge for product managers, leaders, and innovators and helping them improve since 1976—the longest-running product management professional group. Most of us haven’t known about product management for more than 10 or 20 years, yet PDMA has been improving the discipline of product management for nearly five d
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 18, 2022
This week on the podcast experience, we're talking all about churn. How do you reduce customer churn. What are the biggest obstacles? What are the biggest challenges? And are there any misconceptions behind the perfect churn strategy? Churn expert, Andrew Michael, CEO of Avrio, was able to answer all of our questions with ease and more. [.] Read more » The post Reducing customer churn – Andrew Michael on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Gone are the times when the sketch on a napkin from your lunch was enough to secure your company Series A funding. In the current economy… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 19, 2022
At Intercom, we believe trust is at the core of every relationship between a business and its customers. As businesses grow and scale, they need to continue to earn and build on that trust in every way they can – but with rapidly expanding tech stacks, it’s not just their own company policies they need to monitor, it’s those of every company they partner with.
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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.
Mironov Consulting
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic. So behind closed doors and where it won’t create political/organizational issues, I lobby my engineering counterparts away from: Dedicated bug-fixing teams (usually proposed by Engineering)
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 18, 2022
In the opening keynote session at #mtpcon London 2022, corporate innovation expert and award-winning author Tendayi Viki discusses the importance of placing product people at the heart of business model design, in order to innovate and achieve aligned outcomes. [.] Read more » The post Is your innovation project on track? by Tendayi Viki appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The article here focusses on business criterion to use to better evaluate if a predictive model is ready for production and the associated risk when the predictions are wrong. A simple / practical framework is used to do this evaluation with three examples. Optimized for better outcomes Today, businesses regularly use predictive analytics to optimize their business and achieve better business outcomes.
UserInterviews
OCTOBER 17, 2022
What to pay research participants, according to data from nearly 20,000 moderated and unmoderated research projects.
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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.
AB Tasty
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Even though hypothesis tests are meant to be reliable, there are two types of errors that can occur. These errors are known as type 1 and type 2 errors. Learn more.
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 16, 2022
In this 2015 post, Jason Burke, then VP of Product at a Boston-based start-up called clypd, offers some advice on how product managers can prioritise when they’re faced with endless lists of work to be done. You can’t do it all, says Jason, and there’s the problem. Included on the lists are features that someone [.] Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: Just Say No – Hard Decisions in Product Management appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Do: Sprinkle adrenaline kicks throughout Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Userpilot
OCTOBER 16, 2022
You’ll almost certainly have heard of a minimum viable product. But a minimum delightful product might be new to you and exactly what you need to focus on as a product manager. Well, look no further. In this article, we’re going to break down the concepts behind this exciting new concept and specifically focus on how you can implement key lessons in your own SaaS.
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.
Johanna Rothman
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Do you know what to say when it's time to lay people off? The first time I had to lay someone off, I had no idea what to say. However, if you have a reasonable context, you (or HR and you) can create a script you can use to make a layoff a respectful and relatively kind experience. With a congruent conversation, you might even be able to maintain a healthy collegial relationship with the person you have to lay off.
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Sankalpa Sarkar is a Product Lead at Walmart — he has spent over 8 years in the product management profession. Here’s how he got his job in product. [.] Read more » The post How I got my job in product – Sankalpa Sarkar, Product Lead, Walmart appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The power of scheduling, email introductions and meeting notes Generated by author via Stable Diffusion AI using NightCafe website Product Managers like myself can have big egos. Prioritizing others’ work, crafting a roadmap, ‘managing customers’, ‘leading by influence’, and storytelling- all this can get to their heads, and make them think they’re important.
Userpilot
OCTOBER 21, 2022
What is a Minimum Viable Experience (MVE)? Does it have anything to do with the Minimum Viable Product? Why would you care about MVE as a product manager ? If you're after the answers to the questions, you're up for a treat because that's what we're exploring in the article! Got your seat belt on? Let's get to it! TL;DR. Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) describes how your users must feel when they interact with your product to stay with the company and keep using the prod
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As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.
Modus Create
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Welcome to Conversations with Chief Innovators, in which our CEO Pat Sheridan discusses innovation in business with transformational leaders across industries. In the second episode, we bring you Tom Klaff, CEO of Revolution Cooking. Watch the full episode here. $70 billion. That’s the market value of a 10,000-year-old industry — small kitchen appliances.
Michael J. Fordham
OCTOBER 15, 2022
Speed up your design and development workflow with AI tools which are already available Continue reading on UX Collective ».
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 18, 2022
And why the switch made sense for me and might make sense for you. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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