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Successful Roadmaps Avoid One Thing: Drift

The Product Coalition

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” — Mike Tyson I’ve wrestled with weak roadmaps — even some downright disasters. Product managers and their teams start with enthusiasm, hit the ground running, and create a solid roadmap. Facing a company funding deadline, we pivoted to a new market with more potential.

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10 Reasons Your Product is Hurting Your Sales Team

The Product Coalition

I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” I’ve struggled to find many examples detailing how to bond product and sales teams ( Antonia Bozhkova offers a good perspective ). Your teams will realign and strengthen their partnership as they see the product through each other’s eyes.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? Understanding your organization’s UX maturity is the first, most crucial step toward recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of your organization. It also helps in saving on directionless development costs. Have you envisioned a timeline for your design project?

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A Tale of Two Products: BigVision vs. HyperNarrowFocus

The Product Coalition

Also, the total market size is billions. “We We just need to start with First Opportunity first as due to our market analysis and business modelling, this is the best one to tackle”. BigVision’s Product Research & Development teams begin researching customers, the business model and the industry.

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Voice of Customer: Why VoC should lead your product development process

Usersnap

Should the Voice of Customer influence product development? In Frost & Sullivan’s survey research on R&D/innovation and product development priorities, 84% of the respondents declare that they employ the voice of customers (VoC) in their product development cycle. Do you consider customer feedback?

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How Johannes Gutenberg Can Make You a Better Product Manager

The Product Coalition

The story of how the first product of the information age was created and found product/market fit. Because scribes display more diligence and industry than printers.” Maybe the snake oil of its time, either way, he failed due to timing. However, it was delayed due to a flood?—?leaving Many considered lenders vile.

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The Ultimate Product Strategy Checklist for your Mobile App

The Product Coalition

Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. Review any existing feedback you have as well as additional direct channels such as chat bots, surveys, focus groups, and interviews. At the minimum, your mobile product will bring design teams, IT, marketing and operations together?—?these