Product Talk

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Chris shared the story of how he introduced the opportunity solution tree to several teams at his company and a few of the iterations that helped make the tree an indispensable tool at SuperAwesome. He works at SuperAwesome, a UK-based company that develops tools and services to make the internet safer for kids. Tweet This.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s like driving a car with your vision blurred: You can’t see if you are heading in the right direction or getting closer to your destination. I am not a big fan of “standard” KPIs, for example, customer acquisition cost (CAC), churn, and number of active users for SaaS products. Step 2: Use Product Goals to Discover Additional KPIs.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

With a Master’s degree in human-computer interaction and over two decades of experience in user research and user experience in companies like Oracle, he now leads the design team across all product offerings at IBM. User research is a vital part of the design process. Since Thomas Watson Jr. Prototype it til you make it.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Unlike product discovery , it is not primarily concerned with determining the right solution—finding the right features, and creating the right user experience. A handy tool to formulate the strategy is my Product Vision Board, shown in Figure 2. Instead, strategy discovery focuses on the problem space.

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

With a keen focus on value and conducting Structured Conversations using the 7 Product Dimensions, you greatly improve your ability to go from vision to value. A successful product delivers value when it is aligned to your product vision and goals. Enabling Specification: The Key to Building Agile Systems.” EBG Consulting.

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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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Melissa Perri

JUNE 29, 2017

I was tasked with gathering the requirements from sales, coming up with a solution, designing it, and then shipping the specification document to development to be built. I was doing a workshop for a very large bank when one of the attendees chimed in. With a Scrum team, you may be more focused on the execution of solutions.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Take a productivity tools suite like Microsoft Office or Google Workspace. If I was in charge of such a portfolio, I would use an overall strategy for the entire suite and separate product strategies for the individual tools like Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides. Competition: Is your product still sufficiently differentiated ?

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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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UX Studio

AUGUST 14, 2017

A UX workshop can help you gather the team and brainstorm to make better decisions. Ensure everybody is on the same page by making them more involved in the product development process with these tools. In a UX workshop, we share research results with the participants and let them come up with their own conclusions.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. You don't have to lift a finger and you get to access the latest updates whenever you log in.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

You use an outcome-based product roadmap and/or an opportunity solution tree , personas , user journey maps, and the product backlog to capture and validate your decisions and guide the product delivery effort. You employ the following artefacts: product vision and product strategy , business model and business case (if applicable), and KPIs.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Eric is a senior developer at a medium-sized software company. How do you collectively build your marketing persona through a workshop? Preparing for a Persona Workshop. Market research and having a customer proxy are prerequisites for a persona workshop. Our team is building a product for just one person.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Drew discussed remote innovation workshops in his latest webinar, watch the video here: Remote Meetings Aren’t the Same. The good news is that we can overcome this loss through remote workshops. The good news is that we can come close to recreating this environment remotely, we just need a little planning time and the right tools.

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Userpilot

JULY 16, 2024

As a SaaS professional, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What’s tech product management?” To thrive as a technical PM, you need to have essential skill such as knowledge of Agile methodologies, familiarity with software engineering principles, leadership and communication. Develop the product vision and expand on the strategy.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

This includes establishing psychological safety, fostering collaboration and trust amongst the product people, establishing clear roles and expectations, which I’ll discuss below, and ensuring that everyone has the right infrastructure and tools available. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

The cross-functional development team makes the design and technology decisions; and the Scrum Master guides process and organisational change, as the following picture shows. Lead the Product. That’s the job of the development team.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this guide, we explain how you can turn ABM into a win for your business – by putting the right team, tools, and processes in place. They need to understand the nuances of their prospects’ businesses and sell the value of the solution, not just negotiate on price. We use Intercom as our messaging platform (no surprise there ??)

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Through a combination of leadership buy-in, reading, and coaching, they committed to mapping opportunities and testing assumptions before jumping to solutions and found new ways to truly put their users first. The product trio collaborating on the opportunity solution tree using Mural. But there was still more they could be doing.

