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We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever

Mironov Consulting

  The upside (for the sales team) is huge, and the cost (for product/engineering/support) is diffuse.    Closing this $480k/year license deal is highly visible to the exec team and Board.   What events down the road might force us to “fix” this connector?   Far away. 

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How I treat creative copy like a product—using data

Mixpanel

If you know a thing or two about product development, you’ve heard of the “a-ha” moment. And while this isn’t bad, it forgets that keyword research is a study of language. From 2015-17, Plaid was a modern API for banking data for developers. They’re crystal clear that they speak to and for developers.

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12 KPIs to Measure and Improve Your Fintech App Onboarding

The Product Coalition

The importance of good user onboarding Given the variety of different fintech apps available, like banking apps, and trading platforms, convincing people to download yours is a challenge. Set up events to more clearly define what feature adoption means e.g. made a transaction or created a profile.

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Why data teams struggle with data validation (and how to change that)

Iteratively Blog

But how do you fix the garbage that is bad data management and quality? Especially if you don’t have control over the implementation of tracking code (as is the case with many data teams). Now, let’s look at why data teams struggle with this validation, and how they can overcome the challenges of it. Well, it’s tricky.

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Why 36% is the magic number: Finding the right amount of text in mobile apps

Intercom, Inc.

Lots of social stuff, banking, travel, local services, fitness, cooking, more than a few games, even apps made by governments. If it’s one of the most common elements in our designs, why is it so often the last thing most teams focus on – if they focus on it at all? I use apps for everything from movies and music to weather and maps.

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When Agile isn’t Agile

The Product Coalition

The natural state of affairs in any complex organization is that we should, most of the time, be uncertain about future events. Poor articulation gets misinterpreted as incompetence. Say the yacht is nearing a sand bank that could possibly ground the keel. This is the wrong way to cope with uncertainty.

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Best Userpilot Alternatives in 2021 – By Use Case and Persona

Userpilot

Userguiding and Product Fruits offer more features, but have very clonky and buggy UX and UI, which makes them feel ‘half-baked’ and offers a poor user experience. As your team of 4 is trying to make it (and not break it!), You need to give them the right tools to do that – ideally without much involvement from your dev team.