Feature-less Roadmap: The Balance Between Delivering Concrete Features vs. Planning with High-level Themes
Amplitude
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Technical Product Leadership from Head to Toe
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 29, 2019
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Is Customer Feedback Really Making It to Your Product Roadmap?
Gainsight
AUGUST 30, 2019
As a customer success professional, you talk to your customers every day and gather a ton of feedback straight from the frontlines. This is real-time, super-rich data. It comes directly from the people who use your product—it’s gold! But … what happens to it? What’s really happening to product feedback? I dug into this burning question with customer success (CS) leaders at Pulse 2019.
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.
How to Spot a Partial Product Manager
Mind the Product
AUGUST 29, 2019
What’s a partial product manager? We’ve all met one, and many of us have been one – a partial product manager is someone who holds the product manager title, but isn’t doing the full job. It can happen really easily, because great product management encompasses a great deal and is constantly evolving. I’ve categorized some common types of partial product managers to make it easier to identify and fix gaps.
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SaaS Product Roadmaps: Achieving Your Product Vision
bpma ProductHub
AUGUST 24, 2019
by Paul Ressler – Everything is progressing well with your SaaS product; you have your product vision and you have product market fit. What are the next steps to achieve success for your SaaS product? One important next step is a product roadmap.
Announcing ‘Intercom on Sales’ – our playbook for scaling a billion dollar business
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 26, 2019
Today we’re releasing a brand new book, Intercom on Sales. If you work at a high-growth company, you’ve likely heard the saying, “What gets you to $50 million won’t get you to $100 million.” You could swap in any numbers you’d like, and the sentiment would still hold true: scaling sales is incredibly hard. I joined Intercom three years ago to do just that, to take our nascent sales team to the next level.
How to use the 5 Whys to Manage Stakeholders
Mind the Product
AUGUST 27, 2019
A few years ago, I worked with a client in a very hierarchical organization. Position and title were very important at the organization, and everything was done in strict accordance with operating procedures. My team had been brought in to teach a new way of working, and to show how it’s possible to move quickly. We quickly discovered what we were up against when we attempted our first small task: scheduling user interviews.
Ask the Right Product Questions
The Product Guy
AUGUST 30, 2019
Guest Post by: Gregory Rakovsky (Mentee, Session 10, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Nis Frome ]. Finding the right product management job can be tough, as product management is a multi-faceted discipline that doesn’t lend itself well to classification. Regardless of title, be it Product Owner, Product Manager, or some other fanciful title, what a product person does in one organization may not be the same thing he or she does in another.
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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10 must-read books for developing and shipping better products
Miro
AUGUST 27, 2019
10 must-read books for developing and shipping better productsProduct development is a highly cross-functional, collaborative process. As a result, knowing how to best navigate people and product obstacles is crucial to shipping faster, delivering the right products for users, and working better as a product team.We were curious what the core strategies are for tackling […].
6 Tips for App Developers to Maximize Mobile App Data Security
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 26, 2019
pyramidions.com If you think that the emergence of cutting edge security technologies and tools helped reduce security concerns, you are wrong. Actually, the same techniques are available to the hackers and all those behind the curtain malware producers as well. So, the latest security technologies actually work more like double-edged swords. This is why following best data security practices are so important for the mobile app developers and strategists.
The Next era of Technology by Marie Louise Gørvild
Mind the Product
AUGUST 30, 2019
Every year, for MTP Engage Hamburg, we invite speakers from outside the mainstream product scene and ask them to contribute an additional perspective to stimulate discussion among our audience. This year we were very pleased to welcome Marie Louise Gørvild , Director of Techfestival Copenhagen, to present her view on the profound influence of product managers and other people who make decisions in tech, and the responsibility that comes with it.
System-wide Thinking
The Product Guy
AUGUST 25, 2019
Managing upper management requires a special, broader, more inclusive way of thinking and communicating. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Amin Bashi.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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TEI 244: 44 ways product managers can test ideas – with David Bland
Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 26, 2019
Know how to test a product by measuring risk through desirability, viability, and feasibility. I’m someone who enjoys learning from books. I often find great tips I can apply from a good book, and that is just what I have for you. We are discussing a valuable new book titled Testing Business Ideas. It is full of practical experiments we can do as product managers to help us with problem-solution fit.
