Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Some of these are Fortune 10 software-enabled companies going through digital transformations. Others are SaaS companies that are scaling or have scaled recently and want to ensure they are doing it in the best way. At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? neither the product nor roadmap are ever static.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. But it doesn’t tell you where to go and how to get there—that’s what the discovery and strategy work does.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2017

The confusion stems—at least partly—from the fact that Scrum is a simple framework focused on helping teams develop software. Additionally, some approaches like SAFe employ a separate product manager and product owner role. So why did Scrum introduce a product owner role at all?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. Itamar has over 20 years of product management experience working with industry leaders such as Google and Microsoft. The post The GIST Framework by Itamar Gilad appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Userpilot

JULY 24, 2024

Launching a product without a well-defined product strategy framework is similar—you risk wasting resources without a clear path to success. So, how do you outline a product strategy framework that is the foundation of product-led growth ? What is a product strategy framework?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

took over the company in 1952 and decided to make his mark through modern design, they’ve become the single largest design organization in the world, with over 1500 designers working in innovative products from machine learning to cloud to file sharing. User research is a vital part of the design process. Since Thomas Watson Jr.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. Goals: Goals should be S.M.A.R.T.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Five years ago I wrote about how product strategy means saying no – you must ruthlessly protect your product from feature creep. . Saying no, however, is just one part of a successful product strategy. The meeting point of company and product strategy. Des: Welcome to Intercom on Product.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. The tools are constantly evolving and changing their pricing plans, so it may be difficult to ensure that your product team is using the right tools and getting the best value for the money.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The SaaS industry is full of advice on the perfect product metrics to gauge your users’ activation, engagement, and interactions. But how do these concepts translate into real product improvements? Not all products are the same. A $99 B2B SaaS app will define engagement very differently to an e-commerce website.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Guest Post by: Alex Hsu (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Addi Regev]. Why do I need a framework? A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. Research article. Enough talking.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder).

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

Are you searching for the tech and design partner you can trust while building your mobile app together? As a consequence of this, the mobile app development industry is on the rise now. Probably, you look for a research-based recommendation of a reliable app development service provider too.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In this keynote from #mtpcon London, Jonny Schneider, Product Strategy and Design Principal at ThoughtWorks, discusses how using all of design thinking, agile, and lean means we can build better products. Key points: You should try to use design thinking, agile and lean when building your products.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With the right product research tools, you can dissect vast pools of data, gather actionable insights, and create products that align directly with your user’s needs. But how can you build the right product research tech stack to achieve your product growth goals? Qualtrics. UXPressia.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 24, 2021

Narrowing Down the Battlefield Figure 1 shows the ‘Technology Adoption Life Cycle’ for discontinuous innovations. Figure 1: Technolgoy Adoption Life Cycle Explore the Battlefield Geoffrey Moore suggests in his book “Crossing the Chasm” to create different target customer scenarios and select the target niche market based on a scoring system.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2023

What is a product analytics framework and why is it important? We also look at: Different types of analyses to include in your framework How to develop a product analytics framework And, the best product analytics tools. Userpilot is a product adoption platform with advanced analytics features.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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ProductPlan

JULY 27, 2023

The great thing about using software in a business setting is that there’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish with enough time and effort. That’s also the downside to using software in a business setting. There are so many business processes you could apply digital technologies to it’s often difficult to know where to begin.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Then how do we do the work to discover what are the right solutions that actually address those needs in a way that drives that outcome? Then I would say the third piece is tied to, to identify a good solution, we really need to rapidly test our assumptions , and there’s some tooling involved with that. Lots of that.

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UX Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

Over 8,000 people were interested, so I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to explore my product strategy skills. Aligning with Netflix’s goals: I refined the product vision to ensure it supports Netflix’s core objectives. I saw a post on Threads about how nice it would be if Netflix has comment sections.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you thought there were a million ways to define product management, product strategy might have it beat by a longshot. Just think about how many ways product strategy is defined within your own organization. It’s the number one thing that makes product strategy both challenging and frustrating at the same time.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In the past 12 months on Inside Intercom, we’ve published nearly 200 blog posts covering everything from product launches to product strategy ; from growth stories to goal setting ; from building teams to bot skills ; from sales insights to stand-up comedy. Fiona Lee, Lead Editor. Interesting intersections.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 22, 2024

or so narrow they box you into today’s solutions instead of tomorrow’s possibilities. Okay… but that’s a target, not a strategy. The “Pet Project” Parade: Goals that are actually solutions in disguise. That’s not a strategy – that’s a feature masquerading as direction. Force explicit choices to surface implicit strategy.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 20, 2020

She believes that product people have dynamic skills. She condemns the SAFe framework, which separates the role of product owner and product manager, asserting the former as tactical and the latter strategic. Fortunately, the diversity of lower-level product roles encourages us to grow our expertise.

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UX Studio: Product Management

AUGUST 17, 2018

Usability testing forms a user experience research method, usually a qualitative one, as the core of UX research. It mainly aims to check product ease-of-use and functionality. A typical (potential) user of any digital product should be able to interact with it without frustration, and easily accomplish set goals.

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Melissa Perri

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The biggest takeaway comment for me was, “This is great for new products in the Discovery Phase, but what about accounting for products that we have already validated and need to build?” Gantt Charts are a project management tool used to keep track of timelines and due dates. Now, Roadmaps function more like Gantt Charts.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. No choices = no product strategy. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2024

Sometimes investing in deep tech requires truly innovative product management strategies and frameworks. In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, a transformative trend has emerged: A surge venture capital and corporate investments in deep tech.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the UX research process? It also outlines a 9-step guide on how to conduct UX research for product managers and UX designers. TL;DR The UX research process is a sequence of steps to collect and analyze data on user interactions with the product to better understand their needs and preferences.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 19, 2020

Also crucial is the ability to gain mindshare when trends and new technologies are still in nascent stages. So at some point in every product manager’s job , it’s likely to be a challenge that must be met to be successful. What does a Good Strategy Look Like? Companies don’t start with a product strategy.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Product management is equal parts art and science – and it’s vital to the success of your SaaS. Product teams need to have a combination of hard and soft skills to succeed: technical knowledge , communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and empathy. What is product management? Drives product success.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success. Lead the Product. Three Types of Leadership. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership.

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