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The example given in the book for avoidable alternative costs are airlines which sell seats to both business and casual travelers. Pricing is a critical business capability but is often overlooked and poorly organized. MORE
On my airline, "for your convenience we no longer take cash; we only take credit cards." When we're talking about positioning and messaging, I always reflect on the falseness of many messages: customers come first; we're here to help you; we're scalable. Just saying it doesn't make it so. MORE
If I say United Airlines to you, I bet you don’t think of how marketing wants you to think of United Airlines. On 15th March 2018, UserZoom hosted Better UX London 2018, a day-long conference bringing some of the brightest UX talent and dazzling UX innovators together in one room. MORE
One example of this is a study we did in the airline industry. Customers described being “herded like cattle,” which was translated into “orderly planning and deplaning of passengers” by the airline. MORE
Now, if you’re in the IT business, which means you’re a captive group that works for some bank or airline or government agency or telco, then IT is all about reducing costs and giving the business unit whatever they want and delivering it on time. MORE
These weeks have been successfully run everywhere from banks to airlines to charities. Design Sprints allow you to get to the crux of your problem and explore a solution, quicker than other ways of working. MORE
“How might we redesign an airline’s safety speech?” Hoping to turn problems into opportunities for design? Look no further than How Might We (HMW). This is a classic Design Thinking activity—and simple, to boot. MORE
The context of the articles is product development for airlines but the points apply to product management in general. Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. MORE
If we work at an airline, our customers are the passengers who pay us to fly them home for Thanksgiving. I spend a lot of time sifting through documents, positioning and stories – trying to figure out who we’re talking about. MORE
Here at UXstudio , in a bigger team of researchers collaborating on a project for an airline company, during which we did multiple usability studies. Here’s the thing: the fact that you do UX research is only the first step in creating a bulletproof UX design method. What needs to come after that, however, is creating a commonly accepted research system, where information is stored in a consistent and searchable way. MORE
Her art is held in the collections of companies like Delta Airlines, Survios, Merge, Senetics, StarVR and River Studios. MORE
Remember the last time you had to call an airline to change your flight and got stuck in a voice recognition circle of hell? The chatter at SXSW this year was all about the chatbot. MORE
I booked the flights using Travelocity, because the cheap Southwest airlines fares are were all gone. I hate surprise charges and, right or wrong, I don’t feel airlines should charge for carry-on luggage. Obviously he hasn’t flown no-frills airlines before.) MORE
To optimize the mobile app design process for airline and flight-related apps, Flexponsive took a hard look at one of the most valuable forms of customer feedback : user reviews. And How You Can Uncover It. MORE
I booked the flights using Travelocity, because the cheap Southwest airlines fares are were all gone. I hate surprise charges and, right or wrong, I don’t feel airlines should charge for carry-on luggage. Obviously he hasn’t flown no-frills airlines before.) MORE
By creating a different product, the airlines could get one segment to pay them significantly more. Is price segmentation fair? One of the most valuable levers a company has when pricing its products is charging different customers different prices, also known as price segmentation. MORE
But my experience with United Airline’s customer service this morning completely killed my good mood. As someone who doesn’t work for an airline, how am I supposed to know that Z class doesn’t exist on Aer Lingus? I’ve bet you felt that too on just about any airline. MORE
– Francis Brown, Product Development Manager at Alaska Airlines. Let’s be real: product management can be challenging. MORE
For example, a spike in oil prices a few years ago prompted a series of fuel conservation and new revenue initiatives for airlines that then dictated spending priorities in engineering, marketing, customer service, and many other operational departments. Wealth made simple: news and articles from IRC Wealth. Most B2B organizations use a M arket R equirements D ocument (MRD) for driving new solutions to market. MORE
Take booking airline tickets, for example. We might start with the user opening the [insert airline] app on their phone and searching for round-trip flights from Boston to Grand Rapids for February 2–7. MORE
Integrate confirmations via email from the most common travel services such as airlines, hotels, and rental cars. Executives, sales people, and marketing leaders are often frustrated with the short-term focus in product management, particularly those using agile development methods. Leaders have no idea what is planned—if anything—beyond the next two-week sprint. And that’s why they ask for a roadmap. MORE
