Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Therefore, focus on your actual job—making or keeping the product successful. Do not take on additional responsibilities like improving the development process, leading the dev team, making UX design decisions, or creating a marketing strategy. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work. Share the Work.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 13, 2019

If that’s the case for your product, then reduce the product backlog size by unbundling one or more features and releasing them as products in their own right, like Facebook did with Messenger in 2014. Attentively listen to requests and empathise with the individual.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2018

As Intercom’s customer base moved upmarket, it became increasingly obvious to us in Sales that what worked well in our product for early-stage startups didn’t for larger companies. To fix it, we had to change how we worked with our product team. Where does sales fit in at a company driven by product strategy?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 16, 2021

Since its establishment in 2014, the company has been delivering full-stack product development services for businesses globally. Besides app development, the company offers strategy, consulting, design, and product development services. Sidebench Another leading app development company for startups is Sidebench.

Analytic Tools 122

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2016

My first MVP had little resemblance with the finished product: I used my product strategy and roadmap workshop as the initial minimum viable product. This helped me better understand which strategy and roadmap-related challenges product managers commonly experience and which advice is helpful for them.

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Books Product Research Feedback Software Workshop 145

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In 2013/2014, the company began scaling rapidly and moved to India to accelerate its growth. is the umbrella organization for 5 successful enterprise products: BizTalk360, Document 360, Severless360, Atomic Scope, and Cerebrata, which the business acquired in 2019. Every product operates as an independent entity led by a product owner.

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Customer Experience User Friction Enterprise Document 87

Mind the Product

AUGUST 30, 2018

The Root Causes of Product Failure by Marty Cagan. 5 Psychological Principles of Persuasive Product Design by Nathalie Nahai. A Girl’s Guide to Product Management by Amanda Richardson. Building a Winning Product Strategy from the Kano Model by Jared Spool. Managing Conflict in Product by Rochelle King.

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Research Software User Testing Customer Experience Product Research 150

Roman Pichler

JUNE 14, 2016

Interestingly, features and components can become products in their own right. The messenger feature used to be part of the main Facebook app until it was unbundled in April 2014. Take the Facebook Messenger app for example.

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User Testing Customer Experience Product Research Agile 208

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Your Product is Already Obsolete – How to Survive by Des Traynor. 5 Psychological Principles of Persuasive Product Design by Nathalie Nahai. A Girl’s Guide to Product Management by Amanda Richardson. Building a Winning Product Strategy from the Kano Model by Jared Spool. Where do Great Products Come From?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The shift from developing a game to creating a productivity tool required a complete overhaul of their strategy, a deep understanding of a different user base, and a steadfast commitment to their new purpose. Their commitment to their purpose paid off; upon its launch in 2014, Slack was quickly embraced by teams around the globe.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 10, 2019

I remember when I wrote that blog post in 2014, Google Now had just been announced. I don’t know when Stripe was founded, but in 2014 they weren’t very mature. Google Now looks a lot like it did in 2014. Again, that’s something I would have thought in 2014 was happening imminently. But it exists now.

User Testing 143

User Testing Banking Customer Experience Technical Review 143

UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As one of the best digital design agencies, Basic offers an ample number of services, from strategy and brand experience to content and technology solutions. These design services include journey mapping, web design, content strategy , full-stack development, including CMS implementation, and technical consultation for complex projects.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

As a communication tool, use roadmaps to: Convert your strategy into a tangible product, taking an essential yet abstract concept and giving it form. If you’ve spent time on your product strategy, this should come from the user-centered value story. The primary function of roadmaps lies in facilitating communication.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 25, 2023

After all, if you can leverage your product to drive your organization’s growth, there’s no need to rely on an army of marketing and salespeople. Recently, he co-wrote the e-book Mastering Product-Led Growth , where he wrote about tactics for delivering personalized product experiences.

Analytic Tools 118

Analytic Tools Customer Experience B2B User Testing 118

Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

no longer aligns with company strategy and direction example: Dropbox’s 2014 foray into photo sharing, through their Carousel product. Our company strategy was moving toward smaller gatherings with lower ticket prices. ” Keya Patel – OIR at Reforge, Ex-Director of Product Growth at Headspace.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2017

You should, of course, do the opposite: retire products that are no longer sufficiently beneficial. The product was rightly discontinued in 2014 after it had experienced a continued decline in sales. Take the iPod Classic, Apple’s original and iconic MP3 player. Clinging to Question Marks.

Customer Experience 167

Customer Experience Data Visualization Branding Development 167

Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For example, a mobile product manager will want to grow Android daily active users whereas a platform product manager will want to grow the platform reliability KPIs and have a positive impact on growth. I’ve learned that the essence of a successful growth strategy is that it does not leave any part of the organisation behind.

User Testing 112

User Testing Customer Experience Onboarding KPIs Branding 112

Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

Why Product Features Matter Product strategy, features and the value chain What outcomes are you trying to achieve? How does what we’re building align with the wider strategy of the business? At the time, back in 2014, this was so much easier than having to navigate around using Google Maps.

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Feedback Software Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback 52

Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

While it’s a simple question, it can help illuminate how set (or open) the high-level roadmap is, give insight into a company’s unique take, and illuminate the clarity of thought (or lack thereof) in a product strategy. What is the most contentious feature the product team currently debates building?

