January, 2014

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Chromecast Wins Fame, iOS7 Wins Shame

Product Culture

Make my life easier and I will tell my friends. Make my life harder and I will tell everyone. That’s my take-away from this year's raft of nominations for the 2013 Product Powers Hall of Fame & Shame. Hall of Fame. Chromecast, Pocket, FitBit Force and a dozen other products were nominated for Fame, most because they do a great job making things easier for us.

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What does a Product Manager do? Take 1.

Product Manager in Heels

Starting a new role forces product managers to think of the basic principles the guide product management. I recently changed my LinkedIn profile headline to "Creating products that customers love" and it got my mind going on what a product manager actually does. While many of us answer this with "what doesn't a product manager do?!", it's useful to define this.I think of the Product Manager Basics through the ability to answer the following three questions: What is the problem your customers ar

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Hot 2014 Trend: Knowledge as a Service

TSIA

Based on discussions with hundreds of companies over a number of years regarding failing knowledge management programs, it appears that there are three common denominators linked to the majority of companies who claim not to be getting the expected value from their KM expenditures. Discover what these denominators are.

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New Dashboard for UserTesting Clients!

UserTesting

What’s going on? The next time you log into your UserTesting dashboard, you may notice something different. The customer dashboard now has a brand-new design and a big new feature! Some things look nicer, some are easier to find, and … The post New Dashboard for UserTesting Clients! appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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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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B2B vs. B4B (Business for Business): A New Model Calls for a Transformation in Our Strategy

TSIA

In the B2B era, we had no ability to drive customer success at scale because we didn’t have the data and the connection to make that real and affordable. But in the B4B world, all that has changed. And now it's time to seize the untapped opportunity.

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New Dashboard for UserTesting Clients!

UserTesting

What’s going on? The next time you log into your UserTesting dashboard, you may notice something different. The customer dashboard now has a brand-new design and a big new feature! Some things look nicer, some are easier to find, and … The post New Dashboard for UserTesting Clients! appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Case Study: Planetary Improves App to 5 Stars with UserTesting

UserTesting

Planetary , a Brooklyn-based digital development ?rm, was tasked with redesigning a client’s mobile app to improve usability. The iOS app, HelloSign , allows users to scan, sign and send documents from their Apple devices. With a little help from … The post Case Study: Planetary Improves App to 5 Stars with UserTesting appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Case Study: Planetary Improves App to 5 Stars with UserTesting

UserTesting

Planetary , a Brooklyn-based digital development ?rm, was tasked with redesigning a client’s mobile app to improve usability. The iOS app, HelloSign , allows users to scan, sign and send documents from their Apple devices. With a little help from … The post Case Study: Planetary Improves App to 5 Stars with UserTesting appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Creative Ways to Prototype Your Way to Success

UserTesting

Today’s post is from Toni Allen, one of our very own Senior UX Researchers. Enjoy! Getting creative with your testing strategy in the Prototyping stage of any project can have big payoffs. Even if you think you don’t have anything … The post Creative Ways to Prototype Your Way to Success appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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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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Creative Ways to Prototype Your Way to Success

UserTesting

Today’s post is from Toni Allen, one of our very own Senior UX Researchers. Enjoy! Getting creative with your testing strategy in the Prototyping stage of any project can have big payoffs. Even if you think you don’t have anything … The post Creative Ways to Prototype Your Way to Success appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Resource Management 2.0: Overcoming the Barriers to Efficient Use of Human Capital

TSIA

Recent research makes it clear that while the professional and consulting services industry has invested in process improvements to enhance project performance, quality, and cost of delivery, the industry is actually getting worse at resource management (RM)! Given that labor expense is the single biggest cost element for professional services organizations (PSOs), these trends must be reversed for any services organization to be successful.