Centercode

JUNE 27, 2025

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. This guide has all the answers.

User Testing

Centercode

JULY 30, 2025

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. This guide has all the answers.

Feedback Software

UX Planet

JULY 17, 2025

Photo by Charles DeLoye on Unsplash In 2022, I graduated from a University with a Bachelor of Science in User Experience Design. In my first year at University, I learned a ton about usability, theory, and how to write and conduct user testing/interviews. I was only 18 at the time, what did I know? Did I Learn a Lot?

UX

The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

User stories are an important part of product development, which means they’re something that any product manager worth their salt needs to master! User stories might be confused with user personas , as user personas are more commonly known across a variety of disciplines, but they are in fact very different things.

User Testing

ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Learning on the job or via a professional mentorship offers the chance to grow and gain valuable experience. There is one learning opportunity that signifies the mastering of a topic (and enhances your LinkedIn profile): Product management certifications. But how do you know which ones are worth your time and money?

Certifications

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The ideas of Agile are great. It’s the way it has been codified into rituals and certifications, and rolled out mindlessly that misses the point. Ask yourself, when was the last time that your first idea was your best idea? Agile is related to Lean. It’s also about scaling and evolving solutions over time.

Agile

Melissa Perri

JUNE 29, 2017

It’s an interesting question and one that takes time to unpack. The first time I heard the term, I asked someone what it meant. That was until I had my first experience teaching Product Management at a company using the SAFe framework. You are teaching us to talk to users, but I am a Product Owner.

Product Management

Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Scrum is a frequently used approach for software projects and many other types of projects that would benefit from agility, including physical products. I’ve been developing software forever, and for a long time I made my living working with people who didn’t understand technology very well but understood business.

Feedback Software

Mind the Product

AUGUST 14, 2018

After all, we’re a sizeable professional community and having a product management certification or licence in place would ensure that all product managers comply with the same standards. The Case For Licensing and Certification. This can be outlined further in the right level of product management certification.

Customer Experience

Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 18, 2022

His experiences have helped him integrate the advantages of large organizations, like Intel, with the scrappiness and agility of startups, and we get to benefit from the insights he’ll share with us. Intel lets our employees have free time to work on their ideas. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:38]

Startups

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 7,500 times. ??

Product Research

The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2022

I’ve also witnessed several agile consultancies starting to adopt more product discovery work and seek out, what I would call, more product orientated Agile Coaches, those with a product management background over a project or IT development one. But ‘times-are-changin’. PwC job ad from Linkedin?—?looking

Product Research

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

At the close of 2020, when we’re on the brink of entering a new decade, we thought it’d be a good time for a little history lesson. With more people entering the Product landscape than ever, now is a good time to help the newbies understand where Product Management came from, and how far the industry has come. Sound familiar?

Reporting Tools

Userpilot

JULY 25, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to the field, understanding the nuances of customer experience managers is essential for success. TL;DR A customer experience (CX) manager is a professional responsible for improving interactions between a company and its customer base across different touch points.

Customer Experience

Modus Create

JULY 21, 2020

Agile at Scale, or Scaled Agile, is all the rage! When and who should implement Scaled Agile? Scaled Agile is a way for organizations with many teams to plan, coordinate, and track work on large initiatives. In this blog post, we’ll review why, when, and how organizations should consider adopting Scaled Agile.

Agile

Userpilot

JULY 20, 2024

Embarking on a career as an experience strategist involves a combination of education, skills development, and practical experience. This guide will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the path to becoming a successful experience strategist. Experience strategists can utilize a range of tools to enhance their work.

Data Visualization

The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

How times have changed. Customers are much, much , harder to please than they used to be! Customers don’t just want their needs to be met, they want to be delighted. this is a version of your product that you first launch to your customers. Stay Lean and Agile Don’t forget about the M in MLP. Probably not.

