Product Talk

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Ask Teresa: Does the engineer in a product trio need to be the tech lead? In the past, I’ve sometimes used language like “design lead” or “tech lead” to refer to the design and engineering members of the trio. So let’s take a closer look at what I mean by the term “tech lead” and how you can apply this to your own team.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 20, 2022

But when we make technical decisions, we like to be conservative. In practice, being technically conservative looks like reusing existing technologies and frameworks in our stack, or promoting tried and tested patterns and solutions. Here, Waheed discusses our engineering principle “Be technically conservative”.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2022

This ambition is reflected in the way we design and build the infrastructure that supports the Intercom platform. At Intercom, we aim to run less software. We exclusively build on top of a very small set of core technologies. Our tooling allows for high availability. Our tooling allows for high availability.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Think of Net Promoter Score (NPS) software as a tool to measure your customers’ feelings about your product, and categorize them based on their level of loyalty (promoters, neutrals, and detractors). The great advantage of these tools is that they streamline the creation, distribution, and analysis of NPS surveys.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

Businesses and individuals are increasingly making SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications their choice software platform for their business needs. A Cision PR Newswire report projects the SaaS market to grow from $158.2 A Cision PR Newswire report projects the SaaS market to grow from $158.2

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Some of these are Fortune 10 software-enabled companies going through digital transformations. I review strategies and roadmaps. At the end of this review, I do a Product Leadership workshop with C-Suite and Product leaders, where I show them what good looks like, and they have a chance to reflect on where they are.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 13, 2021

A large part of making this belief a reality is the idea of running less software. For this reason, we chose to run exclusively on AWS and wherever possible, we make use of battle-tested AWS services, be it RDS Aurora for our relational databases, the Simple Queue Service (SQS) for our async workers or ElastiCache for our caching layer.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2021

Part 1 Product Bugs are one of the most common and accepted parts of building tech products. They’re so common that the US Department of Commerce concluded that “software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the US economy an estimated $59 billion annually or about 0.6% of the gross domestic product.”

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Userpilot

MAY 22, 2024

You can access this information through the right customer lifecycle management software. However, it’s not easy to pick a tool among the many suitable options in the market. To help you, we’ve listed the 10 best customer lifecycle management platforms in the market, including key features, user reviews, and pricing.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, processes, tools, products, and services. Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

While this shift was already underway, the rate of digital transformation is now happening much faster than previously predicted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology capabilities were one of the key factors of business success during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic”. This trend shows no signs of slowing down.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. You should be able to define the project scope and goals clearly by outlining the objectives, functionalities, and features of the software. Choose communication channels, reporting plans, etc.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

With so many options available, how do you choose the right session recording software for your team? We’ve researched, tested, and curated a list of 10 top-rated session recording tools to help you unlock valuable user insights and build better digital experiences. This article aims to simplify the decision-making process.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. I don’t know.

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Split

JULY 13, 2023

The need for efficient and effective software development methodologies has never been more paramount. Amid this incessant search for perfection, two paradigms have become prominent: Test-driven development (TDD) and feature flag-driven development (FFDD). Then, they write the minimum amount of code needed to pass the test.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Instead of sending status reports to stakeholders or having steering committee meetings, the individuals are now actively involved in progressing the product and they actively contribute to its success. This is best done by having regular, collaborative strategy workshops as well as attending sprint review meetings.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Live chat is a powerful tool , but only when it’s used properly. If you want to support customers with live chat, you’ll need to make smart decisions about where it’s added to your site, how your customer service team will use it, and how it integrates with your other support processes.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” Juggling your company’s immediate needs with long-term goals is always tricky, but when it comes to purchasing a tool to make your team’s lives easier, managers tasked with the decision to build or buy often struggle in what seems to be a comparison of apples to oranges.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“Should we buy this software or should we build it?” Juggling your company’s immediate needs with long-term goals is always tricky, but when it comes to purchasing a tool to make your team’s lives easier, managers tasked with the decision to build or buy often struggle in what seems to be a comparison of apples to oranges.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. As its name suggests, this roadmap focuses on product goals and outcomes, such as acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue.  Or What do I mean by software product vs software services ?  A billable).  Building

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Landing pages can be set up with no cost or hassle with a tool like Squarespace or Wix. Once your landing page is live, you can start collecting leads, offer a preview of your app press and early adopters, and integrate with an analytics or A/B testing tool to test variations of your messaging strategy. Register your domain (e.g.,

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2021

Production is the only place where your code, infrastructure, and customers come together to represent objective reality. It’s only in production that you can truly validate the performance and correctness of your code, and learn how your customers use your product. We all deal with business-critical legacy systems from time to time.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, which operate on a subscription basis and are centralized and situated on a remote cloud network, are increasingly popular with businesses for a variety of factors, including flexibility and affordability. Saas startups that provide software as a service have a good delivery model.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2021

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users. Let’s dive right in.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2021

Since volumes of textual data increase, natural language processing becomes an effective tool for financial analysis. It’s an environment where technology can learn to think like a human, make the best decisions, and predict the most likely future. However, NLP technology opens up new opportunities for customer service enhancement.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2020

” To find out, we surveyed 400 support managers, directors, and executives across both B2B and B2C and affected industries like media, healthcare, and technology. In our survey, nearly half (47%) of support teams report that inbound volume has increased since the outbreak and by an average of 51% above their normal volume.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 13, 2023

Marketing leader, Justin Norris shares recommendations for how to produce valuable reporting for stakeholders. Let’s say in this case, the digital product is a report. When a stakeholder requests a report, whether they tell you this or not, they made the request so they can get something done. Understand the business problem.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This " Code creators own quality.* become a professional services/custom consulting company. Bug or feature?  

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. She diligently rose through the ranks, finally growing into the individual contributor role of a staff engineer. Brian: Super.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. That’s why we’ve listed 12 tools that the best product managers use to do their jobs better? and not the best product management tools. Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2024

Using software for product management. This article will examine some of the best product management software in the market. TL;DR Choose a product management platform with advanced features, a user-friendly interface, customization, third-party integrations, scalable pricing, robust security , and collaboration features.

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UserVoice

MARCH 7, 2017

We recently published a report on The Influence of Feedback on the Product Development Process , based on findings from a survey of 200 people in product roles of varying seniority at a range of organizations. You can then create reports that extract that data for your convenience. Leveraging CRM as a data source.

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Userpilot

JULY 10, 2024

Customer experience (CX) is central to product management and the success of your SaaS platform. And that’s why the customer experience software solutions you choose matter greatly. But what are they all about, and which ones should you choose for your SaaS platform? Here’s all you must know.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

TL;DR WalkMe is a digital adoption platform designed to facilitate customer and employee onboarding through in-app experiences, like interactive walkthroughs , on-screen guidance, and self-service support resources. The WalkMe Insights platform forms the core of WalkMe analytics. WalkMe is a digital adoption platform (DAP).

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2021

Later it helps the business, or the individual identifies potential threats to their system. Before starting the task, the ethical hacker must inform software developers or hardware manufacturers. This is to understand whether there are any security vulnerabilities present in their software or hardware.

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Userpilot

APRIL 26, 2024

Do that by choosing the right customer tracking software for your business. However, it’s not easy to pick a tool among a myriad of tools available on the market. To help you out, we’ve come up with a list of the 13 best customer-tracking software solutions in the industry. Get a demo.

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