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Leveraging Software Platforms

Roman Pichler

Be Clear on What a Software Platform Is. Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates. But platforms come with potential drawbacks.

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Book review: “Product Roadmaps Relaunched”

bpma ProductHub

The book is packed with examples and best practices. I had set out to create a software product for roadmapping but soon discovered people don’t have good processes that support roadmapping. He has worked for both small and large companies in the B2B software industry. What was your motivation to write the book? “I

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. To discuss how you might help a struggling team, let’s use an example.

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A Leader's Guide to Metrics Reviews

Sachin Rekhi

One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. I've come to believe that establishing such a metrics review meeting is critical for developing an effective data-driven culture and I wanted to share some of the best practices around doing so. Why metrics reviews matter.

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If You Build It, They Will Come: A Guide to Customer Onboarding

Speaker: Jamie Bernard, Sr. Product Director and Product Management Practice Lead at Nexient, an NTT Data Company

Creating new software and releasing it into the marketplace to achieve wild success is the dream! In this webinar we will review: The elements of good customer onboarding. Examples of successful product onboarding strategies. "If you build it, they will come” is an idea that runs rampant in organizations.

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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. Think about the impact that racism has already had in tech. Know the scope of the issue.

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10 Interactive Software Walkthroughs With Examples

Userpilot

Frustrated trying to design interactive software walkthroughs that drive activation? We handpicked a few of the best SaaS walkthrough examples and explained what made them great. TL;DR A software walkthrough is the process of guiding users through the main features and processes of a software product.