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Top 5 Observational Research Best Practices

BrainMates

Observation is an important part of mixed methods user research. Whether observing people using a technology or system in the workplace, at home, or out in public, it can provide insights not available in quantitative data. Example: Metadata platform for content distribution. A curious discovery was made.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software.

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7 Ways API & SDK Solutions Help Product Managers Move Faster

The Product Coalition

Today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape favors short feedback loops and requires roadmap flexibility to pivot and solve customers’ most pressing problems as they arise. As a result, the best product managers thrive on their ability to move quickly, minimizing time to market for feature releases.

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How Our Cross-Functional Teams Decide What to Build at Whispir

The Product Coalition

I wrote a variation of this for the various product teams at Whispir recently and then as fate would have it, a CEO I know reached out to me on LinkedIn asking the same thing?—?so with very little effort but a huge amount of diligence and thought, and you can do it in 15 minutes if you have access to all the research already.

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Hiring a UX designer won’t magically solve your product problems & other UX misconceptions debunked

Modus Create

You might have created the first version of your product very quickly, and, at that time, you might not have been concerned with how it looked; you just wanted it to work. Your pride over your initial launch has faded, and you might wonder how your product got so messy. Not so fast. Not so fast.

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A Tale of Two Products: BigVision vs. HyperNarrowFocus

The Product Coalition

First, let me introduce our two products along with some context and background to set the scene. BigVision BigVision is a business (or product or department) that has a big, exciting vision. That long list of features has some cool solutions that could work and would be fun to build. distribution, etc).

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Product Management in Healthcare

ProductPlan

But delivering those services requires hundreds if not thousands of products. They range from gargantuan MRI machines to cotton swabs to the patient portal software for scheduling appointments. Who’s the customer for healthcare product managers? For those contemplating moving into the $4.3 It begins with what’s at stake.