NextBigWhat
APRIL 1, 2021
Run ads? Go out and start making noise in all possible traction channels? Not really. Finding early adopters of your product is extremely hard – irrespective of whether you are building a B2B or B2C company and the process itself gives you a good peek into the story that lies ahead of your startup. Early Adopters: How do you define them. First of all, let’s define what are these early adopters?
eG Innovations
MARCH 31, 2021
Without a doubt, the pandemic made the biggest impact on IT since the rollout of the World Wide Web. While the early months of lockdown were characterized by IT teams rushing to procure hardware, spinning up additional cloud services, and pushing through software contracts, we’re now in a place where we can take a step back, breathe, and figure out what the path forward is going to look like for digital workspaces.
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Mind the Product
MARCH 30, 2021
Everyone wants to be in an evidence-driven team, using research and data to drive their product decisions. We all know it’s the best way to work, but what does it mean in practice? How can you tell if your team is truly evidence-driven? And if it’s not, how do you change things for the better? [.] Read more » The post The importance of metrics maturity for evidence-driven teams appeared first on Mind the Product.
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 1, 2021
?. Wikipedia , the beloved, widely-known, free-access web encyclopedia is turning 20 this year. It’s one of the most visited websites on the internet, curated by a global network of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who have written over 55 million articles in 300 languages. It’s the world’s largest repository of human knowledge, but as Janeen Uzzell explains, it’s not without its blind spots.
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.
Alchemer Mobile
APRIL 2, 2021
It was quite a year for healthcare. While we watched brave, brilliant healthcare workers combat the pandemic on the front lines, the mobile technology used to support their efforts from home underwent massive change. Healthcare apps saw incredible floods of new consumers as the world transitioned to managing health remotely, and the impact on engagement was stunning.
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Mind the Product
MARCH 29, 2021
In this ProductTank Barcelona talk, John Cutler, Product Evangelist at Amplitude, showcases some simple hacks he’s used time and time again as an advisor to help nudge organizations forward and get them thinking in new ways. His key points include: The messy middle Framing bets Explore “ownership” boundaries Hack the language North star framework Watch the [.
Product Innovation Educators
MARCH 29, 2021
A framework for product managers to dig deep into their customers’ needs. I am changing the name of the podcast to Product Mastery Now. The new name is coming soon. You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but it will show in your podcast player not as The Everyday Innovator but as Product Mastery Now. The logo will look the same—just the name is changing. .
First Round Review
MARCH 30, 2021
As an Engineering Leader at Help Scout, Anjuan Simmons has carved out a robust side hustle as a public speaker and blogger. Here, he shares his playbook for engineers to get started with personal branding and stand out from the crowd.
The Product Coalition
MARCH 29, 2021
TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Moreover, have the courage?—?and the discipline?—?to defend it at all costs. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?
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Mind the Product
APRIL 2, 2021
Analytics help product people to realise their product goals through being evidence and outcome driven — today they are a vital part of any product person’s toolkit. This deep dive into analytics aims to give you some background information on analytics, some handy dos and don’ts and also shares some key insights from a new [.] Read more » The post The dos and don’ts of product analytics appeared first on Mind the Product.
Strategyzer
MARCH 31, 2021
Remote teamwork is here to stay and we’re not close to give up the office. Teams will increasingly have to juggle among communication channels and platforms to adapt to their rapidly evolving workplace.
Roy Madden
MARCH 27, 2021
Hello everyone, We are planning a scheduled downtime Saturday (March 27th) from 9:00am PST until 11:00am PST. We are polishing the infrastructure for an important new beta launch in April. You can follow live updates on Twitter: [link]. Thank you for your patience. Have a wonderful weekend! -Seb, Oliv, and Edwin.