Product Research

The Product Coalition

JUNE 2, 2020

Remote Agile Event Planning?—?a a Cheat Sheet Imagine, you are supposed to facilitate a remote user-story mapping with 26 people from all over our organization. You may ask yourself: How am I planning for this given that participants likely have different levels of experience, and everyone needs to be included fully in the discussion?

Agile

Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2019

He has over 18 years of experience in managing the lifecycle of IoT products across several industries. The traditional challenges like listening to customers do not go away. You have to deal with all of them at the same time. This is important because the users are different at each stage. IoT podcast. Innovation Quote.

Product Management

Product Innovation Educators

MAY 23, 2016

When you’re creating products, really great products that delight and sell, it’s a herculean effort. Behind that effort in most companies are the product teams, but they’re often the unsung heroes. Most have 10+ years of experience. 42% have a graduate degree and 71% hold at least one professional certification.

Product Research

Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Most of them are familiar with Agile theory and terminology. They attend product meetups regularly, perhaps they have even taken a course or certification. The very best are no different, but they do know how to play failure to their advantage; they embrace risk over time, to develop a deeper understanding of their product.

Data Visualization

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need? Start with the Team.

User Testing

Modus Create

JULY 23, 2019

In this part of our series, we cover how to tackle the ACP-600 exam for the Project Administration in Jira Server (ACP-JPA) certification. This is part of the How to Prepare for Atlassian Certification blog series. The ACP-600 is the certification exam for the Project Administration in Jira Server. Check out Part 1.

Certifications

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

At Intercom, we think deeply about how to deliver the safest, most secure experience possible for our customers and their customers. . As a SaaS business, Intercom is a data processor: our customers entrust us with their data, which we store and process on their behalf. Intercom is no exception.

Data Visualization

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? Christopher Meyer published Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed in 1993. I wrote about Agility in Name Only.

User Testing

BrainStation Product Management

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A product management certificate is worth it, and many Product Managers (or aspiring Product Managers) are enrolling in certification programs. Let’s take a closer look at why a product management certification is worth your time. Certification Courses Provide Hands-on Experience. Ready to get started?

Certifications

The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

They help you to find your product-market fit , get stakeholder and user feedback, and start building buzz around your upcoming launch. While in theory MVPs and prototypes seem like the same thing, and both are part of agile product development, there are a few key differences. billion vouchers to almost 50 million annual active users.

User Testing

Amplitude

MARCH 16, 2020

When I received my CSPO certificate back in 2012, I was sure that I knew everything about building great digital products. All I had to do was to make sure that my user stories contained enough detail and followed the template. I was able to recite the Agile Manifesto on demand. It’s all I cared about.

Product Research

The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2021

How do you stay user-focused? Tell us about a time you used data to influence an important stakeholder. Tell us about a time you faced failure and how you bounced back. How do you stay user-focused? Why they’re asking: Most companies, especially product-led companies, pride themselves on being customer-obsessed.

Weak Development Team

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And you might even have heard of their innovative framework for organising teams and scaling products in agile. Even if you’re not building a music streaming platform, the model presents a new way of empowering self-organizing teams and building a product loved by millions of users. What Is the Spotify Model?

User Testing

Centercode

JANUARY 16, 2020

5G, AI, self-driving cars — in no time at all, we’ll be looking back and saying, “Oh, those old things?” As professionals from all walks of product development lean into agile practices, they’re developing new skills to stay, well…agile. Master: Customer Validation Certification.

User Testing

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

In volatile times like these, it’s no surprise that PM jobs are growing fast. There’s no set skillset or formal certification for PMs like there is for Project Management (PMP). Lot’s of programs exist to help you upskill quickly, and with growing competition, certification (coupled with experience!) So how do you decide?

Certifications

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. Then, in Part 2, I suggested you mine your experience to move to a line job, so your value is obvious. That's the first step to turning your experience into a line position. Functional skills are not nearly enough.

Weak Development Team