Here’s what we learned about unlearning the past from a lively discussion with Barry, Anna Kuriakose (Chief Product Officer at TotallyMoney), Reshma Shaikh (VP of Strategy and Operations for Springer Nature), and Glenn Morgan (Head of Digital at International Airlines Group). MORE
First, a good example of a crisis is what has occurred with United Airlines lately and some high-profile incidents with customers on their airplanes. Listen to the Interview for Product Managers and Innovators. MORE
I had never heard of this HiFly airline before. HiFly is an airline for hire. Because their planes are unmarked, they can fly routes for all major airlines and private companies. It also greatly reduces the risk for starting new airlines. MORE
For this reason, I may be drawn to purchase from Southwest Airlines, a brand known for charging no fees for checked bags, itinerary changes, etc. The product is similar to that of other airlines: a plane, seats, overhead bins. But the no-hassle brand enveloping the product is what differentiates it from other similar products and attracts buyers based on their emotional response (in this case, perhaps their hatred for being nickel-and-dimed by other airlines). MORE
But my experience with United Airline’s customer service this morning completely killed my good mood. I’m finally going home from a long business trip and I’m very excited. They keep blaming me for their mistake. It’s a story I know well because I see it so commonly in Product Management too. When I was booking [… MORE
My first business trip was from Dallas Love Field (DAL) to San Antonio (SAT) on Southwest Airlines. Don't drop the ball; either arrange for someone to catch it or let your boss know.—Julie —Julie Bick, author, All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft. MORE
These changes can already be seen at companies such as Dutch airline KLM. On a recent night out in London, Tristan Watson discovered the value of great customer support, when his bag full of electronics, video equipment and personal items was stolen from a pub. MORE
In a recent webinar, guest speakers Devin Harold, UX Research Manager at Verizon, and Nayaab Lokhandwala, UX Researcher at Alaska Airlines, sat down with us to share how they’ve been leveraging the power of customer interviews with UserTesting’s Live Conversation … The post Connecting with customers in real time: Q&A with Devin Harold from Verizon and Nayaab Lokhandwala from Alaska Airlines appeared first on UserTesting Blog. MORE
’ For airline reservation systems, perhaps ‘traveler’ and ‘booking agent’ and ‘airline CFO.’ I’m often asked by B2C product managers how B2B companies are different, or about switching between the two. MORE
Perhaps your company began as a brick-and-mortar retailer, or an airline, or a financial services company. An airline creates technology to manage the logistics involved in flights, crews, reservations, payment, and fleet maintenance. Most airlines are trying very hard to entice their customers to purchase their air travel online directly through the airline’s site. MORE
United Airlines, Jeep, and Nine West are not doing so well. Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Product-market fit case studies. MORE
Airlines try to distinguish business travelers from vacation travelers. In a recent Pragmatic Marketing Price class, one student “corrected” me to say it wasn’t willingness to pay that matters in pricing, rather it was ability to pay. MORE
They could use our grammar checker to parse real-time conversations with airline pilots in order to identify training or security issues. MORE
Same goes for airline in-cabin training. Disruptive technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality radically change how we behave and interact with our world. As a consequence, they open up interesting new territories in UX research, too. VR in UX research can serve as an individual tool to explore user needs and test complex user experiences. We collected some best practices for those looking to learn more about or just getting started with VR user testing. MORE
Have you ever received a text notification from your airline about a flight delay before the ground crew in the waiting area has the information? Have you been unclear on whether to call your bank’s web support or banking support line to answer a particular question? Are you baffled by the differences in your favorite retailer’s in-store and online experiences? MORE
Everytime I get an itinerary confirmation from an airline, I simply email it to plans@tripit.com and Tripit lets me rest assured that the rest of my travel experience will be extremely simplified. I remember as a kid being very excited about the future. MORE
Notable clients: Pepsi, United Airlines. Any great app begins with a great idea. What comes after, though, is a long and complex process. It takes expertise, creativity, and time to turn an abstract concept into a design that users love. MORE
Airlines Related Topics Melissa Perri
DECEMBER 29, 2015
I had never heard of this HiFly airline before. HiFly is an airline for hire. Because their planes are unmarked, they can fly routes for all major airlines and private companies. It also greatly reduces the risk for starting new airlines.
