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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

In the field of UX research, Systems Thinking can bring many benefits to strategic planning, allowing for a broader and more integrated view of the user ecosystem. Feedback loops: a system’s outputs affect its inputs, creating loops. Considering the broader social, cultural, and environmental context of product use.

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How Much Time Should You Spend in Product Discovery?

Product Talk

I get asked all the time, “How much time should we spend in discovery ?”. First, it assumes you do discovery first and then delivery second, which is not true. You need to do enough discovery to mitigate unacceptable risk. Now as a discovery coach , I would ask, “How could you have learned about feature B earlier in the process?”

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Product in Practice: Stepping Into Your First Product Leadership Role—What to Expect

Product Talk

Stepping into your first product leadership role is a major change. You may find yourself less involved in the day-to-day work of discovery and delivery and more focused on higher-level strategy. And it might feel a bit lonelier than when you were an active member of a product trio. You can submit your story here.

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UX Strategy: Step-By-Step Guide for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

According to Jamie Levy, the main tenets of a UX strategy are business strategy, value innovation, validated user research , and frictionless UX. Goals are the specific UX objectives the product aspires to achieve, for example, improving usability. A UX strategy is a plan that guides product design and development.

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Prioritizing Features; Three Questions About Product Management; SiriusDecisions 2015 Summit

Good Product Manager

One of the key responsibilities of a product manager is to decide what features and enhancements should be added to an offering. It’s fairly common for product managers to come up with their own spreadsheets or formulas to do this evaluation. Three Questions About Product Management. SiriusDecisions Summit 2015.

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Top Challenges for Product Management; Priorities for Product Management Leaders for 2015; Buyer Personas in Action

Good Product Manager

Top Challenges for Product Management. At SiriusDecisions, we’ve recently been conducting research into the top priorities of product management leaders. We’ll be sharing more results from the survey in the “Priorities for Product Management Leaders for 2015″ webcast.

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Your Guide to User Behavior Analytics (UBA) for SaaS

Userpilot

Read on to also find tools that can help you collect data, identify trends, and engage users to set your product growth on the right path. UEBA is a newer, more comprehensive rendition of UBA introduced by Gartner in their 2015 marketing guide. UI/UX optimization. UBA vs. UEBA: What is user and entity behavior analytics?