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Make Time for Ideation[Templates + AI Prompts]

UX Planet

Make Time for Ideation [Templates + AI Prompts] Why read this? Most products stumble after the research handoff. Teams rush the first obvious idea and spend weeks fixing it later. A two-hour structured ideation sprint can surface 20 or more options and reduce late-stage rework by 40%. Ideation is crucial for understanding problems deeply and generating creative solutions that truly address them.

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Focus on Product, Not Process: Why New PMs Need to Protect Their Role

The Product Guy

When stepping into a new product team, it’s easy to fall into the trap of proving yourself by owning everything , including responsibilities that shouldn’t fall on you. In this episode, David Clements reflects on the pressure to deliver quickly, the tension between product and project roles, and the subtle art of staying focused on what actually moves the product forward.

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The 8 Key Benefits of Product Portfolio Management Tools

The Product Manager

Take advantage of product portfolio management tools, find alignment for your team's goals, inform your feature prioritization, and streamline decision-making. The post The 8 Key Benefits of Product Portfolio Management Tools appeared first on The Product Manager.

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What Is Good Product Strategy?

Productside

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training What Is Good Product Strategy? Before Tom Evans even clicked to slide 2 of his recent webinar , the chat lit up with one universal pain: “My roadmap is packed, but nobody knows why we’re building any of it.” Sound familiar? That disconnect (between what ships and why it should matter) is the direct result of skipping the hard work of a good product strategy and rushing straight to feature sequencing.

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Airflow Best Practices for ETL/ELT Pipelines

Speaker: Kenten Danas, Senior Manager, Developer Relations

ETL and ELT are some of the most common data engineering use cases, but can come with challenges like scaling, connectivity to other systems, and dynamically adapting to changing data sources. Airflow is specifically designed for moving and transforming data in ETL/ELT pipelines, and new features in Airflow 3.0 like assets, backfills, and event-driven scheduling make orchestrating ETL/ELT pipelines easier than ever!

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Scalable Analytics: How to Build for Growth Without Breaking BI

Reveal

Reveal Embedded Analytics For SaaS companies, user growth should accelerate success, not burden your analytics infrastructure. Yet for many SaaS leaders, BI costs surge faster than customer acquisition, and legacy systems struggle to cope with growing data volumes and concurrent user demands. The result? Your analytics can’t keep pace with product momentum, turning scalable analytics into a distant goal.

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🎯 Be the Glue, Not the Gap Filler – Tip from Aniket Malvankar

The Product Guy

In this episode of How I PM, Aniket Malvankar, Head of Product (IoT) at Vantiva and Founder of Product Bricks, shares an important reminder for every product manager: support your team, but do not silently cover for broken systems. Product managers often jump into customer service, QA, or internal support. That flexibility is part of the job, but it should not become the default.

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Who Killed the Career Ladder

BrainMates

Who Killed The ‘Career Ladder’ And What This Means For How We Design Product Careers By Jana Paulech At a Glance Who Killed the Career Ladder? explores how outdated concepts of linear career progression no longer serve product professionals. It outlines the structural, generational, and technological shifts that have “killed” the traditional ladder and proposes a compelling alternative: growth pathways.

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EP88 Unite, Innovate, Elevate: Transform Product Strategy

The Product Coalition

Summary In this episode of the Product Coalition podcast, Jay Stansell interviews Andrea Saez, head of product marketing at Turtle and co-author of 'The Product Momentum Gap.

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Pawel Huryn’s Proven Templates for AI-Ready Product Discovery: Stop Collecting Useless Data

Usersnap

Too many product teams spend months or even millions training AI models that never deliver real value. Why? They never ask the right questions or discover the right data in the first place. This is exactly what happens when you skip structured AI data discovery. To help you avoid this trap, we teamed up with Paweł Huryn – trusted by nearly 200,000 product leaders and thousands of Product Compass subscribers to unpack his actionable AI Data Discovery Framework.

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Struggling to Scale Test Coverage Under Pressure?