The Product Coalition
MARCH 31, 2021
The calendar in my opinion is the most important asset that you should be actively protecting as a part of your work. More so if you are a… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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Mind the Product
MARCH 31, 2021
We all know that we need to measure what matters; that if it’s not measured, then it’s not managed. We know that we need to have a North Star; that we need to run A/B tests; and that A/B tests are awful. We also know there’s a massive difference between what we read in the [.] Read more » The post Metrics of Success – Rik Higham on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 30, 2021
Someone asks you for information and you don't know the answer. Maybe a senior manager asks, “When can the customers expect this particular feature?” Or your manager asks, “How does this specific architecture work for our product?” A colleague or a person you serve asks, “Why are we doing this?” You might freeze and not be able to answer in the moment.
ProductPlan
MARCH 31, 2021
I’ve spoken with so many product managers who have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur or launching their own product one day. Every one of those conversations is exciting because that was my dream too. After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. As I continued to help launch products, I realized that I was prepared to dive into entrepreneurial life myself.
The Product Coalition
APRIL 1, 2021
Time to hang up when you hear “Product can’t talk to customers” Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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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.
Mind the Product
APRIL 1, 2021
As product managers, it is our job to define the right metrics and KPIs for our products and our businesses, which is critical if we want to measure our progress and know if we’re successfully driving the right outcomes. But how do you do that? In no particular order, here are eight of our best [.] Read more » The post Top product metrics talks from Mind the Product appeared first on Mind the Product.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 29, 2021
How should agile coaches work? I've heard several questions and problems around what agile coaches should and should not do. Should agile coaches focus on: How well the teams use their pre-determined agile framework. (For example, how good is their Scrum?). Enroll (or somehow persuade) the managers in an agile mindset. (As an example, how agile do the managers think?).
The Product Guy
MARCH 28, 2021
There are a couple of different ways to get into product management, from college to later in your career. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Tanya Koshy.
The Product Coalition
MARCH 31, 2021
How I manage my product and keep from going insane Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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Mind the Product
MARCH 31, 2021
Every month we’re able to pack our Prioritised and MTP Leader content with new product management ideas and unique insights from our amazing experts. This month was no exception. In our March sneak peek, we share tips from our membership content on accelerating change in slow-moving organisations and finding the best people for your product [.
ProductPlan
MARCH 31, 2021
I’ve spoken with so many product managers who have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur or launching their own product one day. Every one of those conversations is exciting because that was my dream too. After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. As I continued to help launch products, I realized that I was prepared to dive into entrepreneurial life myself.
ProductBoard
MARCH 30, 2021
“In most product companies, the role of true product leadership is largely missing in action. Instead, there are mainly facilitators, responsible for staffing the in-house (or even worse, outsourced) feature factory, and keeping the trains running on time.” Based on the success of his previous book, Inspired, Marty Cagan was invited to meet with many organizations far beyond Silicon Valley to.
The Product Coalition
MARCH 29, 2021
Image: Maksim Goncharenok @pexels After almost 1 year of silence, I had to think quite carefully what would trigger my comeback in writing again frequently about topics that matter. So while preparing for the ProductTank Rotterdam panel discussion, I decided to take the time and actually write a piece about “Killing Product Features”, sharing my learnings, since this is something that product people come across and usually feel quite stressed with handling it.
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
Mind the Product
APRIL 1, 2021
In this exclusive Prioritised member session, our panellists, Ashley Fidler, John Cutler, and Adam Thomas, discussed how to create those hard-to-define ‘quality’ metrics. The panel, moderated by Emily Tate, Managing Director at Mind the Product welcomed: Ashley Fidler, VP Product at Pure Group John Cutler, Head of Product Research and Education at Amplitude Adam Thomas, Lead [.
dscout People Nerds
APRIL 1, 2021
We asked research participants what makes a study feel valuable, equitable, and interesting to them. They gave us dos and don’ts worth commiting to memory. .
NextBigWhat
MARCH 30, 2021
How do I build a global sales team for my SAAS startup? Raviteja, cofounder and CEO of MoEngage shares his playbook. After all, each geography is a new market – goes through zero to one, one to 10 and 10 to N phase. The Ashish Sinha show brings you actionable wisdom on product, growth and org building from the best practitioners out there – all in less than 5 minutes.
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