Mind the Product
JANUARY 23, 2024
Discover the 10 principles to be a successful customer-centric product team to drive positive customer outcome and increased loyalty. Read more » The post The ten truths of customer-centric product teams appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 22, 2024
Copycats can only be stopped if other people stop selling them Image Credit: [cipher] The goal of every product manager is to create a popular product that our customers want to purchase. However, there is a bit of a problem with this plan. If our product becomes too popular, there will be other companies that start to make copies of our products. They may try to place their products in front of our customers by getting retailers to carry their products.
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Andrew Chen
JANUARY 23, 2024
Grand Theft Auto 6 and the future of AI If you happened to miss it, a few weeks back, here is the game trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s worth watching, and is amazing on multiple levels. But GTA 6 might be the peak of the open world category, untouched by the next wave of tech, particularly generative AI. Let’s start some facts: First, GTA has a reported budget of $1-2B, making it THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAME EVER Not only is this the most expensive game ever, but compare it to movies
Userpilot
JANUARY 22, 2024
A product marketing framework is like a compass that guides you through the complex, fast-paced world of SaaS. From initial launch to ongoing product management , this framework acts as a map towards sustainable growth. However, selecting a framework or creating one from scratch can be very confusing. In this article, we dive deep into what a product marketing framework is and explore its essential components.
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.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 25, 2024
Our next article in the prioritization series* tells about different types of business organizations. To illustrate the differences between them, we’ll use a tree metaphor created by Alexey Kulakov, JetStyle ’s CEO and co-founder. To be on the same page, let’s agree that a business is best described as a continuous process of value delivery; this idea will help us reveal the tree metaphor.
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Roman Pichler
JANUARY 22, 2024
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Is a Product Portfolio Strategy and Why Does It Matter? A product portfolio strategy is a high-level plan that helps you maximise the value a group of products creates. It achieves this by setting overarching goals for the entire portfolio. These guide and align the strategies of the portfolio members , as Figure 1 illustrates.
Gocious Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
Every product development team wants to create the best product possible. It’s easy to generate and collect great ideas. Still, it’s more challenging to explore the best options, let alone decide on the winning version that will please the customer and be commercially viable. Scoring methods can help sift through a long list of ideas, but how does the product team choose which ones to develop?
Lenny Rachitsky
JANUARY 23, 2024
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ProductBoard
JANUARY 25, 2024
Product backlog refinement is an ongoing process in agile development where the team collaboratively reviews, prioritizes, and updates items in the product backlog to ensure its readiness for upcoming sprints. It involves continuous adjustments, additions, and clarifications to optimize the backlog for efficient development and delivery.
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Mind the Product
JANUARY 23, 2024
Discussing the creation of outstanding digital products is a frequently addressed subject within the community. So on this week's podcast, we had the privilege of hosting Dominik Busching, Head of Product Management at Tado. In this episode, Dominik offers valuable insights into how product managers can effectively build and innovate with both hardware and software products.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 25, 2024
While transactional chatbots can handle general inquiries and conversations, chatbots can be designed to do more. We’d like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article. We also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a collaborative product management education environment.
Product Innovation Educators
JANUARY 22, 2024
Five mindsets every product manager should cultivate I am interviewing speakers at my favorite annual conference for product managers, the PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference. This discussion is with Matt Phillips, whose session is titled “The Mindsets of Breakthrough Innovators.” Matt shared that successful innovators and entrepreneurs think differently from other people.
Mironov Consulting
JANUARY 24, 2024
Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on. This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies , and IMHO therefore no context-free prioritization models, metrics, or product goals.
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Mind the Product
JANUARY 21, 2024
We look back at advice from Mind the Product’s managing director Emily Tate on how product people might develop a personal growth plan in this week’s Sunday Rewind. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: A well-rounded personal growth plan appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 26, 2024
As we work together to make product learning accessible, we invite you to read these articles to learn more about what we do. By Jay Stansell and Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition We all want to learn how to be better product people. Perhaps that’s why you decided to become a writer, because to write usually motivates one to learn more about things.
Userpilot
JANUARY 20, 2024
How do you conduct root cause analysis in product management? This is the main question we explore in this article. We also explain why it’s important for product managers and share useful tips. Let’s dive in, shall we? TL;DR Root cause analysis (RCA) is a problem-solving process that focuses on identifying their underlying causes. RCA helps organizations eradicate recurring issues and not just symptoms.
