The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2023

I went right into vision development, then the market assessment, and zoomed ahead to answer how we would win. They bring unique skills to support, challenge, and refine your vision. Design as a discipline requires creativity, problem-solving, vision, and storytelling. So what did I do in this case? User, what user?

Weak Development Team 109

Weak Development Team User Testing Data Visualization Product Research 109

Gainsight

JULY 11, 2023

Our team’s vision, focus, talents, and hard work were central to achieving this milestone. We’ve built a fantastic culture on our core values, won NJ’s Best Place to Work four years running, and became a sought-out destination for aspiring software engineers in Poland. The past decade of growth has been a wild and rewarding journey.

Education 40

Education Vision Customer Experience Differentiation 40

Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A robust UX strategy is also a valuable differentiator helping you stand out in competitive markets. UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. Start designing your strategy by clarifying the business goals.

Research Software 104

Research Software Analytic Tools Feedback Software User Testing 104

Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, I believe that AI will have the most profound impact on the high-level (and historically most valued) skills of product management: developing a strategy, crafting a vision, identifying new opportunities, and setting goals. It’s actually already happening in engineering (check out Devin and Magic ). People stuff!

Data Visualization 118

Data Visualization ChatGPT Research Software Product Management 118

Alchemer Mobile

JULY 13, 2021

A good product experience is the primary driver behind product differentiation and ultimately, lasting customer satisfaction (measured through CSAT and NPS ) and loyalty. Product, engineering, and design teams own core product functionality, UX, and design experiences. The goals you hope to achieve by investing in product experience.

Customer Experience 230

Customer Experience User Testing Onboarding KPIs Product Research 230

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2021

Is this solution something we want to innovate on and own as an industry leader and differentiator, or is it table stakes where we want to be on par with the market? At the execution level, does this project contribute directly to differentiation or closing product gaps? Here’s a breakdown of each part. Innovation. How to rank.

Customer Experience 251

Customer Experience Framework Feedback Software Analytic Tools 251

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? Plan your product: “story mapping” (Nielsen Norman Group) Often teams rely on lengthy requirements documents to move from a vision to a product. Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes.

User Testing 130

User Testing Books Product Marketing Marketing 130

Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

99% of startups are not differentiated on their underlying technology, and there is very little engineering risk involved. (I’m The Dropbox founders describe to me at the inception of their product, that sharing folders was part of the vision and was built in quite quickly.

User Testing 105

User Testing Research Software Feedback Software Startups 105

Sequent Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Product managers act as the bridge between stakeholders, engineers, marketers, and other teams. Key Responsibilities of a Product Manager Visionary Leadership : They define the product vision , aligning it with company objectives and strategizing the product roadmap. Product Development and Roadmapping : Collaboration is the key.

User Testing 52

User Testing Customer Feedback Certifications Product Management 52

Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools User Testing Customer Experience Vision 52

Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools User Testing Customer Experience Vision 52

Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools User Testing Customer Experience Vision 52

Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate. The technique helps you ensure alignment between product vision , mission, goals, and initiatives. At the top, you have the aspirational Vision , which feeds into the believable Mission.

User Testing 98

User Testing Product Research Framework Feedback Software 98

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

In addition to bringing engineering management strategies to help the internal team organize and execute, I also leveraged product management frameworks to drive alignment internally and externally. Coming from an engineering background, my team has a tendency to jump to solutions. What is the problem? What problem(s) are being solved?

Data Visualization 92

Data Visualization Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction Engineering 92

Product Innovation Educators

JULY 4, 2022

I wanted to learn how this company creates competitive products, differentiating on cost while offering comparative capabilities that equates to much higher value for customers. We help external engineers understand the product requirements and user needs and rely on their expertise.

Artificial Inteligence 108

Artificial Inteligence User Testing Feedback Software Customer Feedback 108

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Attract and develop talent and invest in supporting resources like onboarding, sales enablement, and sales engineering. Communicate your vision for growth clearly and often, and make sure you’re building a culture where people feel like they’re being set up to suceed. Is it ten sales reps, a couple of SDRs, and a solution engineer?”

Feedback Software 210

Feedback Software Customer Feedback Customer Experience Weak Development Team 210

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. Clarity around the product vision, market opportunity, value to the user, how to win in the market, metrics, objectives, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and how the product delivers results for the organization. Michael Porter There I sat, facing a significant strategic choice.

Product Strategy 123

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Weak Development Team 123

Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 21, 2021

Teams meet frequently and communicate, and the vision and work are visualized using Scrum. The Market Requirements Event involves customer-facing people like sales and marketing, and it’s led by product management with developers and engineers present. One is using Agile with Scrum, taking the best of both practices.

Development 95

Development Customer Experience Differentiation Events 95

Amplitude

MARCH 9, 2020

When we first met with ClearBrain founders Bilal Mahmood and Eric Pollmann, we immediately connected on a shared vision of how analytics platforms could better serve customers. These experiences inspired Bilal and Eric to build a machine learning platform that could simulate thousands of those A/B tests in parallel.

Data Visualization 111

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Artificial Inteligence User Friction 111

Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Product strategy is a high-level plan that outlines how the product will support the vision and achieve business goals. Without product strategy, we have no alignment on what approaches product development will take to iterate closer to the vision and deliver commercial goals. Hungry for more?

