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20 Agile Memes

DevelopmentCorporate

I belong to a Facebook Group called Product Management Memes. It has over 3,574 members and is simply a meme stash for product managers, marketers, and corporate life. People post amusing stuff every day. There’s no self-promotion or spam, just entertainment. There is a fair amount of Agile humor. Here are 20 of the most popular Agile posts from the past few weeks based on views, likes and shares.

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What metrics are the most important for your product?

Intercom, Inc.

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? If you don’t know exactly what questions you want answered, these product metrics leave you blinded by the very data you hoped would open your eyes. So how do you go from simply plugging your numbers into cookie cutter formulas to answering key questions about your product and business, and providing

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Rethinking the Role of Corporate Venture

The Product Coalition

Corporate venturing exploded in the first half of 2021, but it isn’t new. It’s been around since the early 1900s, yet its purpose is often misunderstood or misdirected. Given the history, growing interest and recent evolution, it’s worthwhile rethinking the role corporate venturing has to play in generating genuine value for your organisation. Corporate Venturing Context Back in 1914, DuPont, the chemical manufacturer, pioneered corporate venture with an investment in General Motors.

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Four Key Product Management Lessons from a Product Manager at Mailchimp

Alchemer Mobile

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. From learning more about their career path to predicted trends to general tips and advice, there’s no shortage of lessons to be learned that can ultimately help you develop and become a better product expert yourself.

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Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success

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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Outcome-driven product teams – Becky Flint on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

We talked with Becky Flint, CEO at Dragonboat to discuss how you can take the next step into becoming an outcome-driven product organisation. [.] Read more » The post Outcome-driven product teams – Becky Flint on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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3 Common Mistakes When Starting Product Prioritization

The Product Coalition

Whilst it can be great to have 100’s of ideas a day it can be overwhelming when you realize it’s simply not possible to accomplish them all simultaneously. The same can be said for handling product backlog , feature requests and anything else you need to put together a great product. So what do you end up with? A huge list of things that need to be done, with no clear indicators of importance.

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Jeff Toister on a guaranteed customer experience

Intercom, Inc.

?. We all know an outstanding customer experience can set you apart from the competition, but is it possible, or wise, to guarantee it? Well, for Jeff Toister , an experienced author, consultant, keynote speaker, and customer experience enthusiast who’s been working in customer service ever since he first landed a job as a retail assistant when he was 16 years old, it is.

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Product Diligence: The New Technical Diligence – Part one

Mind the Product

Technical due diligence is a lot harder than it used to be with Agile. In this post, Drew Falkman proposes a pivot from technical diligence to product diligence. Changing our view to focus on the product strategy, development, and management practices. [.] Read more » The post Product Diligence: The New Technical Diligence – Part one appeared first on Mind the Product.

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How Leveraging Product Team Diversity Drives Innovation

ProductCraft

Building a diverse product team that combines members with direct experience in a particular industry with experienced product managers can give you a head start on delivering a successful product. In my previous Product Craft article, “How to Develop a Product Team with Diverse Skills—and Why it Matters,” I explored how to create a dynamic. Read more » The post How Leveraging Product Team Diversity Drives Innovation appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Small Business Marketing Ideas That Can Make A Difference

The Product Coalition

Running a small business today pretty much feels like a battle to get noticed among a sea of competition. The odds aren’t in your favor from the start, and while things like budget constraints and the occasional bad review don’t shake the more established players in your industry, they can be a death sentence for little old you. [link] But when you’re the little one fighting for survival, you learn to use every trick in the book.

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9 UX research methods and techniques that every product team should use!

TryMyUI

UX research provides a good insight into the customer's mind. Below is a comprehensive list of UX research methods that can help you deliver optimum value in UX projects! The post 9 UX research methods and techniques that every product team should use! appeared first on TryMyUI Blog.

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What we learned at #mtpcon London+EMEA: Day 1

Mind the Product

Today at #mtpcon London+EMEA — thanks to several engaging sessions and interactive talks — we learned a lot (unfortunately too much to fit into this post). If you’re a Mind the Product member you can catch up with all the action next week (see you dashboard for updates) but for now, we’re sharing a few inspiring [.] Read more » The post What we learned at #mtpcon London+EMEA: Day 1 appeared first on Mind the Product.

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A Framework for Decision Driven Research

UserInterviews

A UXR-tested and approved framework for doing more focused and impactful user research to enable better, more efficient decision-making.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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McClane Mentality, and Data-driven Product Roadmaps (Part 1)

The Product Coalition

Learn what data-driven frameworks can be used to create a cohesive product roadmap that will delight your customers Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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How online whiteboards can improve usability

TryMyUI

Using online whiteboards can help improve your usability. In this article we share some specific exercises and strategies that you can employ to help innovate your user experience. The post How online whiteboards can improve usability appeared first on TryMyUI Blog.