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Roy Madden

JUNE 29, 2021

Leverage Hubspot and other automation tools to improve marketing processes and productivity, keep up with and implement digital marketing best practices, and make recommendations to support the success of the marketing team. Continuously research relevant keywords opportunities and keep the content team up to date on these findings.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

AUGUST 19, 2021

Creating useful, usable, and craved products and services that respond to human needs is the basis of Design Research. Design Research is a process used by designers to better understand the underlying and sometimes hidden desires, needs, and challenges of end users. What is Design Research? Design Research steps. ?

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2019

Firstly we e xplain the “why” by defining an inspiring vision with the team, and having a clear goal. Finally we structure the “what” – this means we create systems, frameworks and processes, rather than feeding squads a roadmap. Create Ownership by Defining a Clear Vision and a Goal With Your Team.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2017

Mind the Product London 2017 on September 8 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. At Adobe, she led Product Management for all of the Design, Web, and Interactive tools including Dreamweaver, Flash, Indesign, and Illustrator. Don’t miss out… Lea Hickman, Partner, SVPG.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s like driving a car with your vision blurred: You can’t see if you are heading in the right direction or getting closer to your destination. I am not a big fan of “standard” KPIs, for example, customer acquisition cost (CAC), churn, and number of active users for SaaS products. Step 2: Use Product Goals to Discover Additional KPIs.

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Working on a product without a decent product vision resembles going into the street with eyes closed. This article will show how a product vision should look, how to create it and communicate it to all stakeholders in play. What is Product Vision? Product vision imagines a product direction in the long-term.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

You can ask me to change the color somewhere or put a button on a screen, and I will probably do that, but I really like to get challenging problems where I can do my research build prototypes, do user tests, and come up with a solution that will raise our product to the next level. Designers has to work well with developers.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Respect their UX/UI and technology decisions and their right to determine how much work can be done. But recognise that software development can be challenging and that human beings make mistakes. To help your product create value in the future, the team requires time to learn their skills and to investigate new technologies and tools.

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UX Studio

AUGUST 8, 2018

The Route4U is an app for people with disabilities which aims to make transportation equally easy for everyone. Enter the Route4U app. The app aims to make a city wheelchair-friendlier with user data, specifically data users supply or directly upload to the platform. Challenges & Solutions.

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Userzoom

AUGUST 7, 2019

We meet with the key stakeholders to workshop and ask questions, and we speak to users about what they expect that thing to do. We start with the stakeholders on every software design project. Kick-off workshop. Typically, software design projects can last upwards of six months so you’re going to spend a lot of time together.

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Userpilot

JULY 21, 2024

Embarking on a career as a UX researcher involves a combination of education, skills development, and practical experience. This guide will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the path to becoming a successful UX researcher. Looking into tools for UX researchers? Let’s dive in!

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Modus Create

OCTOBER 13, 2020

According to research by QSM , the average software project takes almost a year to complete, and includes dozens of unneeded and unused, yet complex features. It’s not a secret, and it has more to do with people than it does with technology. How It All Started. The Process. The Key to Confidence: Evidence!

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll learn about how they started rolling out the product trio model at Botify, some of the tools and tactics they’ve developed to guide their work, and what they’ve observed from the research they’ve conducted with other product leaders and trios. Do you have a Product in Practice you’d like to share? You can submit your story here.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 10, 2019

We do it by closing distances that our technologies have just opened. That includes design systems, pattern libraries and guidelines, but it goes beyond that. “We have to figure out ways to bring people back together, and we have to use technology to make that happen.” Louis: Technology is just a tool, right?

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It’s understandable: With the right tools in your hand, distance is not a burden anymore. Luckily every problem has a solution. There are plenty of tools & techniques which will help your remote team work together. People, Tools & Methods. 5 solutions for remote work . Solution : Show your personal side.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Over the last 15 years, the product community has changed for the better, benefiting from tools like scrum and agile, but the soft skills have received less attention. 17:30] Tell us about product vision.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2024

Starting a career as a UX researcher requires understanding the key steps, skills, and experiences needed for success. In this article, we will outline the typical journey for UX researchers, covering educational requirements, entry-level positions, potential advancements, and long-term opportunities.

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Roy Madden

JANUARY 29, 2021

We are looking for a VP Marketing with a proven track record of driving growth in an early stage B2B SaaS environment. It is a unique opportunity to significantly impact the growth trajectory of an exciting startup that is transforming how 15M+ curious minds research and consume information. Apply for this position. Responsibilities.

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