Mind the Product
APRIL 23, 2020
Why is having no passion for the industry you work in potentially a huge benefit when it comes to building products? In Product, the user is number one. We must get to know our users inside-out, live and breathe their worlds in order to spot where we can solve problems to make their life better, easier, or more enjoyable.
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 23, 2020
I've had the pleasure—and displeasure—of many remote meetings over the past few weeks. The difficult meetings had a common root cause: the meeting leaders attempted to do a direct transfer of how they lead an in-person meeting to remote/WFH meetings. When that occurs, they miss the ability to optimize on our separation by choosing how to treat people and by how we create a meeting environment.
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Userpilot
APRIL 23, 2020
The one question SaaS Product teams around the world are losing sleep over now is: “How can we make our product even better?” If you want to know the answer, the simplest way is to ask your customers. But that’s actually when things become complicated…You can’t just ask your customers if you have a few thousand users on board. You would drown in qualitative data and probably never reach any conclusions.
The Product Coalition
APRIL 24, 2020
Spanning up to 24 months of planned features and functionality, long-term roadmaps are a conventional staple in development offices. They’re also inherently problematic. But how can something that everyone uses not prove useful? You need to plan somehow?—?and roadmaps keep your software on track. At face value, they seem like a good idea. Here, we explain the problem plaguing long-term roadmaps.
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
ProductCraft
APRIL 23, 2020
Are your users getting as much value out of your product as possible? How well have they integrated your application into their key workflows? Are they discovering and making use of a wide variety of helpful features? Or are they missing out on the aspects of your product that are most useful to them? Digital. Read more » The post Product Management 101: Digital Adoption appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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BrainMates
APRIL 21, 2020
As an Aussie-expat based in San Francisco, I briefly took a passing interest in baseball. One of the many, many statistics leagues track is called a batting average – the ratio of times a batter actually hits the ball into play. The best batting averages top out in the mid 30% range. Getting up to that level puts you in elite company. Imagine if product management was like this.
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 21, 2020
Our mission, as we have often discussed, is to make internet business personal – that goal underpins everything we do and build. One key aspect of forging these personal relationships is not just that customers feel they have a personal connection with a business, but that businesses can actually benefit from knowing their customers. The reason real-world businesses can thrive by having good relationships with their customers is not just down to loyalty and trust, though that is important, but a
The Product Coalition
APRIL 20, 2020
When transitioning to a product role, what skills you have and what you missing depends on your previous role. Here’s what you need to do Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
The Product Guy
APRIL 21, 2020
Excerpts from our conversation with 2019’s TPMAS winner of The Best Product Visionary, Harpal Singh. Watch now and see why they are counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Product Management Awards 2020 has begun!
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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
Mind the Product
APRIL 21, 2020
We’ve heard it again and again – these are odd times; we’re not working remotely, we’re working during a crisis; this is not the new normal. You’re not working the same way, and your customers have different needs than they did a month ago. We turned to Teresa Torres – our first repeat guest! – to come back on to the podcast and chat about how to make sure that, despite everything that’s going on, you continue to incorporate discovery into your pra
Product Innovation Educators
APRIL 20, 2020
The future back strategy for product managers. Innosight is an innovation management consultancy founded by Clayton Christensen and Mark Johnson. Mark has a new toolkit for visionary thinking that leads to breakthrough growth, which he writes about in his book, Lead from the Future. The foundation of the toolkit is “future back” thinking, which we talk about.
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 23, 2020
As the saying goes “home where the heart is” and for now, it’s where you’ll find the office and the school and the shops and concerts too. H.O.M.E. is a special four-part series on Inside Intercom exploring what that means for various facets of life and learning how people across many industries and countries are managing to persevere with the help of technology.
The Product Guy
APRIL 19, 2020
Presenting the right set of data to your stakeholders and explaining why is critical to your current and future success in product. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Amin Bashi.
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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.
Mind the Product
APRIL 24, 2020
In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Nate Archer, now Senior Product Manager at Ada shares with us a systematic approach to validating an idea by breaking it down into testable hypotheses. His key points include: Origins. Purpose and Value. Process. Case Study. Watch the video to see his talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points. The Origins of Hypothesis-Driven Validation.
Alchemer Mobile
APRIL 21, 2020
Do you want to know how your mobile app engagement data compares to others in your industry? This information is critical for most product managers and mobile marketers to optimize the mobile customer experience. Luckily, we’ve got the data to help you see exactly how others in your category are performing. We published six new research reports today – each industry-specific guide reveals exclusive benchmark data gathered from more than 800 mobile apps with 5,000+ active users.
