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Strategyzer
DECEMBER 8, 2020
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The Complete Guide to Building MVPs
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 10, 2020
The goals of a minimum viable product are centred around idea validation and execution, learning, experiments, and ways of minimizing the effort to bring a meaningful new product to market. For the majority of product owners, having an MVP is not a question at all, while some are still skeptical about spending time on this [.]. Read More. The post The Complete Guide to Building MVPs appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Why Storytelling Skills For Product Management & Product Marketing Are Essential
Product Management University
DECEMBER 7, 2020
CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! Storytelling skills for product management and product marketing are essential because without them, the value context (why the market cares) of what you’re building, marketing and selling is completely masked. That mask is usually in the form of technical product jargon and/or a lot of superlatives (best-in-class, intelligent, actionable, optimized, etc.).
Revive Your Product Roadmap
Alchemer Mobile
DECEMBER 8, 2020
2020 completely changed the way we approach digital product planning (pretty crazy since nothing else really changed in 2020, right?). Digital transformation is back to most companies’ top investment channels, remote product management is the future of work, and there is more marketplace need for product managers than ever before—hooray? Your product team has responded to dizzying marketplace and business changes while planning for what may come in the years ahead.
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.
Help desk metrics: Elevate your customer support with the right insights
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Modern customers expect quick, personal, and effective service. To provide this, you must understand how your customer experience stacks up against these expectations. This is where metrics can be invaluable, giving clarity on performance, and circumventing potential issues. But with so much data to consider, how can you define the help desk metrics that matter for your team?
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Evolving to Product-Led Growth in 5 Steps
Product Management University
DECEMBER 9, 2020
If you’re starting a new company, building and funding it around a product-led growth model is much different than transforming a mature company that was built for direct sales and evolving it to product-led growth. First of all, you don’t have the baggage of a product portfolio that was built for direct sales. Second, you don’t have to go through the culture change and infrastructure makeover.
Anatomy of a Product Disaster: Quibi
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 11, 2020
It’s a lesson that all product people need to learn; you can have all the ingredients for a successful product and still fall flat on your face. By now it’s well known that Quibi, which launched in April of 2020 and raised $1.75 billion in funding, is set to shut down in December…only eight months after launching. While there’s no joy in watching a well-intentioned product fail, it’s important to examine why a seemingly sure-fire recipe for success still managed to be dead on arrival.
How This 5X Founder Creates an Internal Culture With a “Crazy Focus” on Storytelling
First Round Review
DECEMBER 8, 2020
As David Cancel puts it, they are “obsessed with story internally” at Drift. From the inspiration they’ve taken from the screenplay writing world, to how storytelling training is part of their onboarding, we dig deep into how he created this culture as the CEO.
MVP or EVP: Which is the Best Option for Your Startup?
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 7, 2020
What’s the one dream every budding entrepreneur has? To become a million-dollar startup-unicorn like Amazon, Uber, Instagram. But the road to success isn’t that easy. Roadblocks like increasing competition, time constraints, market saturation, changing trends, evolving technologies, and limited funds make the destination look farther away. Meanwhile, the mounting pressure of being out-competed keeps pulling you [.].
How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra
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How to Advance Collaboration Between Product Management and UX Design
ProductCraft
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Let’s face it –– friction between product managers and UX designers happens. Even on the most successful teams, tensions can fly when trying to balance business goals, user needs, and design best practices. Add in stressors like tight deadlines and limited resources, and you have a recipe for conflict. How can we avoid this? If both. Read more » The post How to Advance Collaboration Between Product Management and UX Design appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
Productivity for Product Managers
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2020
What are the best productivity hacks for Product Managers Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
How to Build a Successful IoT Company with Eric Simone
Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2020
I have a great conversation for you on how to build a successful IoT company! I am joined by Eric Simone, the founder, and CEO of ClearBlade; one of my favorite companies building IoT platforms and connected solutions consistently across the edge, cloud, and on-premise environments. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes | Android | […].
How To Make a Success of Going Agile
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 8, 2020
In June 2020 Mind the Product published a post from New Zealander Anthony Marter that really struck a chord with our community: based on a talk he’d given to Agile Auckland, his post argued that product management in an Agile practice is in dire need of a rethink. It’s been one of our most-read articles this [.]. Read More. The post How To Make a Success of Going Agile appeared first on Mind the Product.
Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI
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Every Space is Political
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Transformative justice is more crucial than ever. Sarah Fathallah believes researchers are primed to assist in this critical moment if we can “move at the speed of trust.” .
