Roman Pichler

APRIL 11, 2016

1 Establish a Clear Vision. Establish a clear vision for introducing a product management group and explore why your company would benefit from it. There are a number of advantages such a group can offer, including being able to launch more products, serving the right markets and segments, providing the right features, making better product decisions faster, aligning the stakeholders more effectively, and establishing clear roles and responsibilities.

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Haines-Group

APRIL 24, 2016

Your products were built with a good understanding of the market, came out well, and you launched them (or are in the process). You have some traction, but you need to keep improving the results. And no one is patient about it. A ‘Lithe’ approach to continuous improvement leads you to gracefully adapt to market realities. O bjectives Establish what you want to accomplish in the market, e.g.: Grow customer base; Increase revenue per user/transaction; Etc.

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Ken Norton

APRIL 20, 2016

How do you respond when things go wrong? -. The NBA’s Steph Curry missed almost 55% of his three-point shots this season. Last year, baseball’s Dee Gordon didn’t get a hit two-thirds of the times he stepped up to the plate. SpaceX failed to land their Falcon 9 reusable booster rocket in 80% of their attempts. That’s one way to.

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Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

APRIL 10, 2016

In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, I describe the complexities of managing an Internet of Things (IoT) product, and walk you through my IoT Decision Framework. The IoT Decision Framework provides a structured way to organize your product strategy, identify gaps, and build your IoT roadmap. Watch the Video Download the IoT Decision Workbook Talk summary: In this talk, I explain […].

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Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

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Tyner Blain

APRIL 6, 2016

If you ask someone if they require encryption on their device, first of all, you will likely get one of two answers – yes or no – useful for segmenting your market or developing persona. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a better answer – “ you’re asking the wrong question! ” Be Outside-In, Not Inside-Out. Inside-out thinking is taking your current view of your product (or product-to-be), and mapping it to the problems you discover in the market.

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Roy Madden

APRIL 1, 2016

If you’re like us, you might have been hearing the term “social selling” at an increasingly frequent rate. We hear it at conferences, in LinkedIn forums, in team meetings, on Twitter, and on billboards. With social experiences like Twitter and Facebook becoming core to the web, this concept of social selling has become a definitive new approach for the ways that organizations think about building relationships.

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TSIA

APRIL 29, 2016

It's no secret that smart, connected products have had a noticeable impact on the world we live in over the past few years, especially in the way businesses are run. As part of TSIA's research initiatives, we track the latest industry trends affecting the industrial equipment sector, which includes automation technology, instruments and components, and solution providers leveraging industrial equipment.

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Ken Norton

APRIL 12, 2016

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and successful failure -. Jeff Bezos sent his annual letter to Amazon shareholders (PDF). It’s so good I’ll just quote the most interesting paragraph at length: One area where I think we are especially distinctive is failure. I believe we are the best place in the world to fail (we have plenty of practice!

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Product Manager in Heels

APRIL 27, 2016

It’s not about what you know, it’s about who you know. Boston is a “small” city - everyone knows each other. And when you limit it to the product space, it becomes even smaller. There are several keys to success when networking. After a bit of research, there are three areas that are important: understanding why you should network, evaluating the value of a network and a few tips for good networking.

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ProductBoard

APRIL 9, 2016

With modern web technologies, it’s easier than ever to collaborate with others from all around the world. This offers some great advantages. You can find the best people for the job, no matter where they live. You can reduce the cost of hiring talent by hiring in places with a lower cost of living. You can open offices closer to your customers, and provide support around the clock.

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UserTesting

APRIL 27, 2016

What’s the difference between UI and UX? If I had to explain it in 30 seconds or less, here would be my elevator pitch. At the most basic level, the user interface (UI) is the series of screens, pages, and … The post UI vs. UX: What’s the difference between user interface and user experience? appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Roy Madden

APRIL 5, 2016

The Trend: Live Video Streaming. In our increasingly digital and visual world, businesses across industries are fighting attention amidst the noise. Video as a medium has become one of the most effective ways to stand out and connect with an audience. Video quickly conveys meaning and emotion. It’s memorable, and it catches the eye in a sea of text and static images.

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TSIA

APRIL 27, 2016

In our book, B4B , we established that technology suppliers are evolving from simply delivering products to also delivering business outcomes to their customers. Out of this growing trend came a new idea called "outcome engineering," where solutions providers present their customers with clear paths to success using their technology. TSIA is now applying that same concept to help our members improve their service business outcomes by leveraging our research, data, and business frameworks

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Ken Norton

APRIL 6, 2016

How do you accomplish the most important tasks? -. Let’s talk about time management. I’ve found the more items I have on my to-do list, the less I get done. Perhaps I feel overwhelmed, or I’m confronted with the Paradox of Choice. Thomas Davies breaks all of his tasks into four quadrants: people development, business operations, transactional tasks, and.

