Tue.Oct 31, 2023

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Want Both Efficiency and Effectiveness? Lower WIP and Right-Size Work

Johanna Rothman

Several of my trusted advisor clients have asked this question, “Why do I need to choose between effectiveness and efficiency? Why can't I have both?” A great question. I recommend they start with effectiveness. That occurs when they say yes to just the work they need now, to reduce the organizational WIP. Start with managing the project portfolio.

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Rerun: Managing stakeholders and driving alignment – Susana Lopes (Director of Product, Abatable, Onfido)

Mind the Product

This week, we go back into the archives when Susana Lopes, Director of Product at Abatable, joined us on the podcast. In this episode, we discuss how she used the State of the Product presentation to manage stakeholders and drive alignment. Tune in for an episode filled with practical insights and invaluable resources. Read more » The post Rerun: Managing stakeholders and driving alignment – Susana Lopes (Director of Product, Abatable, Onfido) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Alchemer Adds Slack, Shopify, Gladly, and Braze Always-On Workflow Initiators 

Alchemer Mobile

Now you can listen to more events from the systems your business runs on so you can collect feedback in context of your customer’s experience. By Justin Falk, Alchemer Product Manager, and Vanessa Bagnato, Alchemer Director of Product Marketing Every month, we release updates to the library of Alchemer Workflow Initiators, so that you can create always-on surveys and feedback in the context of your customer’s or employee’s experience.

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Critical thinking and ChatGPT: October’s top product content

Mind the Product

From critical thinking to ChatGPT, the month of October on Mind the Product was inundated with key insights from authors around the world. Here’s a look back at our top five most popular posts on Mind the Product this month. Explore the cream of the crop below Read more » The post Critical thinking and ChatGPT: October’s top product content appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Fine-Tuning Pre-Trained Models: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI

The Product Coalition

Generative AI is transforming diverse domains like content creation, marketing, and healthcare by autonomously producing high-quality, varied content forms. Its prowess in automating mundane tasks and facilitating intelligent decision-making has led to its integration into various business applications such as chatbots and predictive analytics. However, a significant challenge presents itself: ensuring that the generated content is coherent and contextually relevant.

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Onboarding Call vs Automated In-app Onboarding: When to Use Each?

Userpilot

Onboarding is vitally important for any SaaS owner or product manager. Taking users through your product or service using an onboarding call is a pretty standard part of the customer onboarding process. But it’s not your only option. Automated, in-app onboarding can also form part of a successful customer onboarding process (if you have the right tool for the job).

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What Is Market Saturation and Why Does It Happen?

Gocious Blog

Delivering products to your market is exciting as it helps your company build your customer base, drives your revenue, and improves the lives of your customers. But markets don’t have unlimited room for growth. There is a saturation point in every market for every product or service. How do you reach this point, and what can you do about it? We’ll explore some options in this post.

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User Experience Analytics in SaaS: Tools, Data Collection & More

Userpilot

User experience analytics is one of the secret ingredients for boosting SaaS growth. By regularly checking your analytics data, you will proactively spot issues and find ways to resolve them. This ensures your product remains enjoyable for users, boosting retention and loyalty. This guide shows you how to get started right away. As you read through, you will learn the different UX data types and how to measure them.

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The Best Retention Strategies for Software Developers

TurnKey Labs

Retaining top-tier talent is paramount in the software development industry. High turnover within the industry poses numerous challenges, from project delays to increased recruitment costs. To address these issues and foster a stable, productive workforce, it’s essential to implement effective retention strategies. This article delves into the crucial strategies for retaining software developers.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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13 Pricing Page Best Practices to Boost Conversion Rates [+ Examples]

Userpilot

When it comes to product-led growth , every step of the customer journey needs to be highly optimized for SaaS companies to see the results they’re looking for. Pricing page best practices are particularly important since complicated pricing drives away leads that would otherwise contact sales. In this guide, we’re going to go over 13 best practices for designing a pricing page that converts!

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What is the CIRCLES method? Examples and Alternatives from Senior PM

Usersnap

Imagine stepping into the world of product management with a product vision, secret formula and one particular feature that the industry’s luminaries use to transform raw ideas into gold consistently. That formula exists, and it’s called the CIRCLES method. Ready to see your ideas soar? Let’s unravel the magic of CIRCLES together. What is the CIRCLES framework (AKA CIRCLES method) in Product Management?

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How to Increase Free Trial Conversion: 15 Effective Strategies For Driving SaaS Growth

Userpilot

Wondering how to increase free trial conversion for your software product? Trials can be tricky. You’ll face the challenge of getting qualified leads and ensuring users don’t abuse trials. There’s also the cost implication. Free trials can impact cash flow and revenue generation, especially if a significant portion of trial users don’t convert into paying customers.

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Boosting Team Performance By Building PM Capabilities

BrainMates

Boosting Team Performance By Building PM Capabilities By DIANE SEXTON Picture this: you are a Product Director, with several Product Managers reporting to you. One of your PMs comes to you for advice as they are struggling to communicate the direction and scope of work to their team, even though they are confident they know it. Complicating this is that some members of the broader team have also made clear to you that that they’re struggling to understand the team’s direction or scope, and

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Getting Your Tester Community to Care About Confidentiality

Centercode

When you’re preparing to release a new product, confidentiality is central to keeping its details under wraps. This is especially true during Customer Validation testing, when you’re placing a real product in the hands of real customers – often before you want the world to know about it.

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Lean-agile: An efficiency guide for teams | Roadmunk

Roadmunk

Learn what lean-agile is and how it can improve team productivity and product quality. Find out how Tempo’s tools can help you become more agile.

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Kicking Off the First Customer Validation Certification Course

Centercode

Along with the first Customer Validation Conference, February marked another first for the CV industry – the kickoff of the Customer Validation Certification course offering. This certification is designed specifically for professionals who are tasked with running and optimizing Alpha, Beta, and Field Tests.

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Story points: A guide on how to estimate user stories in agile | Roadmunk

Roadmunk

With story points, teams estimate effort rather than setting arbitrary due dates. Find out the why, what, and how of using story points to forecast project development.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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CV Conference: The Gathering for Customer Testing Professionals

Centercode

Currently, over 95% of companies are running Alpha, Beta, or Field Tests, but there are still very few avenues for Customer Validation professionals to grow their skills and exchange insights with their peers in test management.

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How to effectively run an agile retrospective meeting | Roadmunk

Roadmunk

An agile retrospective meeting is a critical component of the agile process, helping your team learn from the successes and failures of past sprints.

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Customer Validation Conference Brings Together Customer Testing Pros

Centercode

Last week, we opened the doors to the 2018 Customer Validation Conference, the first event of its kind within the customer testing (Alpha, Beta, and Field Testing) industry.