A 5 Step Framework for Building Better Personas
dscout People Nerds
JANUARY 9, 2020
User personas get a bad rap—and sometimes for good reason. Here’s a great system for making ones you’ll love. .
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Release Planning Advice
Roman Pichler
JANUARY 7, 2020
What Release Planning Entails and Why It Matters. While release and release planning are common terms, I find that different individuals attribute different meanings to them. I regard a release as a version of a product , for example, Mac OS X Catalina and Windows 10. Releases come in two flavours: major releases, like iOS 13, and minor releases, such as iOS 13.3.
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6 Crucial Conversations to Have Before You Start Your Roadmap
ProductPlan
JANUARY 8, 2020
A carefully constructed roadmap can be a powerful tool that can align stakeholders and motivate coworkers. It can even jumpstart sales and growth. But a neglected roadmap can prove problematic and breed internal dissent. It can also mislead customers, misallocate resources, and erode a product manager’s credibility. Making sure a roadmap falls into the first category doesn’t happen by accident.
How to use growth accounting to measure product-market fit
ProductBoard
JANUARY 9, 2020
Consider a consumer mobile app that sells a monthly subscription to its service. Over the last 12 months, it’s shown stellar revenue growth of ~16% month-over-month for a 12-month period. On the surface, the app looks like it has a healthy degree of product-market fit. However, going one level deeper to understand the nature of its growth tells a different story.
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.
A Decade of Product Management
Melissa Perri
JANUARY 4, 2020
I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. We've come a long way but we still have far to go. These are a few of my observations and personal experiences. Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy." 2019: "How do I hire a Chief Product Officer?
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Design expert Jared Spool on teaching UX to the next generation
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 9, 2020
?. While it might be obvious that there’s usually a team of people collaborating on the vision and creation of good design, this truth applies just as much to the end user – there’ll be more than one person on the receiving end. Good design doesn’t only account for a single persona. Instead, you have to consider all people, all experiences and, crucially, all privileges.
What I’m Saying Yes to in 2020 (With 2 Big Announcements)
Product Talk
JANUARY 8, 2020
For many of us, the beginning of the year is a fresh start. It’s an opportunity to recommit to the things that matter most to us. Last year, I wrote “ What I’m Saying No to This Year—And Why ” to clearly outline what I wanted to focus on in 2019. Over the course of the year, I reread that post at least a dozen times to help me stay focused on my priorities.
7 UI trends you should be watching in 2020
Imaginary Cloud - Design
JANUARY 8, 2020
New year resolutions are everyone’s favorite thing I’m sure. But researching and knowing where to take a product’s creative direction should be on a to-do list before just going ahead and doing solely what has been done so far. Trends take new turns often enough that a product can be rendered outdated pretty soon, and this is why we, at Imaginary Cloud, decided to go ahead and make a list.
Creating a Culture of Experimentation
The Product Guy
JANUARY 5, 2020
Thank you to everyone who attended the latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group and discussed Creating a Culture of Experimentation, with Guest Expert, Nis Frome, Head of Product @ Alpha and debated Featured Product, IPsoft… And, also, thank you to our awesome sponsors who make everything possible…
B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024
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In 2024, B2B customers expect better quality and service with streamlined experiences that match consumer-grade simplicity—no long calls or meetings required. Our B2B eCommerce Trends Report, surveying 400+ B2B professionals in the US and Europe, reveals how eCommerce has become vital to top companies’ strategies. The report shows how leaders are leveraging eCommerce to break data silos, unify channels, and deliver the personalized experiences that customers demand.
Ground Rules for Applying AI to Product Management
Mind the Product
JANUARY 6, 2020
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has led to lots of jargon, so that this very powerful technique has become more difficult to understand. The tips below have all helped me, so I hope this article will help product managers to cut through the noise and better understand how AI can fit into their daily work. Machine learning being employed to recognize vehicles (Image: Shutterstock).
The ABCs of data: how to make sense of your company’s data as a product manager
Mixpanel
JANUARY 9, 2020
In the age of data and analytics, we’ve come to believe that, with enough data, we can make smart decisions and become truly data-driven. But as the global data volume has gone from big to enormous, many businesses today find themselves thinking: What do we do with it? Collectively, we’ll be generating 175 zetabytes of data by 2025. And yours is among all that data—data about and produced by your customers as well as data that’s central to your day-to-day business operations.
The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2019
First Round Review
JANUARY 9, 2020
We've rounded up 30 standout, must-share insights from the profiles we published over the last year. Read on for the most impactful pieces of advice we heard in 2019 — presented with hopes that you can apply them to make your next decade even brighter.
How to Drive User Behavior Change to Unlock Your Product’s Full Value
The Product Guy
JANUARY 7, 2020
Some of the most promising and optimal use cases for any product require buyers and consumers to first change their behaviors. Product teams must understand key aspects of psychology, incentives, and habit-formation in order to achieve success. In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Nis Frome, lead a conversation on this topic.
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
Where Do Good Ideas Come From? – Gal Josefsberg on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
JANUARY 7, 2020
One of the hardest skills for product people to acquire is that of saying no. After all, when everyone comes at you with ideas, prioritisation can be a massive challenge. So it’s refreshing when we get a chance to come at it from the opposite direction in order to generate good ideas. Gal Josefsberg, VP Product Management at Guidewire and a guest lecturer at General Assembly, has spent a lot of time thinking about how to create, manage and recognise a good idea.