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What we learned at #mtpcon London+EMEA: Day 2

Mind the Product

Today, after a long wait, we returned to the Barbican for day two of #mtpcon London+EMEA! From how to develop our confidence as product managers, to what we can learn from product dramas behind the UK’s pandemic pingdemic, we’re taking home some incredible learnings. Let’s take a look at a few. Embrace the exponential technology [.

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How Zendesk launched Embeddables—and changed the customer service industry forever

ProductBoard

Launching a new product is difficult, sure. But upending the narrative behind an entire industry is, for many SaaS companies, an entirely different game. Such monumental shifts require transformations across every aspect of product development. From team structure to product strategy to customer interactions, the very fabric of how a company ideates, builds, and delivers products must evolve to.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

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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How to Position Yourself as a Strong Product Manager From the Get-Go

The Product Coalition

Three blog posts to share what I wished I knew when starting out in my Product journey. Providing insights and tips & tricks to get your… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Three Pillars That Support a Successful Product-Led Go-to-Market Strategy

Gainsight

Leading a go-to-market strategy can feel like a hailstorm. You’re getting drilled with feedback and opinions. A barrage of goals is peppering you from every direction. And all the while, the pressure of launching a successful go-to-market strategy is forming all around. Luckily, by rooting your plans in a product-led approach, you can focus your efforts and drive forward with confidence.

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Self-care and stress management for product leaders by Dominique Jost

Mind the Product

In this interactive and highly personal talk from #mtpengage Hamburg, product leader Dominique Jost looks at ways in which product leaders can take care of their mental health. His key points include: Product people need to be able to protect who they are in a way that lets them create value for the business. Stress [.] Read more » The post Self-care and stress management for product leaders by Dominique Jost appeared first on Mind the Product.

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SaaS Growth: Metrics, Strategies, And Trends – The Ultimate Guide For 2021

Userpilot

How can you influence SaaS growth? To answer this question (and take action), you basically need three things: Metrics – so you know how fast is your SaaS growing and what do you need to do to improve the growth rate. Strategies – so you know which steps you should take on the way to higher, faster, and more sustainable growth. Trends – so you know what is working great right now regarding acquiring and retaining customers and what you should do to follow SaaS market trends so you won’t stay beh

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A Comprehensive Checklist to Revamp Your Website & Increase Profitability

Unlock the power of a well-designed website with our eBook, 'Comprehensive Checklist: A Guide to Website Redesign.' Crafted by Brucira and ruttl founders, it's your ally in reshaping your digital presence. Welcome to a transformative journey!

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How A Sushi Delivery Network’s Marketing Specialist Creates Hundreds of HTML5 Banners

The Product Coalition

Creating banners can sometimes be a weeks-long headache for an online marketing specialist, especially when they need animated banners for different advertising platforms. When planning a big display ad campaign, the team from a sushi delivery network in Minsk wondered if there was a service that could create hundreds of animated, custom-designed HTML5 banners that would meet ad network requirements.

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355: Tips for designing organizations for innovation – with Ben M. Bensaou, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can make innovation everyone’s job. Today we are talking about how we design organizations for innovation. Joining us is Dr. Ben Bensaou. He is Professor of Technology Management and Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD. He has also served in roles at Harvard, Wharton, and Haas business schools.

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Progressing Your Product with Data and AI

The Product Guy

Data remains a core trend. But, don’t forget that data is not everything. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Benny Reich.

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I Tried The Top 3 Pendo Features And This Is What I Found…

Userpilot

Although best known for its analytics , Pendo features two other toolsets that are of value to product marketing teams. There's a product tour system that guides users towards feature adoption. And there's also a checklist function that summarizes the most important activation tasks each user needs to accomplish. In this article, we'll assess the quality of Pendo's analytics , product tours , and checklists, so that you can see if this tool is a good fit for your business 

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

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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Great Product Managers Need to Say “No”. Alot. This is How They Do It

The Product Coalition

“Say no, more than you say yes.” Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Game Localization for the Japanese Gaming Market

freshtrax

Japan is the 3rd largest gaming market in the world, only surpassed by China and the US. Plus, Japanese is one of the top 10 languages for gaming. Accounting for nearly 22% of global mobile game player revenue in the first nine months of 2020, Japan totaled more than $1 billion. So it’s no surprise that companies want to localize their games for the lucrative Japanese market.

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How to See a Distributed Team’s Frequency of Real-Time Communication

Johanna Rothman

When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams, we discussed the fact that we no longer needed physical face-to-face interactions. Instead, we needed high-fidelity virtual interactions. (High-fidelity virtual interactions didn't exist when the guys got together at Snowbird to write the Agile Manifesto for Software Development.).

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