Product Strategy 52

Product Strategy Roadmap Onboarding KPIs Strategy 52

Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Product strategy is a high-level plan that outlines how the product will support the vision and achieve business goals. Without product strategy, we have no alignment on what approaches product development will take to iterate closer to the vision and deliver commercial goals. Hungry for more?

Product Strategy 52

Product Strategy Roadmap Onboarding KPIs Strategy 52

Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

You have to prioritize product differentiators that will give you a breakthrough ability to solve user problems that no one else can (or in a way no one else has thought of). Amazon, for example, tries to break down their engineering teams into what they call “two-pizza” teams—teams that you could feed with two pizzas.

User Testing 89

User Testing Customer Feedback Differentiation Startups 89

The Product Cafe

MARCH 24, 2024

Ignoring the Competition ⛔ Failing to acknowledge and differentiate from competitors can make your messaging feel stale and undifferentiated. Differentiation is Key 🔑 What sets your product apart from the competition? It's crucial to understand your product's strengths and how it stands out in the market.

Messaging 52

Messaging User Testing Feedback Software Customer Feedback 52

ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Start with the product vision. To begin, an essentialist has a clear vision for the direction of the product. This product vision describes the overarching long-term mission of your product. Vision statements are aspirational and communicate concisely where the product hopes to go and what it hopes to achieve in the long term.

Roadmap 116

Roadmap Customer Experience Product Research Vision 116

Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

” That research could be meaningless data if PMMs fail to get involved early in development and influence the overall vision for a product. Becoming subject-matter experts on the industry landscape to identify a differentiated positioning from competitors.

Roadmap 91

Roadmap Data Visualization User Testing Product Research 91

Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

” That research could be meaningless data if PMMs fail to get involved early in development and influence the overall vision for a product. Becoming subject-matter experts on the industry landscape to identify a differentiated positioning from competitors.

Roadmap 91

Roadmap Data Visualization User Testing Product Research 91

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Eoghan would do visual design; Ciaran, David, and then later on, Darragh, would start to engineer it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. And everyone, in most product-led start-ups, everyone is basically the product team, or the R&D team – designers, engineers, PMs, et cetera.

Roadmap 165

Roadmap Feedback Software User Testing Reporting Tools 165

Izenda

JUNE 28, 2020

Company size differentiates the depth of thinking a product manager takes when developing the product strategy and roadmap. The software product manager takes responsibility for a product line’s vision and profitability. They’ll work to eliminate gaps between engineering teams and sales and marketing.

Analytic Tools 56

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Product Management Product Manager 56

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 3, 2020

In order to differentiate from other types of playlists and to be able to display a badge for unseen added songs, I decided to make the playlists covers circle. That point would need to bring engineers and designers into a meeting to estimate precisely the work to do. Is it aligned with the company mission and long term vision?

Feedback Software 158

Feedback Software User Testing Transportation Customer Experience 158

NextBigWhat

JUNE 16, 2021

Differentiate in a few key areas, but don’t reinvent everything. Engineer code carefully, and you’ll toss it when the product pivots. Execute with pragmatism, dream with vision. Do everything from scratch, and you’ll waste time repeating someone else’s mistakes. 7/7 Builders are always on a tightrope.

Development 52

Development Product Research User Testing Customer Experience 52

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Eoghan would do visual design; Ciaran, David, and then later on, Darragh, would start to engineer it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. And everyone, in most product-led start-ups, everyone is basically the product team, or the R&D team – designers, engineers, PMs, et cetera.

Roadmap 165

Roadmap Feedback Software User Testing Reporting Tools 165

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Products like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the rise of engineering talent globally have reduced the barrier of entry for software startups in recent years. Now we need to deliver something beyond product information and walkthroughs to add the kind of value that will differentiate us from our competitors.

Research Software 162

Research Software Software Review Customer Experience Differentiation 162

Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

You have to prioritize product differentiators that will give you a breakthrough ability to solve user problems that no one else can (or in a way no one else has thought of). Amazon, for example, tries to break down their engineering teams into what they call “two-pizza” teams—teams that you could feed with two pizzas.

User Testing 59

User Testing Customer Feedback Differentiation Startups 59

The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, this is a naïve analysis that overlooks lost market share due to poor strategic thinking, or the demoralizing effect on engineers having to repeatedly rewrite code because of poor product-market fit. consulting engineer, helping customers implement Chef’s products. operations engineer across a wide variety of industries.

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Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Development 130

Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

In larger organizations, they may work side by side with QA engineers, product marketers , data analysts , or product ops managers. Their key focus is defining the product vision , developing strategy, and building the product roadmap to align with the business strategy and user needs. Product Team Roles.

Analytic Tools 98

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Research Software Product Research 98

BrainMates

AUGUST 3, 2020

What’s key, is to instead apply your approach and rationale for prioritisation in terms of both vision and survival. This usually comes from building everything at once, then deciding how to differentiate afterwards. You end up with a fragmented Product and distracted engineers. The first is to revisit your company’s vision.

Product Management 52

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Vision 52

BrainMates

AUGUST 3, 2020

What’s key, is to instead apply your approach and rationale for prioritisation in terms of both vision and survival. This usually comes from building everything at once, then deciding how to differentiate afterwards. You end up with a fragmented Product and distracted engineers. The first is to revisit your company’s vision.

Product Management 52

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Vision 52