Miro
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Impact Mapping: How to focus on outcomes in product managementAligning work around outcomes instead of just chasing the next feature idea is one of those things that product teams often want to nail, but rarely get right. It’s because most of the frameworks we use prioritize tangible rock-solid features over hard-to-measure effects.Just look at how […].
ProductCraft
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Last Saturday, like seemingly every Saturday this fall, I started some yard work. This time I expected to be on the roof for at least three hours. So I knew that music would be required. And that email needed monitoring. And that a friend may call. And that college football was at full tilt. I. Read more » The post Why Companies in a Multi-Screen Era Must Embrace the Unknown appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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ProductPlan
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Should a product manager accompany the sales rep to prospect meetings to demo the product? When a customer calls their account manager for support, should the rep pass that request on to the product manager? Should sales reps call a product manager anytime they have a technical question about the product? Every company is unique. But for most organizations, the answers to those questions should be no.
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Our industry is in the midst of a big philosophical debate about the fundamental way of thinking about how we build our products, with the focus shifting from the outputs of what we build to the business outcomes generated by those outputs. We’ve been thinking deeply about how to make this change in our own organization, with Des and Paul leading our discussions about it.
Technical Product Manager at GPC Global Technology Center in Krakow. She has extensive experience in the area of Product Delivery and close cooperation with development teams. In her work, she tries to implement the scrum approach.
Emerge Insights
DECEMBER 11, 2019
People today have an unprecedented number of choices when choosing products and services for their personal life and work. Consumer habits, preferences, and expectations are evolving. The organizations embracing a human-centered approach are outperforming the competition. Businesses can no longer rely on the position, price, features, or pure aesthetics of their product or service to […].
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Amplitude
DECEMBER 10, 2019
I identify as a Growth Designer. A few years back, I wrote about how I see growth design. Here’s how I defined it: Growth design: A person who approaches product design through the dual lens of customer experience and business impact. “Growth Designer” is not usually my actual job title, but I find that label useful for people to understand my skillset.
Gainsight
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Customer churn. It’s on everybody’s mind. Studies show that customer churn is costing U.S. businesses $136 billion a year. Even though you might not be aware of it, customer churn could be working its way through your business right this very second, just like a virus. Luckily, there are ways to predict and prevent customer churn. It’s time for a visit to the doctor. #1 Way to prevent churn: Provide (and prove) ROI.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 9, 2019
In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Shyna Zhang , shows us how product marketing and product management can combine to create a customer-focused culture. Watch the video to see Shyna’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of her key points. A product marketing and product management marriage. The 3 T’s of customer obsession. A Product Marketing and Product Management Marriage.
ProductBoard
DECEMBER 12, 2019
It seems like every tech company these days is excited about product-led growth. And rightfully so. When a product-led growth strategy is executed well, your product sells itself, leaving your teams with more time and resources to focus on the end user. If you’re a user of any successful product-led growth product, chances are you didn’t hear about them through a cold call.
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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
The Product Guy
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group and discussed Product Fail (an exploration of how to make your product and product team fail) and debated Featured Product, Wami… And, also, thank you to our awesome sponsors who make everything possible…
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Four steps for product managers to increase productivity and become fully present. Do you feel your time and attention being pulled in too many directions and what you want to get done is not getting done? I sure do. For me, focus has been getting more challenging as I am taking on new projects to help more product managers. I’ve needed to step back and do some meta work to better organize my time.
The Product Bistro
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Christina Wodtke’s latest is a gripping read, combining a compelling story line, with some novel, and useful ideas to help team dynamics and how to lead. Without giving too much of the story away (trust me, this is a page turner) the main protagonist is Allie, a product manager of a studio at a game company. The studio is like a little business unit with a lot of autonomy, yet strong responsibilities to the executive staff.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 13, 2019
In this #mtpcon London talk, Lindsey Jayne, VP Product at Monzo, discusses the importance of writing clearly in order to make better decisions and diversify thinking. Key points. There is too much noise in our working lives – we are bombarded by words and thoughts which are difficult to understand. By being clearer in our writing we can bring more people with us and expose bad ideas before they progress too far.
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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.