When test coverage falls behind release velocity, quality suffers, and your team feels the consequences. This guide outlines when it makes sense to outsource quality assurance (QA), the risks to watch for, and how to scale testing without increasing headcount or slowing down engineering. You will learn how leading teams are leveraging external QA partners to expand coverage, enhance defect detection, and remain aligned with CI/CD timelines.

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Turning design into code: Figma Make vs Anima Playground

UX Planet

Pixel-perfect design and clean code are two sides of the same coin called great product design. It’s not enough to design a great page/screen; you also need to turn it into clean code. Just a couple of years ago, to do that, you had to work with front-end developers. Nowadays, AI tools can help you with that. Figma Make and Anima Playground are two popular AI tools that allow you to quickly turn your design into a tangible solution.

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Faster, but Not Smarter: How AI Is Creating a New Bottleneck in Product Thinking

The Product Guy

“We’re shipping faster, but I trust our decisions less.” That’s what one PM told me after their team rolled out AI across the product workflow. Their backlog was clearing. Tickets were closing. AI-generated ideas filled the roadmap. But no one was asking whether they should be building any of it. They were no longer short on speed, but they were starving for clarity.

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Layoffs. Tight Budgets. High Expectations. Now What?

Business of Software Conference

In today’s fast-moving business landscape, it’s a common scenario: you have the same ambitious goals and tight deadlines as before, but with fewer team members and tighter budgets than ever. Layoffs, budget cuts, and exhausted teams are a reality for many leaders, from CEOs to VPs of People. So, how do you achieve ambitious targets when resources are constrained?

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UX Research vs UX Design: Are You Solving the Right Problem?

The Product Manager

UX research is the process of studying user behaviors, needs, and motivations through observation and feedback methods like interviews and usability testing. UX design, on the other hand, turns those insights into practical, user-friendly interfaces using tools like wireframes and prototypes. Commonly mixed up, this article digs into the key differences between the two approaches and how they can help your team build stronger products.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Are Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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Understanding User Interviews: A Complete Guide for 2025

Centercode

AI-driven user testing, video insights, plus seamless app distribution and expert resources— discover Centercode 10x. Platform Scalable, Automated, Real-World User Testing Centercode is the leading platform to manage impactful in-the-wild user tests. Start for free , scale as your program grows. Platform Overview Managed Services Compare Plans What's New?

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ONE THING on Diplomacy with Language

Product Culture

Shuttle Diplomacy is when you have one-on-ones with key stakeholders to understand their priorities and perspectives. During these meetings, share a draft of your roadmap and invite their feedback. This helps avoid unpleasant surprises and grumpy stakeholders when the roadmap is unveiled. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up Each stakeholder has their own language, though, so you must “translate” your roadmap into terms your stakeholder understands.

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Why optimizing developer workflows is the easiest way to boost engineering velocity

Modus Create

Why optimizing developer workflows is the easiest way to boost engineering velocity By Matthew Smith Posted in Modernization , Operations Published on: July 28, 2025 Last update: July 28, 2025 If your developers are constantly switching tools, waiting on pull request approvals, or digging through scattered documentation, they’re not the problem. Your workflow is.

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How to Work out Your Customer Lifecycle Strategy? [+ Example & Tools]

Userpilot

What’s your biggest challenge with new user activation? A solid customer lifecycle strategy starts with a strong onboarding experience. Getting users to their “aha!” moment quickly. Guiding different user segments effectively. Understanding where new users get stuck. How do you currently drive feature adoption? Driving users to adopt key features is crucial for long-term retention.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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The Messy, Magical Work of Community Groups

Gainsight

I’ve seen a lot of community teams spin up groups with the best of intentions … and then watch them quietly fizzle out. And yet, groups are one of the most flexible, powerful, and under-leveraged tools for community-led growth. I get a LOT of the same questions from community builders trying to breathe life into a group or wondering why one fell flat.