Grounding Your Product Roadmap With Themes and a North Star
ProductPlan
AUGUST 29, 2019
We are excited to welcome guest writer John Cutler to the ProductPlan blog. John is a product coach with Amplitude, where he collaborates with internal teams, customers, prospects, and the broader product public. Product teams are no stranger to the ever-changing and continuous demands of consumers and executives alike. When you create and update a particular product, it’s important to make sure the product does “things” that people need it to do.
Don’t Worry About Being Cool with Petra Wille [Rebroadcast]
Mind the Product
AUGUST 27, 2019
We’re taking a short break from releasing new episodes for the month of August. We’ll be back with new interviews in September. But don’t despair! We’ve asked a few friends to pick some of their favorite episodes to re-broadcast in the meantime. This week’s pick comes from Mind the Product co-founder, Martin Eriksson. Martin Eriksson’s Pick.
Creating Creative Product Environments
The Product Guy
AUGUST 27, 2019
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk
Advertiser: Revenera
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.
Alignment through OKR’s and Hypotheses
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 26, 2019
Credit Henrik Kniberg & Crisp When you start to scale and have multiple products and/or teams, alignment becomes paramount. The general trap is to try and control things to stop misalignment form every happening by adding many layers of bureaucracy?—?or as I like to call “forced-alignment”. This stifles creativity, does very little to keep your people motivated and usually degrades team velocity.
Diary Studies: A Complete Start-to-Finish Guide
dscout People Nerds
AUGUST 29, 2019
If you want see your participants up close and in-context—diary studies should be a part of your methodological toolkit. Here’s how to run one with fewer hiccups and more impact. .
User Experience Research and Usability Testing: When and How to Test Your Product
UserInterviews
AUGUST 29, 2019
Whether you’ve run a study before or are a complete beginner, this post is a great refresher on UX research supplemented by advice from our own learnings over the years.
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!
10 Weekly Habits of Product Managers That Make a Big Difference
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 29, 2019
Everyday, product managers all over the world open their laptops and prepare to take on the challenges of product development with their teams. There will be setbacks, there will be leaps ahead, and there will be moments of flowing innovation. In this hectic, yet intensely rewarding career, there are also many habits you can adopt that will help you in each hurdle, support each sprint and keep development moving forward.
How product managers can identify what customers really need
ProductBoard
AUGUST 30, 2019
Working as a product manager at a young company without a support team, I spend a lot of time answering questions and collecting feedback from customers on Intercom. Doing so has given me far greater familiarity with the needs, and the mindsets, of our prospects and customers alike. (And of course, since we’re building a system of record for product management, all of these customers are also.
Symptom Checker: Common Product Development Challenges
ProductCraft
AUGUST 30, 2019
Over my years in this industry, I’ve guided a wide variety of teams to software success. And along that journey, I have found that many product teams struggle with the same issues. How do you know if your team is suffering from a particular product development problem? Most likely, you’ll notice some signs. Below, I’ll. Read more » The post Symptom Checker: Common Product Development Challenges appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
5 Ways To Analyze Your Website Traffic
AB Tasty
AUGUST 27, 2019
Your website traffic is the source of a wealth of information that will help you increase engagement and conversions. Analyze it well! This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 5 Ways To Analyze Your Website Traffic.
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
Letting Curiosity Guide You From "First Answer" to "Final Answer"
dscout People Nerds
AUGUST 29, 2019
TED’s Thaniya Keereepart on the right way to ask “why” and the moments that reframe the way we think about our impact.
John Cutler explains why you should answer tough questions with your product story
ProductBoard
AUGUST 28, 2019
Written by John Cutler, Product Evangelist at Amplitude, for our ebook, The Path to Product Excellence: Stories and Advice From the Field. First, a short assignment Do this. Go to your ticket system, whether its JIRA, Trello, Asana, or even a physical board. Pick a random in-progress ticket (or card, story, task, etc.) that has no parent. Now, try to connect that ticket to a big company goal.
Customer Interview learnings from “The Mom Test”
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 26, 2019
Photo by Hans Vivek on Unsplash The Mom Test by is one of the best books I have read about customer interviews. If you are a Product Manager or a UX designer or researcher, and you haven’t read it….please just go and read it. I just hope some of the nuggets I share here (with my own commentary) help convince you. Seriously its a short read, costs 10 bucks on Kindle and just so worth it.
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