Product Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Hi there, Product Talk readers! It’s me, Melissa. I’m Teresa’s blog editor. I mostly work behind the scenes here, polishing and proofreading posts prior to publication. But every once in a while, I’ll contribute a post like this one. Here at Product Talk, we’re excited about showcasing what good product management looks like. That’s why we recently launched the Product in Practice series , where we’re highlighting excellent work that different product teams are doing.
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Most SaaS companies start with a free software offering – providing a preview of their product’s capabilities before encouraging their users to grow into pro or enterprise solutions. Vidyard did the opposite. Instead of capturing small businesses and then trying to upgrade them to paid plans, the video hosting and analysis startup attracted larger companies, then worked backwards.
Product Management University
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Customer advisory boards can deliver tremendous strategic value to your organization if you organize them with the appropriate customer roles and have business conversations. Employ these three best practices for your customer advisory boards and you’ll be able to accelerate the maturation of product management and product marketing with greater focus on delivering strategic value to the customer.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 12, 2019
At a time when so much of today’s B2B ecosystem is built around software products, I believe it has become incumbent on the people responsible for designing, developing, and building these products to take back leadership of how our companies are run, and lead us all back to a culture of responsible growth. Here I’ll discuss how. First though, what’s the problem?
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Alchemer Mobile
DECEMBER 10, 2019
‘Tis the season for the annual App Store holiday shutdown. Every year, Apple implements a code freeze on all mobile apps where no new app submissions or app update submissions will be processed. The 2019 holiday shutdown schedule will begin December 23rd and run through December 28th. The App Store shuts down during this time to allow Apple’s manual submission reviewers to take some much-deserved time off around the holidays.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2019
Stories and Eight Lessons Learned from The Wu-Tang Clan, According to Matt Northam The Wu-Tang Clan. Source: Seattleweekly.com As a boy living in the British Virgin Islands , being twelve years old was a difficult period. Growing up on an island where I was bullied because I was the son of a strict high school teacher?—?I became depressed, quietly seeking out reasons for living.
UserInterviews
DECEMBER 12, 2019
A data-backed calculator for user research
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Watch on YouTube | Watch on Vimeo | Listen on Soundcloud . In the latest episode, Rosemary King , our Director of Training Products welcomes Adam Warburton to Mindset. Adam is currently Head of Digital Products at The Co-Op, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives. He is also co-organiser of our MTP Engage conference in Manchester, taking place in February 2020.
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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?
First Round Review
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Former Credit Karma CPO Nikhyl Singhal shares the phases a product org goes through as a startup matures — and his tips for transitioning between them gracefully. From the mistakes that are too easy to make to what to look for when hiring, his playbook helps founders and product leaders build teams capable of finding product/market fit and handling hypergrowth.
Userzoom
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Although we strive to work in an environment where user research is a part of every stage of the product development lifecycle , and your executives have completely bought in to everything you do… we have to be realistic. Not everyone has the luxury of generous budgets, resources and sign-off. . In this year’s State of UX in the Enterprise report , securing resources and budget was the top three challenge for UX teams in some of the biggest organisations across the globe.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2019
Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. We’re going to start big picture, chop it up, then have a look at what you can do to grow in each area.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 10, 2019
In this talk at ProductTank London, get set for a giggle as Sophie Deen, CEO of Bright Little Labs , heartwarmingly takes us through her journey of building a product to help introduce computer science to children in the UK. She covers: Using mainstream entertainment to teach kids. Building a product in a reactive way. Watch the video to see Sophie’s talk in full.
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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.
Product Management University
DECEMBER 13, 2019
How would you characterize the difference between product vs solution? Product vs solution is the simple difference between what you do and what your customers do. You build products and features. Your customers admit patients, do legal research, run payroll, design clothing, take customer orders, inventory a warehouse, etc. The difference between product vs solution from your perspective is the answer to this question: How do we make customers quantifiably better at things that have strategic v
UserInterviews
DECEMBER 12, 2019
We spoke with Zach about how to conduct a successful stakeholder interview. We also cover a real-life example from SoFi and discuss the long-lasting impact research can have.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 11, 2019
One thing above all makes a successful startup: people who purchase and love the product. If you have that, it means you’ve managed to offer the market exactly what it needs or, in other words, achieved a product/market fit (PMF). But how come it’s so challenging to reach success as a startup? What are the steps you need to take to identify your product/market fit?
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