Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2022

The most successful product managers in this fragmented, SaaSified world will be the ones who understand how to define cross-product user experiences. Here are some ways you can effectively incorporate this into your product strategy. [.]

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In product ecosystems, this means that one small tweak to a feature can have significant effects on other features, user experience, or even marketing strategies. Product teams must understand not just the immediate impact of a new feature but also how it will evolve within a dynamic market over months or years.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 18, 2023

Making the case for the unification of product strategy and UX strategy, its advantages and potential pitfalls Read more » The post The fusion phenomenon: product strategy vs UX strategy appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 31, 2021

How to align your organization and product management team with the voice of your customer. In this discussion we address what it means to properly incorporate UX (user experience) into your product work. Mark has 20+ years experience implementing human-centered design to solve difficult problems.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Based on what we’d learned so far, we layered in high-level user experience designs alongside the conversion funnel. We layered in high-level user experience designs alongside the conversion funnel, which provided a useful template. Download the Product Funnel template. what’s its mission)?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For instance, if you’re asked to prioritize a feature that isn’t solving a customer problem, present research showing how the feature would impact user experience or how alternative features better serve your market. Use data to support your position and explain the trade-offs.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 16, 2024

B2C) Align roadmap structure with development methodology Balance customer needs with development capabilities Maintain appropriate levels of flexibility based on market type Understanding these contextual factors helps product managers create more effective roadmaps that better serve both their organization and their customers.

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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 ? Product strategies help you design and grow your products.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

It can also create a Frankenstein product—an offering that is a collection of unrelated features, offers a terrible value proposition, and gives rise to a horrible user experience. A better way to determine the right roadmap goals is using an overarching product strategy , as Figure 4 shows. [8] It depends.

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Bryce York

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

So here are 6 mental models for building an AI product strategy: 1. Your AI product strategy needs to actually be strategic! Reimagine the User Experience Think beyond bolt-on features. Design AI-first workflows that fundamentally improve how users accomplish tasks.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Reality Behind “CEO of the Product”: Redefining the Product Manager’s Role The “CEO of the product” concept emerged when product management literature was scarce, and professionals often had to figure out their roles with limited guidance. Build consensus through ongoing dialogue 3.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. 1] While I hope that this makes sense to you, I find that in practice, the different strategies are sometimes confused.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If you say yes to every request, you are in danger of creating a Frankenstein product—a product that is a collection of unrelated features, offers a weak value proposition, and gives rise to a poor user experience. Decline stakeholder requests if they aren’t aligned with the product strategy.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

I regard feature and component owners as members of a product team , a group of product people who collaboratively manage a larger product. While using a strategic and tactical product role is a common scaling technique , it is best applied when the product is stable.

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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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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. A product strategy is a clear roadmap that ensures a “product or feature” is built for the right reasons, solves the right problems, and stands out from the crowd. Why or why not?

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Product Management Unpacked

DECEMBER 20, 2021

“Crossing the Chasm” author on how user-experience design has driven product management from product-focused development to fostering customer engagement. It’s all about starting with the experience and ending with the product rather than starting with the product,” Moore says. “It

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2023

Customer success and support are an imperative part of the overall user experience of a product. In this post, Rob Armstrong explains how product and customer teams can work together to create an effective product strategy.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

The first one carries the risk of being a feature broker and offering a product that has a weak value proposition, gives rise to a poor user experience, and consists of a loose collection of features. In other words, involve the key stakeholders in product discovery and product development work.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 14, 2016

The following image shows the relationship between product bundle, product, feature, and component. A product bundle contains several products, and a product has one or more features and components. User Experience. The user experience , finally, arises when people interact with a product.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2016

I joined a growing user experience agency called Motivate Design, without having any real knowledge about UX and its function within product strategy. And I caught what some might say was the product bug! Two years ago I threw myself into the deep end of the Silicon Alley tech scene here in NYC.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Guest Post by: Lee Atkins (Mentee, Session 7, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jordan Bergtraum]. Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. One method that Product Managers are turning too is the Customer Advisory Board. About Lee Atkins.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 4, 2021

You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but I want you to know the name change is coming—The Everyday Innovator will be renamed to Product Masters Now. . Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:58] What are your responsibilities as a Chief Product Officer?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

When working on a brand-new product, trying to achieve PMF, or struggling to keep the product growing, you typically face many unknowns and a substantial amount of uncertainty and change. The book discusses the product life cycle model with its impact on product strategy and it shows how Kanban can be used for strategy validation.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 10, 2023

These metrics help product managers understand how effectively the product is converting users into customers, and provide insights into the effectiveness of the product’s user experience and design. Let’s say you are a product manager for a meal kit delivery service.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Before you order the roadmap items, double-check that you have a validated product strategy in place. You should be able to confidently say why users would want to use your product and why it is worthwhile for your company to invest in it. Before You Start Prioritising …. What is the best way to achieve them?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In our latest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , we explore: Why trust is now a product featurenot just a brand value. Actionable strategies to integrate trust into your product strategy. Whats Inside the Full Article?

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2024

Rapid Growth This approach can lead to rapid growth as satisfied users become advocates, driving further adoption. Slack is a prime example of how a well-executed product strategy can propel a company to new heights quickly. If users don’t find value, they won’t stick around, pushing companies to improve continuously.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Being the first product manager at a startup typically means being the 10th or 15th employee, and recognizing that – although product management has both tactical and strategic components – you’ll initially be more focused on tactics.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Will the product make a positive impact on people’s lives, the wider society, and the planet, or will it at least not cause any harm ? How might people use the product? What kind of user experience (UX) should the product give rise to? How can the product be built? What are the major touch points?

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product. For instance, the marketing strategy, the user experience (UX) design and technology choices have to align to successfully acquire new users, increase conversion, or meet another product goal.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2020

If you work alongside Bristol-based product strategy and UX consultant Joe Leech then chances are you’ll also work alongside his dog Little Dude. At the moment he coaches the teams doing the work, but he’s starting to coach business leaders about product strategy. These senior people are increasingly of interest to Joe.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Product metrics are data measurements that businesses use to evaluate the success of a product and determine how customers are engaging with it. Popular metrics like churn rate and conversion rate inform product strategy and help various company stakeholders to understand a product’s value.

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The Product Guy

MAY 3, 2018

User needs are what effectively drive your products value so it’s in understanding those needs that a team can create a product that is meeting those needs. Experiments framed as learnings rather than failures. Experimentation is a concept that is well known in the product development world.

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