Product Management University
APRIL 23, 2020
In this 30-minute webinar, you’ll see real-world examples that illustrate how the context of solving customer problems completely changes when the focus is on customer outcomes instead of just the problem itself. Learn how a stronger focus on customer outcomes helps you uncover and solve higher-impact problems and deliver solutions with greater strategic value to the customer organization and yours.
The Product Guy
APRIL 23, 2020
Guest Post by: Ralph Bautista (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler ]. There are several ways to get into Product Management, the majority of folks stumble upon it by choice or because their organization needed to fill that role and you were the best candidate at the time. Either way, the role is relatively similar across the board.
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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.
Mind the Product
APRIL 19, 2020
Throughout this new series , we’ll be sharing the stories, learnings and experiences of product people dealing with COVID-19 right across the globe. In this first instalment, Kara Chiles, Senior Director of Consumer Products at Gannett , explains how the product team behind the largest local newspaper company in the United States has been adapting.
Miro
APRIL 23, 2020
Our next chapter: Bringing teams together, wherever they’re locatedTeamwork has always been at the heart of everything we do here at Miro. We operate a distributed headquarters, with leaders and employees spread across four time zones and five hubs. That’s why we’ve codified “Play as a team to win the world” as one of our […]. The post Our next chapter: Bringing teams together, wherever they’re located appeared first on MiroBlog | A blog by Miro.
UserInterviews
APRIL 20, 2020
Remote research will help you decide how to respond in unusual times. It's good practice to perform ongoing customer research regardless.
ProductCraft
APRIL 21, 2020
Back at the beginning of the year, we made a list of all of the product conferences you should attend in 2020. However, recent events have caused many of these great events to either be postponed or moved online. In this new and uncertain world, we thought we’d share a list of high-quality virtual product. Read more » The post The Best Virtual Product Events to Attend in 2020 appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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.
Mind the Product
APRIL 21, 2020
In this ProductTank London talk, Aeneas McDonnell , Director of Product at The Times and Sunday Times shares with us some guidelines on how we as product people can be leaders without having clear authority. His key points include: Anyone can be a leader. Positioning to lead. Skills. Leading through levels. Watch the video to see Aeneas’s talk in full.
Miro
APRIL 22, 2020
How Biteable CEO Brent Chudoba held a remote leadership offsite using MiroWhen I became CEO of Biteable in February, I knew it’d be a challenge to lead an internationally distributed team. Biteable is the world’s leading video maker and in my first month with them, I flew over 20 hours across the world to meet […]. The post How Biteable CEO Brent Chudoba held a remote leadership offsite using Miro appeared first on MiroBlog | A blog by Miro.
ProductBoard
APRIL 21, 2020
Written by Ken Sandy, experienced product leader, author of “The Influential Product Manager,” and industry fellow and lecturer at UC Berkeley, where he teaches the engineering school’s first product management course. What distinguishes an outstanding product manager from a good one? I thought a lot about this question when writing my book, The Influential Product Manager.
UserInterviews
APRIL 21, 2020
UX research coordinators can support a large team of researchers who don’t have time for DIY recruiting. But before you make a hire, consider all your options.
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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.
TryMyUI
APRIL 23, 2020
How did Canada's Revenue Agency use UX to positively impact the lives of countless Canadian citizens in need of emergency financial aid due to the COVID-19 pandemic? The post Measuring the real world impact of UX during a global pandemic appeared first on TryMyUI Blog.
Miro
APRIL 24, 2020
How to avoid isolation when working remotelyRemote work isn’t just a growing trend anymore – it has rapidly become a necessity for businesses all over the world. While many are adapting to working from home for the first time, even teams that are already remote are having to adjust their routines and mindset. They are […]. The post How to avoid isolation when working remotely appeared first on MiroBlog | A blog by Miro.
Userzoom
APRIL 21, 2020
UX at William Hill is all about understanding the psychology behind customer decisions and designing products that enhance their experience. As they state: “We’re on a mission to stamp out cognitive bias and make our products the best they can be.” Recently we chatted to Naomi Williams , an experienced UX Researcher at William Hill, to discuss how the online betting and gambling company puts user research and testing into practice, as well as the organisational set-up of UX and its b
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