UserTesting
OCTOBER 9, 2018
In a recent webinar, guest speakers Devin Harold, UX Research Manager at Verizon, and Nayaab Lokhandwala, UX Researcher at Alaska Airlines, sat down with us to share how they’ve been leveraging the power of customer interviews with UserTesting’s Live Conversation … The post Connecting with customers in real time: Q&A with Devin Harold from Verizon and Nayaab Lokhandwala from Alaska Airlines appeared first on UserTesting Blog.
Melissa Perri
OCTOBER 23, 2016
But my experience with United Airline’s customer service this morning completely killed my good mood. I’m finally going home from a long business trip and I’m very excited. They keep blaming me for their mistake. It’s a story I know well because I see it so commonly in Product Management too. When I was booking […
Pragmatic Marketing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
I booked the flights using Travelocity, because the cheap Southwest airlines fares are were all gone. I hate surprise charges and, right or wrong, I don’t feel airlines should charge for carry-on luggage. Obviously he hasn’t flown no-frills airlines before.)
Pragmatic Marketing
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
I booked the flights using Travelocity, because the cheap Southwest airlines fares are were all gone. I hate surprise charges and, right or wrong, I don’t feel airlines should charge for carry-on luggage. Obviously he hasn’t flown no-frills airlines before.)
Atomic Spin PM
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Take booking airline tickets, for example. We might start with the user opening the [insert airline] app on their phone and searching for round-trip flights from Boston to Grand Rapids for February 2–7.
Melissa Perri
OCTOBER 23, 2016
But my experience with United Airline’s customer service this morning completely killed my good mood. As someone who doesn’t work for an airline, how am I supposed to know that Z class doesn’t exist on Aer Lingus? I’ve bet you felt that too on just about any airline.
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Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 3, 2018
Airlines try to distinguish business travelers from vacation travelers. In a recent Pragmatic Marketing Price class, one student “corrected” me to say it wasn’t willingness to pay that matters in pricing, rather it was ability to pay.
Appsee
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Notable clients: Pepsi, United Airlines. Any great app begins with a great idea. What comes after, though, is a long and complex process. It takes expertise, creativity, and time to turn an abstract concept into a design that users love.
svpg
DECEMBER 29, 2015
Perhaps your company began as a brick-and-mortar retailer, or an airline, or a financial services company. An airline creates technology to manage the logistics involved in flights, crews, reservations, payment, and fleet maintenance. Most airlines are trying very hard to entice their customers to purchase their air travel online directly through the airline’s site.
Product Innovation Educators
JUNE 8, 2018
United Airlines, Jeep, and Nine West are not doing so well. Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Product-market fit case studies.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
On my airline, "for your convenience we no longer take cash; we only take credit cards." When we're talking about positioning and messaging, I always reflect on the falseness of many messages: customers come first; we're here to help you; we're scalable. Just saying it doesn't make it so.
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Here’s what we learned about unlearning the past from a lively discussion with Barry, Anna Kuriakose (Chief Product Officer at TotallyMoney), Reshma Shaikh (VP of Strategy and Operations for Springer Nature), and Glenn Morgan (Head of Digital at International Airlines Group).
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Apptentive
OCTOBER 11, 2018
– Francis Brown, Product Development Manager at Alaska Airlines. Let’s be real: product management can be challenging.
