Product Talk

AUGUST 4, 2021

It won’t surprise you to hear that I use the same continuous discovery habits that I wrote about in my book to run my business. My primary objective across my business is to increase the number of product trios who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work. Turning My Content Into a Product. That was a mistake.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? and not the best product management tools.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What is Product Discovery? Product discovery describes the activities required to determine if and why a product should be developed and offered. This increases the chances of creating a product that users actually want and need and achieving product success. What makes the product stand out?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set. This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. PMs need to know how to use product analytics tools to gain actionable insights.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Product management is equal parts art and science – and it’s vital to the success of your SaaS. TL;DR Product management describes the continual process of overseeing the development of a product across its entire lifecycle. Product teams are staffed with various skilled professionals.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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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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Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

Why is incremental innovation important for product managers ? Incremental innovation is a process of gradually modifying a company’s existing products or services through small improvements. Small but regular improvements are a more reliable way to achieve product-market fit. What is incremental innovation?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Market research, for Product Managers, is an absolute necessity for success. Much of the time, you’ll find that your company has already outsourced your market research to a firm. Here, we’ll go over the different types of market research, whether or not you should outsource, and 4 methods for lean market research.

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Product Talk

APRIL 19, 2023

The world of digital products is evolving quickly. Whether you’re trying to keep track of everything you learn about your customers during continuous discovery , keep tabs on the latest thought leadership and learnings from others in the industry, or keep on top of all the newest products on the market, you can quickly get overwhelmed.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

People from several different backgrounds decide to become platform product managers and follow a rich and rewarding career that is varied, fulfilling, and well-paid. This article describes all of the essential information needed to begin the journey to becoming a platform product manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 20, 2024

How product managers can master product process Watch on YouTube TLDR – The Product Innovation Charter (PIC) is a short document that provides direction and alignment for a product development project. In this article, we will explore the seven knowledge areas for product mastery.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. Without discovery practices as part of the sprint, the product is destined to fail. After delivery, we prayed to the gods that the final product would work as designed. In 2011 I was a UX Designer in a design studio.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Conducting User Research”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Better Product People. View the live stream….

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. It’s no wonder we end up with software that doesn’t work for our customers. Good discovery establishes a direct communication line between the team who is building the product and the customer. Tweet This.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2024

Challenging an emerging myth that Agile is dead, and providing insight on key principles & tactics to finding success with Agile-based product teams. Nowadays it seems to have an opinion of Agile product methods like Scrum. Agile methods like Scrum are not a one-size-fits-all framework.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Marty Cagan is a popular name in the product management world. In many ways, he has shaped how successful products are built and how teams can be organized to work toward excellence. Marty Cagan is a well-known figure in the product management and technology industry. Who is Marty Cagan?

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Hi there, Product Talk readers! Here at Product Talk, we’re excited about showcasing what good product management looks like. That’s why we recently launched the Product in Practice series , where we’re highlighting excellent work that different product teams are doing. It’s me, Melissa. Tweet This.

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Userpilot

APRIL 1, 2022

What does the SaaS product localization process involve? How can product managers prepare products for expansion into other markets? How do you develop and implement a SaaS localization strategy? If you’re looking for help with localizing your in-app experiences, get in touch with Userpilot for a Demo!

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Userpilot

MARCH 19, 2024

Even if you’ve been a product manager for a while, a new feature rollout can be a challenging experience. We explain what a feature rollout is, why it is important for product teams, and how to conduct them. The team conducts research to identify opportunities and generates solutions. Ready to dive in?

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Usersnap

JULY 16, 2021

Google’s tech alone didn’t build them into a top company; User Research matters too! Instead, research first helped Google emphasize user personalization. Keep reading for info on Google’s current user research. Marketing research at Google first compiled search rankings. Definitely not!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The right data and experimentation tools. A well designed experimentation system allows a company to accelerate growth by creating faster feedback loops and enabling progressive delivery. To have a successful experimentation program, the product managers need 3 things: 1. Test everything!

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A few months ago, fellow Product Talk coach Hope Gurion and I sat down to discuss why there’s no single right way to do discovery. Meet your co-presenters, product discovery coaches Teresa Torres and Hope Gurion. We are both product discovery coaches with Product Talk. Hope Gurion: Thanks, Teresa.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2024

Sometimes investing in deep tech requires truly innovative product management strategies and frameworks. In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, a transformative trend has emerged: A surge venture capital and corporate investments in deep tech.

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Userpilot

APRIL 28, 2022

What is the opportunity solution tree? How can it help product managers in the product development process? This article covers Teresa’s Torres famous opportunity solution tree method for continuous discovery and steps to build one. Let’s dive in!

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 9, 2018

Product discovery is a team sport. You should therefore involve the right people in the discovery work and secure enough of their time. Focus on Problem Validation, not Solution Building. Focus on Problem Validation, not Solution Building. Do Just-Enough Product Discovery Work.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2023

Gone are the days of relying solely on traditional banking institutions to manage our finances. The emergence of blockchain technology has paved the way for a decentralized financial landscape, transforming the way we interact with money and assets. Moreover, blockchain-based systems provide unparalleled transparency.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

When you suggest a Product Discovery as a way to help get better results it gets rejected. This article is a way to answer the question: “Why do Product Discovery?” Product Discovery is relatively cheap and fast compared to Product Delivery (building the product or feature).

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Userpilot

JANUARY 23, 2024

Product positioning strategies are not only a marketing tactic but a survival strategy. So how do you ensure that your product not only lives but actually thrives? TL;DR Product positioning is about defining your product’s place in the market to attract customers and enhance brand identity.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 8, 2018

We are teaching business leaders and change agents how to prototype their way to viable solutions. In this context, solutions aren’t product solutions, but rather internal programs and processes that effect change within the organization. We can’t get very far in discovery if we don’t know who our audience is.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. Every change requires work.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2022

UXCam CEO, Kishan Gupta, reflects on how human behavior has evolved in the past two years and the implications it has on the mobile app world. Last week I ordered from a food delivery app. My hand reaches for the phone and finds the app before I even realize I’m hungry. Learn how you can prepare for society’s next big changes.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2022

There are some striking similarities between playing an escape room game and running a product discovery. Let’s look at the Product Discovery first. Product Discovery Product Discovery at its core is a process to help refine ideas by deeply understanding real user problems and then landing on the best way to solve them.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy."

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