Mind the Product
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The transition from academia to the tech industry, overcoming job loss, navigating a competitive job market, and embracing a new career path. Read more » The post My journey from laboratory scientist to product manager appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Source: [link] As a 10-year product manager and current startup CEO, I love analytics tools. Really, I’m way more passionate about analytics than any person ever should be. A few years ago, I became an avid Heap Analytics fan, especially due to their auto-capture and their event visualizer, allowing product managers to define an event without involving development teams and waiting three sprints for them to get it done.
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Mind the Product
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In the closing keynote at #mtpcon London 2023, Randeep Sidhu talks about the framing of heroes and villains for the product world and why creating an impact is so hard. Watch the video in full, or read on for highlights from his talk. Read more » The post Heroes and villains in the product world by Randeep Sidhu appeared first on Mind the Product.
Gainsight
DECEMBER 19, 2023
A carefully crafted customer journey is not static. They shift and change with your products, your markets and even your go-to-market strategy. If you’re facing the need to revisit and revamp your customer experience, our discussion with Mai Elizer, Senior Solutions Engineer at Comeet , offered invaluable insights into constructing a predictable and efficient customer journey.
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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.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Key elements and tips for organising effective meetings. Read more » The post Effective meetings for product managers appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Userpilot
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Managing customer accounts is a pretty tough job, but you know what’s even tougher? SaaS account management. With the emergence of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, the role of account managers has also evolved – and gotten harder. An account manager now has to do much more than just look at the finance side of things. In this article, we will go over the responsibilities of a SaaS account manager and share tried-and-true strategies they can implement to drive product growth.
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Qualitative research relies heavily on effective interview techniques to gather rich and insightful data from participants. Interviews provide researchers with the opportunity to delve deep into the thoughts, experiences, and perspectives of individuals, uncovering nuances that quantitative methods may miss. In this series, we’ll explore various aspects of interview techniques, from choosing the right format to ethical considerations.
Johanna Rothman
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Ever since I was on the Troubleshooting Agile podcast , I've followed Squirrel and Jeffrey. (I highly recommend their podcast.) Recently, Squirrel posted something fascinating on LinkedIn: Aim for a “single source of lies” about your business. That's quite a provocative idea, especially when many of us persist in looking for a “single source of truth.” Why might you want a single source of lies?
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Agile UX is a design methodology based on the principles of Agile software development. Agile is a proven software development approach that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration and efficiency. Agile UX adopts the same values, reframed in the context of digital design projects. It is a flexible, collaborative, and iterative approach to UX design, focused on delivering high-quality design solutions that consistently meet and exceed the users’ expectations.
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.
TurnKey Labs
DECEMBER 19, 2023
When Apple Inc. decided to expand its R&D operations in 2016, they weren’t just aiming for incremental growth; they were building a powerhouse. By strategically staffing its R&D centers with top-notch talent, Apple not only enhanced its innovation capacity but also solidified its position as a tech behemoth.
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The topic for this article came about recently, since one of the applications I worked on 13 years ago (technically speaking, I started working on it 13 years ago, and that particular engagement continued for 2 years), is still actively being used in a facility that I go to almost on a daily basis. I was thrilled to see the product and the application being leveraged, particularly the builds I had actually worked on (since other builds and subsequent releases have ventured into market of course)
Usersnap
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Ever wondered why the humble 1 to 5 rating point scale is the secret weapon of Product Managers (PMs)? Marty Cagan, in his book “Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love” , mentions the use of customer surveys as a tool for understanding customer needs and preferences. Its beauty lies in its universal appeal—whether you’re navigating the digital realm or the tangible world, the 1 to 5 scale speaks a language everyone understands.
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The human brain is the source of endless invention. It’s a labyrinth of untapped potential, like a blank canvas ready for strokes of ideas that could change the world. But what happens when this fountain of creativity runs dry? When designers face creative blocks, the once steady flow of ideas becomes a trickle. When Ideas Just Don’t Come Has it ever happened with you, that when you start working on your project the ideas just doesn’t seem to flow?
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.
Amplitude
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Read how Unity quickly rolled out Amplitude Analytics and Experiment to perform more sophisticated analysis.
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Coming out of retirement to take on the Clown World of UX Wait, what? Who is this guy?? Yeah. I’m back. Sort of. Maybe. Not really. For those of you who don’t know, I used to publish roasts of bad UX design on here. Guy Kawasaki tweeted at least two of my articles. Then Medium changed their algorithm so that, instead of getting 1000 unique views within a week of publication, I couldn’t get 1000 people to view my article in a year.
Lenny Rachitsky
DECEMBER 19, 2023
👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss Lennybot ✨ (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more) and my new Swag Store (great gifts for your favorite PMs, or yourself!).
UX Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Adobe decided to drop its plan to buy Figma for $20 billion.
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The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.
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