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Persona Development: How to Create Impactful User Profiles

Centercode

AI-driven user testing, video insights, plus seamless app distribution and expert resources— discover Centercode 10x. Platform Scalable, Automated, Real-World User Testing Centercode is the leading platform to manage impactful in-the-wild user tests. Start for free , scale as your program grows. Platform Overview Managed Services Compare Plans What's New?

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Lightning Talks at BoS USA 2025 – Will You Be on Stage?

Business of Software Conference

At Business of Software Conferences, some of the most surprising, memorable, and actionable insights come from the Lightning Talks. These are short, sharp, 7-minute talks given by attendees on topics they care deeply about. No fluff. No long intros. Just insight, storytelling and impact. And yes: Lightning Talks are back for BoS USA 2025. Applications are now open.

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How Product Portfolio Management Software Solves 6 Common Frustrations

Gocious Blog

In industrial manufacturing, product and portfolio managers juggle constant complexities: global operations, shifting customer needs, resource constraints, and evolving roadmaps. Too often, these realities result in misaligned teams, unclear priorities, and frustration throughout the organization. Luckily, advanced product portfolio management technology addresses these complexities in one streamlined platform.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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Solving the EdTech Retention Crisis: A Playbook for Product-Led Engagement

Userpilot

What’s the biggest hurdle in your EdTech user onboarding? Low initial engagement from students or educators Users getting lost or stuck in the platform Onboarding isn’t personalized to different user roles Lack of visibility into where users drop off How do you currently encourage feature adoption post-onboarding? Primarily through email campaigns and newsletters Generic in-app pop-ups and announcements We hope users discover features on their own Contextual hints based on user behav

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What will UX Research look like in an AI future?

UX Planet

Will AI agents be facilitating user interviews? Think again, but now, without assuming the constraints of human UX Researchers. Our UX research practices were heavily shaped by the skills, schedules, and limitations of human researchers. What would research look like without those constraints? To understand that, we need to go back to the original problem that UXR is trying to solve.

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AI Agents Are Joining Your Product Team (Not Replacing It)

Centercode

AI-driven user testing, video insights, plus seamless app distribution and expert resources— discover Centercode 10x. Platform Scalable, Automated, Real-World User Testing Centercode is the leading platform to manage impactful in-the-wild user tests. Start for free , scale as your program grows. Platform Overview Managed Services Compare Plans What's New?

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ONE THING on Fist of Five

Product Culture

When you are trying to gain alignment between stakeholders, and you are unsure of how close you are, try using the Fist of Five technique. Ask each participant to hold up a number of fingers between zero (no confidence) and five (complete confidence). Then ask low scorers to articulate their doubts. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up Note that different office cultures have different norms for how much confidence they will display.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Modus Create achieves AWS Life Sciences Competency status

Modus Create

Modus Create achieves AWS Life Sciences Competency status By Modus Create Posted in News Published on: July 24, 2025 Last update: July 24, 2025 RESTON, Va. --( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Modus Create, a global digital consultancy specializing in product engineering, today announced it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Life Sciences Competency status. This designation recognizes Modus Create for its demonstrated expertise in delivering secure, cloud-native solutions that help pharmaceutical and life

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Solving the EdTech Retention Crisis: A Playbook for Product-Led Engagement

Userpilot

What’s the biggest hurdle in your EdTech user onboarding? Low initial engagement from students or educators Users getting lost or stuck in the platform Onboarding isn’t personalized to different user roles Lack of visibility into where users drop off How do you currently encourage feature adoption post-onboarding? Primarily through email campaigns and newsletters Generic in-app pop-ups and announcements We hope users discover features on their own Contextual hints based on user behav

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12 heuristics for content design

UX Planet

What they are, why they matter and how to evaluate them. Content designers follow best practices. Image by Kit Overview In this article I’ll cover the following: Introduction to design heuristics Critique of existing content heuristics Summary of new heuristics for content design Guide to each content heuristic — including why it matters, how to follow it, evaluation criteria, tips and resources Introduction to design heuristics Let’s start with a definition: what exactly are heuristics (in the