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Product Manager in Heels

APRIL 7, 2016

I just wrapped up teaching a 10-week Product Management course at General Assembly in Boston, and it was an amazing experience. When I graduated from high school, I planned to be a math teacher – I didn’t follow that path, but have dreamed of teaching ever since. The 24-student class had people in Product Management roles, people launching products of their own and people hoping to get into Product Management.

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dscout People Nerds

APRIL 18, 2016

Learn what superpowers teens would harness (if they had the chance).

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UserTesting

APRIL 18, 2016

Creating a product people love is both an art and a science. In a recent webinar, Amy Jo Kim , CEO at Shufflebrain, shared some valuable tips on using creating a great product quickly and effectively, including the incorporation of … The post How to build a product people love: Q&A with Amy Jo Kim, CEO at Shufflebrain appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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Tyner Blain

APRIL 12, 2016

Product owners and product managers. Two roles, often done by one person. Together, the product people need to take an organization’s strategy, figure out the appropriate product strategy, and convert that into actionable work for the delivery teams to create the right product. What does the product manager own, and for what is the product owner responsible?

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TSIA

APRIL 22, 2016

In today’s subscription-centric world, customer churn is like kryptonite. Even in small amounts, it is toxic to the business. It’s therefore not surprising that service organizations are looking for every lever they can pull to drive customer adoption of their solution as a means to help secure subscription renewals. For example, customer success organizations are being put in place to ensure customers are properly onboarded onto the platform.

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svpg

APRIL 12, 2016

Note 1: I’m focusing in this article on women, however, my points here are intended to apply to all under-represented groups. Note 2: I am highlighting here the product role, which is a subset of the “women in tech” topic. I would also love to see more women in engineering and design roles, but I am especially focused on the product role because it’s such a strong path to CEO and GM roles.

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Product Manager in Heels

APRIL 6, 2016

The Boston area is home to some of the country’s top tech companies – Akamai , Wayfair , TripAdvisor , Hubspot , IROBOT and most recently, GE decided to relocate the company headquarters to the Boston Seaport district. In 2014, Boston was 4th in the nation in total venture capital funding (coming in behind California and New York). Last year, employment in the product sector grew 8.5%, compared to a measly 1.5% for overall job growth.

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Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo

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dscout People Nerds

APRIL 27, 2016

How to add inspiration and simulations to your research arsenal.

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UserTesting

APRIL 14, 2016

We all see the world through our own unique filters. These filters are based on our personal experience, culture, context/environment, and our frame of mind. And they come with an unintended side effect that most of us aren’t aware of: … The post Cognitive psychology for UX: how to avoid the false consensus effect appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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TSIA

APRIL 21, 2016

Since 2005, TSIA has been tracking service revenue and profit trends in the technology industry in our widely followed Technology & Services 50 index. We aggregate the financial performance of these fifty companies from the public record and identify service revenue and profitability trends, as well as provide critical observations based on the current quarterly update of 50 of the largest global providers of technology services.

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TSIA

APRIL 20, 2016

At TSIA, we are dedicated to helping services organizations both large and small grow and advance in the technology industry. We'd like to take the opportunity to welcome our newest members, as well as acknowledge companies already a part of the TSIA community who have recently expanded their membership to include additional service disciplines TSIA has to offer.

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TSIA

APRIL 19, 2016

At TSIA, we provide technology and services businesses with the insights they need to grow, advance, and achieve their desired outcomes in our rapidly evolving industry. At the heart of this in-depth research are TSIA's research executives , who keep their fingers on the pulse of what's new and what's next in technology and services in order to deliver compelling content, best practices, and tools to our members.

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TSIA

APRIL 14, 2016

At TSIA, we're always talking about how technology providers industry-wide are making the B4B shift from delivering products to services , as well as the increasing importance of providing customer outcomes. While this drastic change might seem like it only applies to product manufacturers, the reality is that non-manufacturers are also feeling an increased pressure to rethink how they gain new and retain existing customers.

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TSIA

APRIL 11, 2016

We all know customer satisfaction is more important than ever to building customer loyalty and increasing retention, so it's fascinating to watch some customers display unwavering loyalty, no matter what their favorites brands do. Take the Chipotle food poisoning outbreak for example; after briefly falling from darling status, Chipotle is already setting the stage for a multi-year comeback with their “Better Burger” And remember when Amazon raised the price of Prime Membership fr

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