Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

 Unlike core Engineering, which (should have) invested in code reviews and automated test harnesses and code coverage and nightly regression runs, Overflow Teams usually skip repeatable/automated testing in favor of once-through manual smoke tests and one-time customer acceptance.  We’ve gotten out of our own way.

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UX Studio: Product Management

MAY 13, 2024

Our experiences range from large tech firms to startups, each partnership has carried unique challenges and experiences. The Product Needs Niche Expertise There are times when you need specialists for particular tasks or projects that may not need hiring a full-time internal employee.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. Avoid writing tasks or steps while defining strategy.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I recently led a workshop for an organic tech farm startup that wanted to set its foot online for selling organic food to B2B customers. I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. Precisely, gaps in the whole offer also direct about the build, buy, partner strategy.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either. He is a few years out of school and interested in getting into product. He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. He’s become passionate about technology and wants to make a career switch. Get a reference.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 19, 2020

Also crucial is the ability to gain mindshare when trends and new technologies are still in nascent stages. So at some point in every product manager’s job , it’s likely to be a challenge that must be met to be successful. What does a Good Strategy Look Like? Companies don’t start with a product strategy.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 17, 2020

Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, messaging product announcements internally and externally, and myriad other activities, the list of “to-do’s” for mobile product managers may seem endless, and the job is ever-changing.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Eighteen months ago travel tech company Almundo started to refine its processes to become a product-driven company. Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. What aligned roadmaps and OKRs together was the product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

We’ve taken all these findings onboard and put together this comprehensive product strategy checklist for you to follow. Simply follow the below steps and tick them off in turn to deliver the best mobile app product you can. You’ll use this as a reference point when it comes to identifying priorities and managing risk later on.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

All product managers share a base, common skillset, which includes problem-solving, strategic thinking, and empathy for others. The different specialization categories: core product manager, growth product manager, technical product manager, platform product manager, and innovation product manager.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2021

Finally, it decelerates toward the end of the product’s lifecycle where the late majority and laggards are. The five stages of the Product Adoption Curve. The five stages of the Product Adoption Curve are: The Innovators. The Product Adoption Curve with the chasm. He loves trying new technology for the sake of it.

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ProductPlan

JULY 13, 2023

7 Product Management Lessons From Real Product Managers Regardless, as is true in other disciplines, product management has a way of delivering lessons that leave an indelible mark on young product managers, scars that turn a newbie into a veteran. Here’s a quick tour of my own hard-fought lessons learned.

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Userpilot

MAY 20, 2024

Let’s explore the customer sentiment score, how to measure it with user feedback , and what strategies you can execute to elevate the customer experience. TL;DR Customer sentiment refers to customers’ emotions and attitudes towards your brand, providing insights into their satisfaction levels.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Inspired by Marty Cagan contains a little about everything in product management and is based on how the most successful tech companies in the world build products.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 2, 2019

One company I worked with, for example, assigned developers who had worked on enterprise systems using an ancient programming language to develop a brand-new, embedded product with the latest technologies. No wonder that the individuals struggled and the product suffered. 2 Don’t Scale Prematurely. 3 Build an MVP.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Nevertheless, like every other role in tech, you'll have to ace the software engineering interview before you can get your foot in the door. To help you prepare, we've talked to many SWE candidates, current software engineers at the top tech companies, and technical managers for an inside, comprehensive look into the SWE interview.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here’s a generic template to get you started: Identifying UX User Personas for Enterprise Applications Special considerations for enterprise UX personas are crucial due to the unique context and demands of the business environment. This can range from onboarding new software to ongoing technical support.

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Userpilot

JUNE 30, 2022

Because retaining poor customer fit is expensive and can lead to a product death cycle, degrade your value proposition, and prevent customer success. There are six types of customer fit according to Lincoln Murphy, which include: technical fit, functional fit, resource fit, competence fit, experience fit, and cultural fit.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 24, 2021

Narrowing Down the Battlefield Figure 1 shows the ‘Technology Adoption Life Cycle’ for discontinuous innovations. Innovators have to build first reference customers in the mainstream market to prove having a promising business model and a compelling offering. Harvard Business Review, January, 1980. (2) of Anything.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

Alternatives could be non-smart phones (think Nokia), or some new wearable technology that is built into watches, clothing, or something else. If I were an investor, that realization would immediately make me hit the STOP button on investing in this technology, unless it can be addressed in some other way, or a differnent opportunity exists.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Our UX experts often travel to meet the client, work right on the spot, and become a true extension of the client’s product team. . Due to the recent global restrictions, we have developed a framework for effective remote collaboration, enabling us to work with clients from various time zones. Wandr Studio.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

SaaS product management refers to software-as-a-service and is cloud-based software that is accessible from any device with an internet connection and web browser. One of the factors that drive the success of SaaS product management is how aligned the product team is with the customer success team.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See  Clients own the IP and provide much of the technical direction.   A glance at a tech company’s website immediately tells me which kind they are.  

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Increase Your Referent Power. To boost your referent power, I recommend focussing on one virtue at a time and practicing it repeatedly—without expecting too much too quickly. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. It’s great to know your product and market.

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Gainsight

MAY 13, 2020

Interestingly, when you are a leader in a particular space, like Gainsight is in Customer Success technology, the right path consists of multiple important pillars, all connected and working together. Unveiling the Gainsight Horizon Experience is the key representation of this new pillar of product strategy for Gainsight. .

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

‘Yesterday, I was surprised,’ he said through an interpreter, referring to his loss in Game One. It is our job to create computing technology such that nobody has to program. Here’s the day-to-day product-shaping work of a PM, and how I believe AI will impact it: 1. ‘But today I am speechless.’

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 14, 2018

If the data shows a largely flat performance over the last few months, then the product is likely to be mature. Ideally, you should continuously track the product performance and regularly review the product strategy—at least once per quarter as a rule of thumb.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: You can’t balance short-term and long-term investments without considering the existing product strategy. If the product isn’t in good shape, R&D needs to prioritize getting it up to speed before focusing on the next thing. Hello Paul. Paul Adams: Hi, Des.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. Online reviews to understand attributes that customers value most, such as specific features, ease of use, customer support, pricing, and so on. How to monitor online reviews?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To avoid product failure, don’t launch without achieving product-market fit first. Good product positioning helps achieve customer fit and avoid customer dissatisfaction. Make sure your MVP is technically sound enough to do the intended job. Product failure is often attributed to poor UI/UX. Slack’s public roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

How can the product lead help? Ask to review and challenge the opportunities the team is considering. So a vital responsibility of the head of product is being that guardian of quality, signaling, and challenging when a KR has room for improvement. This post is based on my new book Product Direction.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For this reason, it is wise to bring these stakeholders into the product planning and design process as early as possible, not just because the turnaround time on legal reviews by these teams can introduce unexpected delays. A basic understanding of the regulations impacting a product can prevent re-work and delays.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

In these cases, my observation is that the true failing was in the definition and communication of the strategy rather than than a cultural inability to execute. Through these failures, I’ve come up with a framework for defining, layering, and communicating an effective product strategy that can close the gap between strategy and execution.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Review design. Review sprint work in retro. There are a lot of resources online that can guide you through the process of creating this, but the most important thing at this point is to have it documented such that you and your team can reference often. Write spec. Create ticket. Run stand-up. Point your tickets. Write code.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Regularly update this map to reflect the changing dynamics and keep it where you can quickly refer to it. It’s about aligning feedback with your product goals and the company’s vision A simple framework you can use: Impact vs. Lastly, could you tailor your approach based on each stakeholder group?

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