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Avoid ‘Product’ Ground Hog Day: Unlocking Success When Crafting an Outcome-Driven Roadmap

The Product Coalition

It was another bad start to what seemed like Groundhog Day. “I don’t care about outcomes, your objectives, or your key results; I want to know when I will get this feature!” an angry internal stakeholder shouted. Now, to be fair, I wasn’t giving an inch. This was the third conversation we were having about the product, an app that served our own company along with external customers.

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Product Managers Try To Decide How To Handle The Metaverse

The Accidental Product Manager

The Metaverse has arrived, are you ready for it? Image Credit: Juska Wendland Ok, so I think that we all have to agree: the metaverse has arrived. For anyone who didn’t realize that Facebook has renamed themselves to “Meta”, the metaverse is going to be a big deal. If you enjoyed the book / movie “Ready Player One” you know what I’m talking about.

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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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The Wrong Measure Will Misdirect You

Tyner Blain

When deciding what to measure, we often choose metrics which sound good or metrics which are easy. These mistakes can make a product strategy incoherent, excessively expensive, and ineffective. How we talk about what we choose to do sets our teams up for success. Or failure. Unpacking Three Ideas There are two broad categories of measures – economic measures and proxies for economic measures.

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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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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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ONE THING on Mining for Conflict

Product Culture

Have you ever thought everyone was agreement, then had the plan fall apart when one person reverses course? Hidden misalignments can undermine any plan unless you find a way to bring them to light and deal with them. A few ways to spot hidden misalignment: Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up Subscribe to One Thing Weekly 5 2 2 Name * First Name Last Name Email * Our Privacy Policy * You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you recei

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Cracking the Code: How to Access Elusive B2B Users for Product Discovery

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

In this talk, I share how to build a discovery network and get access to a large pool of B2B customers to gather insights for your product.

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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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Beyond product-led growth: Diversifying strategies with Notion and Figma

Mind the Product

Why product-led growth might not always be the silver bullet for scaling and explores some alternative strategies using Notion and Figma as case studies. Read more » The post Beyond product-led growth: Diversifying strategies with Notion and Figma appeared first on Mind the Product.

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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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2024 Product Conference List

Product Talk

We are starting to pull together our list of 2024 product conferences. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of product conferences that are not on the list and you think they should be, please send an email to conferences@producttalk.org. We’ll also keep updating this list as we hear about more events. Are you looking for the 2023 Product Conferences list?

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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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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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Navigating financial planning in the AI era: Balancing accuracy and human-centric predictions

Mind the Product

Senior product manager Vijayalakshmi Gopalakrishna looks at the impact of artificial intelligence in a business' financial planning Read more » The post Navigating financial planning in the AI era: Balancing accuracy and human-centric predictions appeared first on Mind the Product.

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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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461: Customer use cases to guide product design – with Lilac Muller, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. She oversees product strategy, definition, and launch activities for Kymeta’s mobile satellite communications product line, which is making mobile broadband connectivity around the world ubiquitous.

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How Startups Should Think About Customer-led Development

Amplitude

Learn from a previously exited founder how you and your team can identify the most opportune times to build, launch, and re-design throughout your early-stage startup’s journey.

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Unlocking Success: Key Strategies for New Product Owners in Transformation

The Product Coalition

Understanding how key Product competencies spell the difference between dysfunction and consistent value delivery Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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Becoming a product-led organisation

Mind the Product

We dig into what it means to be product-led and why companies are embracing this change. How well is it working? Read more » The post Becoming a product-led organisation appeared first on Mind the Product.

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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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Willingness to Pay in SaaS: Definition, Calculation, Factors + More

Userpilot

What’s the willingness to pay? If you’re after the answer to the question, we’ve got you covered! We also look at: how to calculate willingness to pay factors that influence it how product managers can boost it Let’s get right to it! TL;DR Willingness to pay (WTP) is the maximum amount that customers are ready to pay for a product, while willingness to accept (WTA) is the minimum amount that would satisfy a seller.

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DIY Data Visualizations: Provide Unique Insights of Your Data with Reveal BI 

Reveal

Reveal Embedded Analytics We live in an era where data shapes decisions across industries. While data visualizations have become essential, not all standard visualizations cater to specialized reporting needs. Enter DIY Custom Visualizations, a transformative feature we’re thrilled to introduce on our platform. Dive in to discover its unmatched benefits and how you can craft unique reports effortlessly.

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Series: Navigating Transitions?—?From a Junior to a Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Navigating the product management ladder for over 8 years, from trainee to head of product, has given me a wealth of challenges and… Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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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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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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Marketing-Led Growth: How It Differs From Other Growth Strategies?

Userpilot

How is marketing-led growth different from product-led growth and sales-led growth? This is the main question we explore in the article. You will also learn how to choose the right growth strategy for your SaaS and how to leverage marketing-led growth to achieve your business goals. Let’s dive right in! TL;DR Marketing-led growth is a strategy that relies on marketing efforts to drive product growth and retain users.

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Why Manufacturers Should Prioritize Cyber Security Choosing SaaS

Gocious Blog

Manufacturing companies benefit from technological advances across their organizations. Technology simplifies tasks and task management from the factory floor to the design and development stages to company-wide correspondence. The prevalence of technology makes security one of their top concerns, and for good reason. Large manufacturing companies are a target for their intellectual property, sensitive customer and employee data, and money.

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6 Best Practices for Product Adoption in Financial Services, Media, and Retail

Amplitude

Unlock success in financial services, media, and retail with our expert best practices and real-life companies leading the way in digital product adoption.

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10 years Wiser: Lessons learned from scaling Wise by Nilan Peiris

Mind the Product

In the second keynote of the day at #mtpcon London 2023, Nilan Peiris, Chief Product Officer at Wise revisits some of the bold statements he’s made to Mind the Product audiences in the past and assesses whether they have held true as the company has grown. Read more » The post 10 years Wiser: Lessons learned from scaling Wise by Nilan Peiris appeared first on Mind the Product.

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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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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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Unlocking Focus with the Distraction Tracker

Nir Eyal

Think you’ll explode if you try one more ineffective productivity hack? Here’s what you need to know to actually hack back distraction: there are only three causes of any distraction: an internal trigger, an external trigger, or a planning problem. A distraction tracker is the only way to help you figure out which of those is causing you to get distracted so you can do something about it.

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Stop Fighting - Pick a Prioritization Method and Stick with It

Haines-Group

Is the process of prioritizing features and initiatives a battle or a pleasure? Don’t answer. I know… The Problem The prioritization process is usually based upon opinion, customer anecdotes, or the loudest voice in the room or, instead, upon “objective” criteria which flux according to opinion, customer anecdotes, and loud voices. The Solution When you establish a fixed methodology for prioritization with buy-in from all stakeholders, argumentation gives way to discussion and quantification.