ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

These exercises build consensus around strategic imperatives. Companies must react to changes in market dynamics, technology, and customer needs. Too much unpredictability can confuse the market—and your sales and marketing teams—while making it hard to create and stick to budgets or plans regarding staffing.

Customer Experience 52

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. The tool was initially used in Agile software delivery to set key business objectives and plan how to achieve them. What is impact mapping in agile?

Onboarding KPIs 98

Onboarding KPIs Customer Experience Product Research User Testing 98

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Product planning focuses on product development while the go-to-market (GTM) planning concentrates on facilitating marketing and sales. Product planning improves the alignment of teams and internal stakeholders with the product vision. Keep track of the product-market fit and iterate to maintain it.

Product Research 98

Product Research User Testing Research Software Onboarding KPIs 98

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You are constantly using your roadmap to influence other departments and align their efforts to your product vision. This depends on what delivery framework you use, Agile or Waterfall or Mixed.) There are many ways to scope out product features but a common practice agile teams use to break down work is Feature Mapping.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises. Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Plot summary. Where to buy?

Books 98

Books Research Software Feedback Software Analytic Tools 98

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Along came agile development, which embraced change and the chance to learn. High performing agile teams can move a story through design, development and implementation with awesome velocity, tool and process discipline. What is planned and shipped feels opaque and out of synch to the less agile parts of the organization.

User Testing 68

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Their point of view combined with their experience brings multiple products from ideation to market. Best practices are fascinating thought exercises, but if they don’t affect change, that is all they are. Avoid agile-fall. The company gets to be better at making changes because the changes tie to a realistic vision.

Leadership 88

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. Paul: No comments.

Roadmap 165

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product. Compatible with agile methods for development. Let’s shed some light on this.

User Testing 98

User Testing Customer Experience Product Management Product Manager 98

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. Paul: No comments.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2019

The biggest success stories, from Amazon to Google, are examples of ventures into new markets from established solutions; thanks to their ability to improvise and reap gains from innovation. This is supposed to be an open exercise: if you are in a management position, try and encourage usually silent voices to speak up.

User Testing 80

User Testing Customer Experience Product Management Product Manager 80

DISQO

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Our vision. Throughout the creative process, there were plenty of thoughtful team discussions and healthy disagreements about what brand changes would best reflect our forward-thinking vision for the future of insights. Yesterday, we launched a fresh new logo and brand identity across our platform, website, and social media presence.

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DISQO

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Our vision. Throughout the creative process, there were plenty of thoughtful team discussions and healthy disagreements about what brand changes would best reflect our forward-thinking vision for the future of insights. Yesterday, we launched a fresh new logo and brand identity across our platform, website, and social media presence.

Feedback Loop 40

Feedback Loop Customer Feedback Feedback Software Data Visualization 40

Amplitude

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This was one of many decisions that led to a 10x growth in Adidas’ market cap over his tenure. It’s a transition from a time when sales and marketing-led companies ruled the world. And the marketing team? We could hold Marketing accountable to business outcomes. How did we get here? And now we could measure things.

User Testing 71

User Testing Research Software Data Visualization Analytic Tools 71

The Basics of Product Management

MAY 24, 2020

This is where you do your market research, conduct customer interviews, research your competition and conduct surveys. The feedback that you gather helps you analyze your product market fit. In the design phase in SDLC, you need to be as visual as possible about your vision. Agile Model. Definition. Waterfall Model.

Software Developers 52

Software Developers Software Development Research Software Software Review 52

Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a product manager, you must have the ability to create a business-viable product vision. Not only that, but this vision needs to drive and influence others to execute and deliver the components needed to build out that vision and make it a reality. At times, that requires a lot of diplomacy and emotional agility.

Product Research 52

Product Research Roadmap Research Software Feedback Software 52

The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2020

represent speed and agility. A real breakthrough only happens when there is a focus on the critical issue at hand and when you concentrate resources and your talent pool to maximize your unique leverage in the market. Product strategy should help you decide which problems need to be solved to make your product vision a reality.

Data Visualization 78

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Product Research Customer Experience 78

Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Product managers and their teams almost always inform their roadmaps based on various data, market and user insights. Earlier last year, before we transitioned to outcome-based planning, the leadership team at Yesware did a thought exercise during an offsite. Start with company vision and direction.

Data Visualization 100

Data Visualization User Testing Product Strategy Product Research 100

ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In our upcoming 2020 Product Management Report, we found that they’re relying on a handful of options depending on the scale and scope of the exercise and which stakeholders are included. Cloud computing and technological advances make it cheaper and faster to bring a viable product to the market. There are also more choices than ever.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Systems Review Software Review Onboarding KPIs 59

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2018

Since then, I studied a lot about UX, product management, design thinking, agile, customer experience and a wide range of subjects that are related to delivering a great experience to the user. Expectations of the market are getting higher and your product needs to meet them. But do you know what is worse?

Framework 60

Framework User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience 60

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In the worst case, you have to go through a rewriting exercise where some parts or even the entire product are being redeveloped. This should be done before reaching product-market fit, as you will otherwise struggle to scale up and keep your product growing.