10+ Resources to awaken your strategic brain
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Photo by Barn Images on Unsplash Best 10+ Resources to awaken your strategic brain Books, articles, and strategy gurus As you climb the career ladder, you realize you need to allocate more time to strategic work and less to your well-known tactical tasks. Regretfully, we learned and perfected our day-to-day chores (which led to a promotion!), but we had no previous training on strategy.
4 Tips to Adapt Agile Product Management to Your Team’s Processes
Amplitude
DECEMBER 7, 2020
According to the 2020 State of Agile Report , 95% of organizations say they’ve adopted Agile development methodologies within their team. It’s one of the most widely used and trusted frameworks for the modern technology company. So why do 84% of those respondents feel like they’re not doing Agile the right way? The answer is simple—there’s no right way to do Agile.
Designing for Play – Melissa Pickering on The Product Experience [Rebroadcast]
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 8, 2020
As we start to wrap up the year and panic shop for gifts, our thoughts naturally drift to everyone’s favourite part of the holiday season: playing with toys! Our go-to person to learn more about creating a great play experience is Melissa Pickering, Strategic Product Director at The LEGO Group. Melissa joined us on the [.]. Read More. The post Designing for Play – Melissa Pickering on The Product Experience [Rebroadcast] appeared first on Mind the Product.
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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20 "Non-Research" Skills All User Researchers Should Develop
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 10, 2020
We asked 6 lead UX researchers “What non-technical-research skill should any human-centered research have?” Here’s what they said.
No More Resolutions-3 Tips from Business and Daniel Pink to Plan your New Year
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Why You Should Start Your New Year on December 9th Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
How We Helped a Language Learning App Reach Its Target Audience With Visual Design
UX Studio: Product Management
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Xeropan is a pedagogical game built by teachers of English as a foreign language. By playing, learners can get a level of instruction and results that are usually only possible in a real-life classroom. In 2018 we worked on the UX of this app , this time we focused on the UI and visual storytelling. The problem. In the fall of 2019, Xeropan’s CEO reached out to us because, although he was receiving great feedback on his product, his conversions in the app stores weren’t living up to his expectat
Structuring and Scaling Product Teams by Roman Pichler
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 9, 2020
In this November 2020 #mtpcon Digital session, Roman Pichler, Author of How to Lead in Product Management, discusses important aspects leaders should bear in mind when structuring and growing product teams. Watch the session in full, or read on for the highlights. Empower the Product People Any successful product organisation, Roman explains, needs empowered product people.
Monetizing Analytics Features
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How to Turn Off Harmful Stress Like a Switch
Nir Eyal
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The post How to Turn Off Harmful Stress Like a Switch appeared first on Nir and Far.
Mastering User Retention like Amazon, Spotify and Co.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2020
How to Leverage Your Product Data with the right Retention Metrics Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Negative User Feedback? Handle it like Bill Gates!
Userpilot
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Nobody likes getting negative feedback. If you don’t like getting negative feedback either – congratulations! You’re a human! You’d probably pass the Turing Test! It’s normal. It hits our egos and makes us feel like a failure. But the whole point of killing it like a pro – in product or elsewhere – is not to take negative feedback personally.
Avoid Losing Conversions During Your A/B Tests With Dynamic Allocation
AB Tasty
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Learn how dynamic traffic allocation algorithms can help you minimize loss of conversions during your website optimization campaigns. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Avoid Losing Conversions During Your A/B Tests With Dynamic Allocation.
The Data Metaverse: Unpacking the Roles, Use Cases, and Tech Trends in Data and AI
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Sr. Staff Product Manager of Data & AI at BILL (Previously PM Lead at Twitter/X)
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.
10 use cases for Productboard’s dynamic customer segmentation
ProductBoard
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Zero in on your target segments’ needs, faster With Productboard’s dynamic customer segmentation and Salesforce integration, product managers finally have a quick and seamless way to understand customer needs and strategically segment using customer feedback and CRM data. Product teams can use segmentation to quickly prioritize strategic features for key customers.
When going fast is not the same as going somewhere
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The next product release will not determine your company’s future Photos by Richard Clark and Nomad Bikers When activities in a company are connected and reinforce each other, competitors can’t easily copy them. This synergy effect is business 1x1 ever since Michael Porter wrote about sustainable competitive advantage in 1985. Three and a half centuries later companies have changed; self-organized, autonomous, agile teams are on the rise helping companies to leverage opportunities in fast-paced,
Product Managers Move Grocery Stores Online During A Pandemic
The Accidental Product Manager
DECEMBER 7, 2020
The pandemic is allowing grocery product managers to make changes Image Credit: Gilbert Mercier. Grocery product managers have gone a long time without having to make any big changes. However, in the past few years their job has become more and more challenging. The arrival of online shopping was in the process of fundamentally changing how their business was run.
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