The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash Market research and user experience research (UXR) are often confused as being the same thing, but they are actually distinct fields with their own goals and methods. To choose the appropriate research method for the business, it’s important to clarify the problem we are trying to solve.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2017

Nevertheless, the product owner is often regarded as a tactical role focused on managing the product backlog, detailing requirements, and interacting with the development team. The confusion stems—at least partly—from the fact that Scrum is a simple framework focused on helping teams develop software.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Inefficient Decision-Making : Slow or unclear decision-making processes due to a lack of defined authority, product leadership skills, or excessive bureaucracy hinder progress and agility. Insufficient Customer Feedback Loops : Lack of regular and structured mechanisms to gather and incorporate customer feedback into product development.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 10, 2019

How product managers should combine flexibility and rigor in an agile stage-gate process. Just about every organization I have worked with this year wants more agility in their product management processes. They want to get new products to market faster and release enhanced versions in less time.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

That is what our guest did to investigate what people think about marketing and how it fits into the work product managers do. Our guest is Jill Soley, a Silicon Valley strategic product and marketing executive. 0:38] What was your experience developing Adobe Creative Cloud? Resource number one is market research.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

In a fastmoving digital economy, many organizations leverage outsourced software product development to accelerate innovation, control costs, and tap into global expertise. Rather than building and maintaining a large inhouse team, businesses partner with specialized vendors to handle design, development, testing, and deployment.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Product discovery describes the activities required to determine if and why a product should be developed and offered. For example, generate revenue or meet a profit margin, reduce cost, or develop the brand? In the picture above, product discovery precedes product development. What is Product Discovery?

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Melissa Perri

JUNE 29, 2017

I was tasked with gathering the requirements from sales, coming up with a solution, designing it, and then shipping the specification document to development to be built. Scrum came on the scene just before the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001. They’re entire identity seemingly hinged on having a team of developers.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

As a consequence of this, the mobile app development industry is on the rise now. Probably, you look for a research-based recommendation of a reliable app development service provider too. Fireart Studio Fireart Studio is a boutique design and software development company with a headquarter in Warsaw, Poland.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Level three, finally, allows product people and teams to develop the product strategy including the value proposition and business goals. Level 1: Product Delivery If your job is to decide how features are implemented and if you work with one or two development teams to deliver them, then you are at level one.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The product development process is part art, part science, and all important to the success of your SaaS. In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e. What is product development?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

To answer this, let’s explore: What a market development strategy is. Common methods companies use to enter new markets. Real-life SaaS examples of successful market development attempts. A step-by-step process to build a viable market development strategy. What is a market development strategy?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Senior Product Manager @ BAM.ai (New York) Keywords: agile, data science, lean, roadmap, strategy [link]. Product Specialist @ Research Now (Plano, TX.) Keywords: Client Consulting , Online Business , Product Development [link].

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

The majority of such apps have undergone iterative and incremental development to enhance and improve their features. Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. It is a methodology that is followed by a majority of software development companies today. But it is not the only game in town.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Stefan Röse breaks down how Quantilope is pushing forward customer development and the consumer research field. Perhaps that’s why some research experts say, “Data is the new currency.” They work with major companies like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé, who want to anticipate consumer trends to shape their product development.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 5, 2017

Agile development methodologies. Market research. There are lots of ways to find market problems or customer desires, and I have several earlier posts that cover some of these techniques. The first box in the Secret Product Management Framework. Design, both visual and technical. Product manager =? Product Owner.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Managers and product managers are often frustrated by the apparent lack of care the development team is showing for the needs of the business. It’s tempting to think that the developers?—?engineers, Departmental goals and incentives further push developers towards building robust, scalable, elegant software. Development ?

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

A person who lacks experience leading agile development or working in fast-paced, iterative environments. Your decisions will be backed by data-driven insights, leveraging A/B testing and user research to optimize the engagement loops and retention strategies that keep users inspired and returning again and again.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2024

From Nonprofit Leadership to Product Management Mary Baird spent a decade in various nonprofit leadership roles, handling a wide range of responsibilities, from donor development and resource management to program management and even website design. This diverse experience, she found, was not unlike working in a product environment.

