The Product Bistro

JANUARY 10, 2017

(Dream sequence: Sometimes, lying awake with some passing insomnia, I muse about one of my major pet peeves: over use of the “Reply All” button on Microsoft’s “Outlook” I dream of submitting a feature request …). Brief Description: As unfettered access to the “Reply All” option in Microsoft Outlook encourages people to over use this feature (i.e. replying to all recipients even when, or especially when, it is not appropriate), and that the concept

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Messaging 188

Mind the Product

JANUARY 10, 2017

As a product manager it’s not uncommon to feel pulled in a million different directions as you work to meet the needs of your customers, developers and company stakeholders. While there are a large number of tools which claim to help you to create value, for me, quite frankly, it boils down to only a few secret weapons which do not (most of the time) involve buying fancy software or subscribing to the latest project management doodads.

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Research Software Analytic Tools Data Visualization Reporting Tools 117

The Product Guy

JANUARY 10, 2017

Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 7th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Chris Butler. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2016: Chris Butler. ( tweet ).

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Certifications Engineering Positioning Product Management 94

Pragmatic Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2017

By Rob Jensen. The topic of customer advisory board (CAB) meeting agendas is a popular one at our training events and at other CAB industry events we attend. Perhaps most telling of the need for guidance is that “customer advisory board agenda” is one of the top search topics around CABs. While the content of every CAB meeting will vary depending on meeting goals and topics (which should be gathered by engaging members before the meeting), here are eight essential must-haves that should be inclu

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User Testing Customer Feedback Feedback Software Customer Experience 76

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.

Product Research

Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 10, 2017

Create and validate your hypotheses about your target market and their unmet needs and then do the same with your value proposition, feature set, and user experience. Use the build-measure-learn loop to refine your hypotheses. The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback by Dan Olsen. The Lean Product Playbook covers the entire Lean product development process: finding your target market, creating your value proposition, building your minimu

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Product Management University

JANUARY 10, 2017

Wealth made simple: news and articles from IRC Wealth. There are plenty of good B2B solutions in the market, but as a percentage there are only a few great ones. The key to making good products great is as simple as building what-if scenarios into your user stories, product requirements and product design. The good and the great solutions both possess the following elements: A clear business objective for the target customer.

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B2B Customer Feedback Differentiation Messaging 100

Ken Norton

JANUARY 10, 2017

Plus staying focused and asking good questions -. Happy new year! I hope you and your teams had a chance to rest, relax, and spend time with loved ones. I began this newsletter experiment about a year ago. Since then, it’s grown to more than 10,000 subscribers and I’ve gotten a chance to get to know many of.

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TSIA

JANUARY 10, 2017

Landing new customers will always be an important part of growing your business, but what happens after they've been onboarded? Tech companies invest a great deal of time and money in sales and marketing initiatives to capture net new business, but often overlook the chance to take advantage of revenue opportunities from within their existing customer base.

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