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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. What is Systems Thinking? Interrelationship: all parts affect each other within a system.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Sustainability Spans The Entire Lifecycle Whether you are already a champion of green computing or are just beginning to grasp its significance due to the evolving client and regulatory landscapes, understanding and actively reducing the carbon footprint of our software creations is not just important — it’s imperative.

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The Only Leading Metric to Measure Product-Market Fit and How to Use It

The Product Coalition

A lot of startups think they have PMF and try to enter the growth phase prematurely — usually due in part due to VC pressure to grow or simply not having a way to measure and validate how strong your PMF is — which can be disastrous. but nothing around how to measure it. You need to keep earning it and making it stronger.

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Pirate Metrics For Product-Led SaaS-How Does The AARRR Framework Look Like In SaaS

Userpilot

Invented in 2007 by Dave McClure, pirate metrics is a framework that is still used by businesses to measure and optimize customer interaction across their lifecycle. Pirate metrics put simply, is a system for grouping and tracking metrics across different stages of the user journey : acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue.

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How to Use Incremental Innovation to Build and Grow SaaS Products

Userpilot

In-app surveys , usability and prototype testing , or user interviews and focus groups can help you understand your customers’ requirements. Riskiest Assumption Testing (RAT) and Fake Door Testing are good ways of validating ideas before you commit to developing them. Test assumptions before building.

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Design Sprints by Jake Knapp

Mind the Product

Unfortunately, their strategy was not translated to the marketing of the product and it totally underrepresented the advances they had made – due to a lack of communication between the design, development and marketing teams. At Google in 2007, the same thing was happening. Test with users. In Summary. Sketch solutions.

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Technology Gets Old One Day at a Time: Broken Blog Feeds and What You Missed

Johanna Rothman

In 2006 or 2007, a little too late, I moved to WordPress. Not because I didn't have comments, but because at the time , we needed a separate commenting system. The person I hired could not export the comments from the other system and integrate them into WordPress. Possible Test for Splitting Stories and Valuable Minimums.