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

Whereas many organizations have deep and meaningful expertise doing large-scale market research, their findings are hitting critical limitations. As someone who did market research for a decade, the last half while at Toyota, I saw this first-hand. It’s not a rigorous practice by any means.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

He is also the co-founder of Product Culture—one of his customers said about Bruce, “Coach, trusted advisor, organizational therapist—like me, you’ll probably hire Bruce because of his experience in product management or his skills as an Agile coach.” ” What a great quote. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers.

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ProductPlan

MAY 22, 2024

For product teams, having a well-defined and researched problem statement can be crucial to the success of their product development. The potential impact of your solution is a source of motivation and inspiration throughout your product development journey. Suppose you are working on a project to develop a new mobile game.

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Toby Martin is VP, Development and Strategy at Extensis , a developer of software and services for creative professionals and B2B workgroups. As we shifted towards agile methodologies, we required a more quantitative way to echo the customer’s voice in development. Can you offer any insights for them?

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 23, 2016

With 75% of their time on tactical activities, 25% is spent on strategic activities – creating business plans, conducting market research identifying potential future partners, and the like. Businesses need to be agile and the use of Agile methodologies is not just for development. Listen Now to the Interview.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Is it worth developing an Instagram-like app? A global market study by DataReportal found that 4.7 What steps do you need to take to develop an Instagram-like app? Why develop an Instagram-like app? Given these impressive statistics, developing an Instagram-like app seems a failure at the very beginning.

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Userpilot

JULY 16, 2024

TL;DR Technical product management combines business acumen with technical expertise to drive the development of products. A traditional product manager prioritizes understanding customer needs and market trends. Technical product manager responsibilities include: Conduct user and market research to understand user pain points.

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DISQO

MAY 6, 2020

So CEO Jeff Dailey convened a group of superstars from within Farmers to operate independently, to develop products and services tailored for modern consumers, and to do so without disrupting the core Farmers system, processes, products or distribution model. All it did was confirm what we saw in our Alpha testing,” LaRoche says.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Marty Cagan’s book, TRANSFORMED , provides strategies and real-world examples for shifting to an agile, innovative product operating model. A product strategy : A high-level plan with a clear vision, data-driven decisions, adaptability, and goal alignment to guide product development. Marty Cagan’s latest book: Transformed.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 9, 2018

I find it helpful to form a product discovery team that consists of: Development team members: user experience (UX) designer, developer, tester; Key stakeholders , for example, people from marketing, sales, and support; A ScrumMaster or agile coach. The UX designer, developer, tester should work on the development team.

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Userpilot

MAY 29, 2024

The product design process extends beyond the product designer's role, often requiring cross-functional collaboration among product designers , visual designers, UX designers, researchers, industrial design specialists, marketers, and engineers. Conduct user research to understand your target audience. User empathy map.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Extensive market research is essential to assess the competitive landscape, identify opportunities, and shape the product vision. Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles. Want to learn how Userpilot can help you develop your PM skills? Book the demo!

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ProductPlan

JUNE 8, 2021

Market research—Reveals how others tell their stories and perceive the audience. Customer feedback—A door into what’s happening and the trends and evolution in the market. Market research—Helpful, but determine upfront how much you need to know to be confident to move forward to avoid analysis paralysis.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Minimum Viable Product allows you to collect user feedback at the early stages of development and facilitates validated learning. MVP reduces the time to market and allows a quicker release of the product. MVP is a great risk reduction tool: it allows products or features to fail fast without investing in their development.

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

Product managers monitor and control the product lifecycle while ensuring there is the right corporate environment for its development. The product development process is one aspect of the product management process. Product Development is when most of the code is written and tested. 6: Product development. #7:

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2024

The product management world sometimes uses the terms product design/development interchangeably. This ultimate guide will walk you through the key differences between product design and product development. To bridge the gap between product design and development using our no-code platform, get your free Userpilot demo today!

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