Thu.Feb 07, 2019

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How Product Managers Measure Product-Market Fit

ProductPlan

Problems yearn for solutions, needs long to be met, and markets are waiting to be addressed. This reality beckons startups and established firms to introduce new products that will scratch that itch and deliver satisfaction. Whether the products they offer (and the price they sell them for) match the demand is (part of) where product-market fit comes in.

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Customer Feedback Management is the Heart of Food and Drink Apps

Alchemer Mobile

The convenience and near-instant gratification offered by apps in the Food and Drink category is a key part of our modern-day lives. Food and drink apps straddle both the physical and digital worlds, and work to blur the lines between the two. According to AppAnnie’s 2019 State of Mobile Report , consumers sourced food and drinks through apps 130% more often in 2018 than in 2016.

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Optimal Product Processâ„¢ 3.0 Phase Two: Plan

280 Group

This post describes the second phase in the Optimal Product Process: Plan. Download the entire Optimal Product Process Ebook 3.0: CLICK HERE. During the plan phase, product managers conduct more detailed and specific market research, along with competitive analysis to determine whether the opportunity is large and profitable enough to be viable. After having come up with a prioritized list of opportunities (ideally that leverage your company’s core competencies and put them in a unique position

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Coda’s Shishir Mehrotra on rethinking docs from scratch

Intercom, Inc.

How do you put a box around a product that defies categorization? How do you name an all-in-one solution for a plethora of problems, which – until now – have required individual tools? It’s a nearly impossible task, but Shishir Mehrotra and his team at Coda have set out reimagine documents, spreadsheets, and apps in a way that undoes 40 years of blind fealty to Microsoft Office and its predecessors.

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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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Quieten the Squeaky Wheel through Feature Prioritization

Mind the Product

Prioritization is challenging and stressful. Sometimes it’s because of micro-prioritization such as bug triage and moving one small fix in front of another. Other times it comes from the macro level: deciding to target new user growth versus lifetime value; spending time on user research or analytics; handling your manager’s feature request versus the tech debt the engineers beg for.

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Accelerate your sales cycle with our Microsoft Outlook calendar app for Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Today, we’re launching our app for the Microsoft Outlook calendar , which makes it easier than ever to book meetings with leads and customers, so you can sell more, faster. Sales meetings are a critical step in your sales funnel, whether you’re focused on closing deals with qualified leads and target accounts or increasing revenue from existing customers.

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What my grandma thinks I do…

The Product Coalition

What my grandma thinks I do… was originally published in ProductCoalition.com on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Livestorm uses productboard to focus on building a new generation of live video and webinar software

ProductBoard

Livestorm, founded in 2016, is building the next generation of live video software for business. They’ve created an all-in-one software product that helps professionals host live sessions to scale communications. Livestorm is trusted by thousands of companies for a variety of uses, from marketing to sales, to online courses and internal communications, and more.

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Product manager as part of the interview team

The Product Coalition

I believe into and practice it myself that the product managers should participate in the job interviews for the openings in their development teams. Some may say it is a job for HR and delivery, and the product managers have other things to care about, such as mission, vision, strategy, etc. But really, what can be more important than the people you work with side by side?

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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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Do We Even Need Product Management?

Under 10 Consulting

Product managers are in charge of whipping up all the other departments and getting them to work together. This is to make sure that the product gets pulled forward by a coordinated team of horses, rather than torn apart by horses running in different directions. . — Donald S Passman. People in product management roles—product managers, product owners, product marketing managers, and consultants—often talk about job responsibilities, methods, tools, and templates.

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New products need hacks to succeed

The Product Coalition

If you’re genuinely doing something new and, dare I say it, innovative in a large company then you’re going to need to hack some of your organisation’s existing systems for technical or political reasons (or both). It’s one of the dirty little secrets that no one talks about as an essential ingredient for successful innovation. I’m not kidding, I see the need for this every week.

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UX Research Careers: A Guide to Getting Started

UserInterviews

User research roles are on the rise, so we took a look at building and maintaining a career in UX research.

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Who are Product Managers?

The Product Coalition

And what do they do? At Knowledge Officer , we take it upon ourselves to help people achieve their career goals. Thousands of users use our product on a daily basis to learn the necessary skills and unleash their potential to be prepared for the job market that awaits them with its never-ending demands. We have always been keeping an eye on preparing our users for the most trending jobs in the technology industry, and especially those with a continuous and dynamic change in their pre-requisite s

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

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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Should Product Managers Have Direct Reports?

ProductCraft Debates

Product managers have a LOT on their plates; sure, they have to juggle customer research, roadmaps, and wireframes. But they also have to keep the peace and make sure that communication channels are open between engineers, designers, and other stakeholders. That’s a lot of management – not just of things, but of people. So we. The post Should Product Managers Have Direct Reports?

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The Role of Blockchain in Healthcare Technology and Industrial Equipment IoT Strategies

TSIA

The use of blockchain for IoT data transmission is very much in the hype phase of new technology adoption, meaning people are talking about doing it more than actually doing it. When talking to TSIA member companies about their current and expected use of blockchain, the most common answer boils down to, “We are looking in to it, but aren’t actively adopting it at this time.

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Product Management Mishap: Not so fast, Netflix!

Obo

It’s hard enough to change your business model without upsetting customers, but changing your business model by dividing the services you offer and requiring customers to make an additional account and pay an additional fee to access previously inclusive services without upsetting them is… downright impossible, as Netflix learned back in 2011 through the flop known as Qwikster.

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UX Research Careers: A Guide to Getting Started

UserInterviews

User research roles are on the rise, so we took a look at building and maintaining a career in UX research.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Product Management Mishap: Not so fast, Netflix!

Obo

It’s hard enough to change your business model without upsetting customers, but changing your business model by dividing the services you offer and requiring customers to make an additional account and pay an additional fee to access previously inclusive services without upsetting them is… downright impossible, as Netflix learned back in 2011 through the flop known as Qwikster.

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UX Research Careers: A Guide to Getting Started

UserInterviews

User research roles are on the rise, so we took a look at building and maintaining a career in UX research.

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Getting Better At Product Testing

The Product Coalition

I’m working on some new Q&A Videos about topics I’ve discussed frequently. I’m starting a short series on testing over the next few months. The first few questions are some of the key questions that I’ve been asked regularly around best practices for testing: [link] What’s the most effective method for testing products? I think what I’ve seen as the most effective thing is thinking about the goals that you’re trying to kind of get out of your testing.

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How to Uncover Deep-Dive Citrix Analytics for Effective Troubleshooting

eG Innovations

Monitoring, observability and analytics have become common phraseology in the Citrix world. Alongside every Citrix project, whether it’s a new deployment, expansion, upgrade, or cloud migration, what is essentially needed in the IT toolkit is analytics. Analytics means not just data, but insights obtained through continuous monitoring; periodic measurements of critical performance metrics that convey a lot about the health and availability of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops session. eG Ente

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.