Lenny Rachitsky
JANUARY 21, 2024
Brought to you by: • CommandBar —AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users • Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Richard Rumelt is a legend in the world of strategy. He’s the author of Good Strategy/Bad Strategy and The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists, both of which are often recommended by guests on this podcast.
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Mind the Product
JANUARY 26, 2024
Explore the ins and outs of the product management realm in our latest ProductTank Spotlight. We've caught up with Shi En Wong, Senior Product Manager at Helicap, and the brains behind ProductTank Singapore, to get insights into what's happening in the Singaporean product landscape and what lies ahead for the product community. Read more » The post ProductTank Singapore: Fostering connections and building bridges in product appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 20, 2024
For 2024, several excellent conferences dedicated to product management are available, addressing the increasing interest in this field. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article. I also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a collaborative product management education environment.
Userpilot
JANUARY 22, 2024
What are the most common customer success models? What factors should you consider when choosing one for your SaaS business to provide the best assistance to your customer ? These are the main questions we discuss in this article. Let’s get right into it! TL;DR Customer success models are frameworks that help organizations ensure that customers can use their products effectively to realize their goals.
UX Planet
JANUARY 24, 2024
Prologue: Who should spend the time to make a killer portfolio website? Consider this: What’s your unique UX superpower? What’s the one trait that makes you irresistible to potential interviewers? For those fortunate to have a track record of successful products at renowned companies, a portfolio website might seem like a “just for fun” move. However, if you’re a budding student, someone at a startup, agency, consultancy, or simply someone who is not as confident in their career record, your por
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Mind the Product
JANUARY 25, 2024
This piece highlights the learnings gained by sunsetting your first product, sharing the lessons learnt in the process. Read more » The post Failing forward: Killing your first product appeared first on Mind the Product.
Haines-Group
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Problem Churn is the silent killer. It measures the rate at which customers are passing through that metaphorical turnstile, leaving your services either voluntarily or involuntarily (such as for payment issues.) Either way, that’s your life blood seeping out and you’ll need a transfusion of new customers to replace it. That can make churn an existential problem that it pays to understand and solve.
Gocious Blog
JANUARY 26, 2024
Every organization needs to decide which metrics they will track and measure. These metrics are indicators of your company's internal health, the performance of your products on the market, and the efficiency of your processes. Without tracking, measuring, and analyzing these figures, there is no definitive way to show success, find improvement opportunities, or learn from mistakes.
UX Planet
JANUARY 22, 2024
Unlike other countries, Germany unfamiliarly achieves high quality of life at low costs. Initially, the user should be in the first place like in all user experience processes. It is easy to say that ‘user is important’, but the difficult thing is to maintain the design process for the user. Being alert is required in details such as being open to make corrections in the process and keeping up with the development for the perfect progress of the plan.
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Embark on a transformation journey into the heart of the data ecosystem! This webinar is your gateway to a deeper comprehension of the foundations that drive the data industry and will equip you with the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape. Delve into the diverse use cases where data analytics plays a pivotal role. We’ll explore how these applications are transforming with the introduction of Gen AI, and discuss the anticipated use cases for 2024 and beyond.
Lenny Rachitsky
JANUARY 25, 2024
Brought to you by: • CommandBar —AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users • WorkOS —An API platform for quickly adding enterprise features • Arcade Software —Create effortlessly beautiful demos in minutes — Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor, widely known for his seminal book Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers , which many consider the most important book ever wri
TurnKey Labs
JANUARY 26, 2024
Finding the right developer is a task that requires nuance and effort. It is a complex process, so it’s no wonder that various staffing agencies try different approaches to it. One of the most common you might encounter is a bench – when a company keeps a number of specialists on standby.
freshtrax
JANUARY 26, 2024
Corporate culture has been a recurring topic at Freshtrax, often posing a challenge for those considering its impact on long-term organizational growth. Questions like “Where do I start?” and “How do I involve my team?” are common, reflecting the perceived complexity of organizational change. In this article, we delve deeper into team-building tips to foster corporate culture, using the btrax employee retreat in Hawaii in the fall of 2023 as a practical example.
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