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From Sketchpad to Strategy: Design Alchemy in Product Management

UX Planet

When I transitioned into Product Management for the same project, I found that the strategic vision crafted during the design phase served as a guiding framework for decision-making. It included considerations for user onboarding, continuous improvement cycles, and feature updates aligned with user feedback.

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Building an Efficient Release Management Process

Split

Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development. Organizations that prioritize release orchestration and automation set themselves up for meeting stakeholder needs with every product launch.

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Overengineering 101: What Is It and How Can Product Managers Avoid It?

Userpilot

Use opportunity solutions trees to align the problems you try to solve with product goals. Pick the right prioritization framework and make data-driven prioritization decisions to manage the roadmap. Let’s look at some of the more serious consequences of excessive engineering that can plague your product far into the future.

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How to Become a SaaS Product Manager Without Experience

The Product HQ

The multifaceted nature of product development forces product managers to familiarize themselves with each phase as well as the best management practices for each one. Step 2: Become a Certified Technical Product Manager Obtaining a certificate in product management is not enough to become a SaaS product manager.

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How Does Iterative Testing Help Build Better Products [+Test Examples]

Userpilot

The aim is to measure and improve user satisfactio n by focusing on product learnability, efficiency, and memorability. Iterative testing is used a lot for usability testing as it helps teams improve the product UX quickly before the product launch. Why is conducting iterative testing vital for product managers?

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Product Development Process: The Seven Stages Explained

Userpilot

You need a range of disciplines to bring a new product to life: Product development team: Your software engineers play an important role. They'll choose the development framework you use, conduct software development activities (i.e. integrating with sales and marketing integrations).

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Sink or Swim: What can we Learn from the Vasa?

Mind the Product

Of course such things are common on any failure to launch a product as well. Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. And so, the product launched, and promptly sank. So what did go wrong? The Engineering Process. Let’s look at the engineering process.