Feedback Software 252

Feedback Software User Testing Customer Experience Weak Development Team 252

Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

Initially JustGiving supported only registered charities on its website, but the founders’ vision was to support all good causes. We ran through various exercises in the first week to give us direction, including user journey mapping , product in a box , and the speedboat game. The initial vision was to. This is what we did.

User Testing 115

User Testing Weak Development Team Onboarding KPIs Customer Experience 115

Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. For a commercial product, they might include a marketer, a sales rep, and a customer support team member, as I explain in more detail in the article Getting Stakeholder Engagement Right. Let’s take a look at them.

Reporting Tools 341

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 29, 2019

Get everyone out of the office once a week for lunch, take a brainstorming session outside of the office, get some exercise. About marketing. Listen There’s a lot to learn from every conversation with designers, engineers, marketers, customers. Need ideas? Spend time with your customers You are the advocate for your clients.

Product Management 66

Product Management Product Manager User Testing Technical Review 66

The Product Coalition

JUNE 10, 2018

They all have their own agenda’s and pet peeves e.g. engineers want to build things the right way without tech debt even if that takes longer, some designers are hesitant to put a stake in the ground without a bunch of research and testing, data scientists don’t like agile etc etc. marketing, finance, operations, brand etc.?

Product Management 60

Product Management Product Manager Product Research Technical Review 60

The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

When teams try to get market validation on their idea, the validation often tends to be biased. Then throw it out into the market and see how the market reacts, and finally, iterate. For teams that don’t have a clear understanding of their customer needs, Agile is like adding gasoline to the fire. This is natural.

Startups 68

Startups Customer Experience User Testing Feedback Software 68

Roadmunk

AUGUST 17, 2017

Roadmapping isn’t an exercise reserved solely for product teams—or rather, it shouldn’t be. A product roadmap is a powerful communication tool that product managers use to align different departments on one vision. Some product teams love key dates, while others prefer an agile approach. Try the portfolio roadmap template.

Research Software 60

Research Software Roadmap User Testing Technology 60

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2022

” I said, “Ironically enough, Exercise Science is a major, so I can,” so that’s where I chose my major. I helped start a wellness program, I worked in HR, I’ve been in marketing, and that cause-effect of muscles and bones went from the human body to business and strategy.

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience User Testing Books Development Team Review 223

Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

I always assumed it had something to do with the stock market and was slightly more fun than accounting. The pay was still excellent, my workday would be restricted to market hours, and I could apply some of the theory that I learned in school. I also thought that accounting was limited to filing your taxes growing up.

Software Engineering 91

Software Engineering Software Review Engineering Technical Review 91

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 29, 2019

Its set of working methodologies is constantly changing (Agile, Scrum, Jobs To Be Done) in relation to product features. First, there is an emphasis on really understanding the market. Of course, this is not an airy exercise, it has to be based on solid data. Gain market acumen: What makes a good business sense?

Research Software 60

Research Software Analytic Tools Product Management Product Manager 60

The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

A designer, for example, may have been interested in arts as a kid and loved to exercise his creativity. The product team, on the other hand, expects to improve its metrics and have a faster lead time, so that they can release features and products with an excellent time-to-market. All those steps must be time-boxed and measured.

Weak Development Team 60

Weak Development Team Onboarding KPIs Research Software Product Research 60

Radical Product

MAY 16, 2018

Snap in response to these market pressures, rolled out a redesign that included the following key features. by evaluating opportunities against Vision Fit and Sustainability you’re trading-off getting closer to achieving the vision vs. balancing the practical constraints of mitigating short-term risks. a Low Vision Fit.

User Testing 40

User Testing Customer Experience Data Visualization Vision 40

Innovatemap

MAY 9, 2019

Focus forces some key behaviors for success: Defining and adhering to goals and vision, prioritizing ruthlessly, and creating constraints that allow creativity and truly new thinking to bloom. Get agile with backlog management. Get Agile with Backlog Management. Align on strategic priorities. Map Out Areas of Opportunity.

Research Software 40

Research Software Customer Experience Product Research Agile 40

Product Bookshelf

MARCH 17, 2017

Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams by Jeff Gothelf. Lean UX is the way you do design in an Agile process. Lean UX teams work “collaboratively, iteratively, and in parallel, with few handoffs, minimal deliverables, and a focus on working software and market feedback.” Lean UX Principles.

UX 54

UX User Testing Product Research Research Software 54

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 10, 2019

“I see creating conference programs or an editorial agenda for a line of books as definition exercises” It’s this personal desire to not put people in positions to fail. I see creating conference programs or an editorial agenda for a line of books as definition exercises. Why would we do it any other way?

UX 168

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 1, 2013

I’ve been revisiting his concepts and their use recently, thinking about how to revise them for some exercises I’ve been doing with product teams. It was a really effective elicitation exercise for us that helped us characterize market problems. Whole Product Game Background. How We Used the Whole Product Game.

Weak Development Team 53

Weak Development Team Differentiation Software Review Customer Experience 53

ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2021

I’m using it as a lens to see how they process information from various sources and turn that into a coherent vision. Throwing in a new piece of information halfway through a scenario is another excellent test of their mental agility. That type of environment limits a PM to just executing things.

Leadership 80

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