How Mindfulness Can Help a Researcher: A Simple Breathing Exercise to Improve Focus Before Interviews
Generation Focus
JANUARY 6, 2020
As researchers, we are used to hectic schedules and back-to-back interviews on the agenda. With this intensity, it’s easy to feel stressed or distracted. I’ve often experienced that the way I spend the minutes right before beginning a qualitative interview session can greatly influence how focused I am during the session which can impact the quality of the interview.
My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more
Andrew Chen
JANUARY 9, 2020
Dear readers, I’ve only been writing sporadically recently on here — mostly because I’m working on a new book project (more to come soon on that!!) which has been taking all my time. In the interim, I’ve stayed pretty active on Twitter, writing tweetstorms that sometimes turn themselves into essays on here. For a quick summary of the essays that did make it onto here, including a couple guest collaborations, here’s an easy set of links: The Passion Economy (guest es
Keep Your Website Usability Testing Focused and Results-Driven: Best Practices and Common Mistakes
UserInterviews
JANUARY 9, 2020
Here, we highlight best practices we use in website usability testing (from high-fidelity prototyping to how we select participants) and some mistakes you’ll want to avoid.
Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Product Growth Engine by Dave Martin
Mind the Product
JANUARY 10, 2020
In this MTP Engage Manchester talk, Dave Martin, Chief Product Officer at TES Global provides us with a way to get over the product adoption curve and build more successful products. His key points include: Product adoption life cycle. Product growth chasm. The path up the adoption curve. Watch the video to see Dave’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points.
A Brief Guide to Moving From Academic Research to User Experience Research
dscout People Nerds
JANUARY 9, 2020
The transition to UXR from the world of academia can be rough. Here’s how to make it smoother. .
Thank you for making us number one
Intercom, Inc.
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We’re delighted to report that based on 784 customer reviews on G2.com, Intercom has beaten all other live chat tools to become the top ranked choice for sales, marketing, and support teams who want to interact with visitors to their websites and users of their apps. We’re thrilled (and humbled) that so many of our paying customers took the time to leave the detailed and informative reviews that ranked us #1, ahead of worthy competitors like Zendesk, Freshdesk, Drift, and so many others in
7 Product Roadmap Tools to Kickstart 2020
Userpilot
JANUARY 7, 2020
Roadmapping is a crucial part of every product manager’s role, but it’s safe to say a lot of PMs don’t particularly enjoy it. Luckily, there are some excellent product roadmap tools out there to help make it more bearable. In this article, we’re going to look at the most popular product roadmap tools. All have their own strengths and weaknesses, and some will suit your needs more than others.
The 25 Types of Innovation Dominating R&D Today
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Making the Unspoken Spoken
Mind the Product
JANUARY 10, 2020
In this excerpt from her recent book, The Team That Managed Itself , Christina Wodtke looks at how teams can deal with the office housework jobs that no one wants to take on. Within teams, there are the spoken roles, as in designer, marketer, engineer, etc. There’s also a host of additional unspoken roles. There will be a facilitator, a person who takes notes at the meeting, a person who organizes the office party or the retreat, and a hundred other small tasks and roles that won’t be on anyone’
How Mindfulness Can Help a Researcher: A Simple Breathing Exercise to Improve Focus Before Interview
Generation Focus
JANUARY 6, 2020
As researchers, we are used to hectic schedules and back-to-back interviews on the agenda. With this intensity, it’s easy to feel stressed or distracted. I’ve often experienced that the way I spend the minutes right before beginning a qualitative interview session can greatly influence how focused I am during the session which can impact the quality of the interview.
7 Reasons Not To Do User Research with Michele Ronsen
UserInterviews
JANUARY 7, 2020
We chatted with Michele Ronsen about when companies should pause before doing qualitative user research
A CPO on scaling product management by focusing only on what matters (and how to define what matters)
ProductBoard
JANUARY 7, 2020
Claire Milligan, Co-Chief Product Officer of Certify Inc./Chrome River, recently joined us at the productboard San Francisco office for a Product Management Speaking Series. In an engaging presentation, she walked the audience through a four-component iterative process that she uses to scale the product management function at her company. Claire started by sharing the product management challenges.
Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
Fighting the nope: How do you overcome users’ resistance to changes in your UI?
Userzoom
JANUARY 7, 2020
Can a change management process help your company survive users’ negativity towards necessary changes to your digital product? Every year, without fail, Facebook and Twitter make minor changes to their UI. Far from a major overhaul, they’re usually just a reduction in clutter or an extra little bit of functionality. Without fail, everyone despises it.
How to Answer Senior PM Interview Questions With Your Own Structure
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
JANUARY 6, 2020
Read the first part of this blog series here. In our last post, we described some of the issues with structures and frameworks that interfere with answering interview questions at the level we expect of a Senior PM (or demonstrative of a highly-qualified PM at lower levels). Now, let’s talk about how to improve! Though we are going to change our answering strategy, there’s good news—we’re not completely lost.
What’s the Worst That Could Happen? By Roisi Proven
Mind the Product
JANUARY 6, 2020
In this ProductTank London talk, Roisi Proven, Product Manager at Gower Street Analytics, considers the worst that could happen to digital products if we only ever think about the good and never the bad. She answers the question: ‘What’s the worst that could happen to digital products today?’ by suggesting: Imagine the worst. Running a Black Mirror test on a product.
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