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User Testing Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience 120

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Before SoundCloud, Nicholas led product innovation at Lab1886/DaimlerX – the newly created Daimler Innovation Lab – as Chief Product Officer, drawing on his experience in product strategy, innovation management, big data, analytics and location intelligence to renew and expand Daimler’s product portfolio.

Analytic Tools 106

Analytic Tools Research Software Data Visualization Government 106

bpma ProductHub

APRIL 30, 2017

Christine Riordan in her 2014 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “Diversity Is Useless Without Inclusion” illustrates the importance of making the workplace more inclusive for all to achieve a diverse workforce. Cute puns aside, there is truth to these issues even today.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For example, merely 4 percent of sectors in the United States were declared as jumping in 2014, compared with an average of around 18 percent in the last two decades. The distinct lack of jumping sector is consistent with an environment where digitization and its paybacks for productivity are happening slowly and unevenly. Final words?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 10, 2018

The Trends and Benchmarks in Product Management Report states that most PMs are only 3–5 years in their present positions even if they have around 10–20 years work experience. But some of these tasks could be taken on by other roles such as marketing, project manager, business analyst, technical product manager, etc?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

What started as a series of interviews by co-founder Des Traynor soon bloomed into hundreds of episodes where we explore how businesses are driving growth through customer relationships and how to build successful products at scale. On today’s show, we’re going to hear a little bit from each of them. Here’s Rachel.

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Download Feedback Software Data Visualization Customer Experience 215

Mind the Product

APRIL 18, 2017

Josh led Greylock’s investment in SmartThings (acquired by Samsung in 2014) and Jelly (acquired by Pinterest in 2017). Most recently Jeff co-founded Neo Innovation (sold to Pivotal Labs) in New York City and helped build it into one of the most recognized brands in modern product strategy, development and design.

Research Software 75

Research Software User Testing Customer Experience Workshop 75

Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

Creating a sub-brand also meant that if the product never took off, it could be quietly discontinued without harming the parent brand. 2014 – Testing and Growing the Team. We were growing, able to show user need and demonstrate the product’s potential, so the board agreed to further investment. The Yimby homepage, 2013.

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User Testing Weak Development Team Onboarding KPIs Customer Experience 111

The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

When I first joined Apple Maps in November 2014, I was handed the feature list for the year. Prioritization: better than business metrics My favorite framework for prioritization involves rating features against their ability to impact weighted goals that relate to product strategy. Why are we doing feature [feature name]?”

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Tyner Blain

JANUARY 8, 2017

When it comes to developing a product strategy – or even making decisions about how best to create a product, one of these assumptions is likely to be what causes us to fail. Every strategy, every product idea, every design approach, and every planned implementation is built upon a pile of assumptions.

User Testing 40

User Testing Weak Development Team Product Research Workshop 40

Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Talks from BoS USA 2014. Des Traynor: Product Strategy is About Saying “No” Revisited. Talks from BoS EU 2014. Dharmesh Shah: Strategies for Building Great Companies. Noah Kagan: Rogue marketing strategies. Jack Lang: Changing the Way we do Software with Open Source Hardware.

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Weak Development Team Data Visualization Customer Feedback User Testing 70

Revulytics

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Organized by The Product Collective founded in 2014, INDUSTRY brings together product managers to build a community - especially outside of Silicon Valley. A good mix of 2-3 conferences every year can take you in new directions, inspire a new product strategy or introduce you to awe-inspiring mentors.

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Analytic Tools CTO Coach Research Software Technical Review 76

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Curriculum Includes: A solid foundation in Lean/Agile principles including forecasting work, program increment planning, and execution strategies. The ability to tell a compelling product story. Product School's Product Management Certification Founded in 2014, Product School boasts a community of 1 million+.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 9, 2021

Once the product is released, we help you set up measuring systems, monitor the performance of your product, and work on the next steps and new strategies together. SUS is a group of professionals specialising in product and UX strategy, digital product design, and design enablement.

Research Software 52

Research Software UX User Testing Product Research 52

ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

According to Lynch, by 2014, the product team was getting increasingly frustrated with its inability to get time with the CTO for feedback and approvals on decisions. At this point, another product manager at Dropbox, Anand Subramani suggested a basic framework for reviews during each stage of a project.

Software Review 69

Software Review CTO Feedback Software User Testing 69

Gainsight

JULY 7, 2021

They became an extension of our team and helped us develop a clear hybrid strategy. Likewise, the veterans on the team helped execute the strategy and hybrid vision at unparalleled speed. Surround Yourself with Great Events People. The people are the most important piece of the whole puzzle.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 2, 2019

This allows you to find out how you have to evolve your practices to succeed with the distributed setup, including collaborative product strategy review and product backlog refinement sessions held via videoconferences. 8 Consider Unbundling Features and Creating Product Variants. Growth is a funny thing.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I spent about six years there – mostly running YouTube products. Then I left Google in 2014 to start Coda. Tell me, though, what’s the underlying product strategy at play here? I worked on Office, then Windows, then SQL Server. Then I moved back to the Bay Area and joined Google. Matt: Incredibly impressive.

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Feedback Software Reporting Tools User Testing Data Visualization 171

Business of Software Conference

JUNE 19, 2020

And in the 2014 version there was only like 400 companies on it. But the basic point here is that software is just you know exploding because it’s easier and easier quote unquote to build a product hard to build a great product still. This is about the 5000 different companies that literally are here to help you grow.

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