Mironov Consulting
JUNE 28, 2018
’ For airline reservation systems, perhaps ‘traveler’ and ‘booking agent’ and ‘airline CFO.’ I’m often asked by B2C product managers how B2B companies are different, or about switching between the two.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
My first business trip was from Dallas Love Field (DAL) to San Antonio (SAT) on Southwest Airlines. Don't drop the ball; either arrange for someone to catch it or let your boss know.—Julie —Julie Bick, author, All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft.
Pragmatic Marketing
MAY 23, 2017
For this reason, I may be drawn to purchase from Southwest Airlines, a brand known for charging no fees for checked bags, itinerary changes, etc. The product is similar to that of other airlines: a plane, seats, overhead bins. But the no-hassle brand enveloping the product is what differentiates it from other similar products and attracts buyers based on their emotional response (in this case, perhaps their hatred for being nickel-and-dimed by other airlines).
Proficientz – Product Management University
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
For example, a spike in oil prices a few years ago prompted a series of fuel conservation and new revenue initiatives for airlines that then dictated spending priorities in engineering, marketing, customer service, and many other operational departments. Wealth made simple: news and articles from IRC Wealth. Most B2B organizations use a M arket R equirements D ocument (MRD) for driving new solutions to market.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
These weeks have been successfully run everywhere from banks to airlines to charities. Design Sprints allow you to get to the crux of your problem and explore a solution, quicker than other ways of working.
Mind the Product
APRIL 5, 2017
Remember the last time you had to call an airline to change your flight and got stuck in a voice recognition circle of hell? The chatter at SXSW this year was all about the chatbot.
Userzoom
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
To optimize the mobile app design process for airline and flight-related apps, Flexponsive took a hard look at one of the most valuable forms of customer feedback : user reviews. And How You Can Uncover It.
Mironov Consulting
AUGUST 8, 2017
If we work at an airline, our customers are the passengers who pay us to fly them home for Thanksgiving. I spend a lot of time sifting through documents, positioning and stories – trying to figure out who we’re talking about.
svpg
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Have you ever received a text notification from your airline about a flight delay before the ground crew in the waiting area has the information? Have you been unclear on whether to call your bank’s web support or banking support line to answer a particular question? Are you baffled by the differences in your favorite retailer’s in-store and online experiences?
Inside Intercom
JUNE 19, 2018
These changes can already be seen at companies such as Dutch airline KLM. On a recent night out in London, Tristan Watson discovered the value of great customer support, when his bag full of electronics, video equipment and personal items was stolen from a pub.
Product Bookshelf
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
The example given in the book for avoidable alternative costs are airlines which sell seats to both business and casual travelers. Pricing is a critical business capability but is often overlooked and poorly organized.
Product Innovation Educators
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
One example of this is a study we did in the airline industry. Customers described being “herded like cattle,” which was translated into “orderly planning and deplaning of passengers” by the airline.
Mironov Consulting
AUGUST 15, 2016
They could use our grammar checker to parse real-time conversations with airline pilots in order to identify training or security issues.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Integrate confirmations via email from the most common travel services such as airlines, hotels, and rental cars. Executives, sales people, and marketing leaders are often frustrated with the short-term focus in product management, particularly those using agile development methods. Leaders have no idea what is planned—if anything—beyond the next two-week sprint. And that’s why they ask for a roadmap.
UX Studio
JULY 4, 2018
Same goes for airline in-cabin training. Disruptive technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality radically change how we behave and interact with our world. As a consequence, they open up interesting new territories in UX research, too. VR in UX research can serve as an individual tool to explore user needs and test complex user experiences. We collected some best practices for those looking to learn more about or just getting started with VR user testing.
UX Studio
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Here at UXstudio , in a bigger team of researchers collaborating on a project for an airline company, during which we did multiple usability studies. Here’s the thing: the fact that you do UX research is only the first step in creating a bulletproof UX design method. What needs to come after that, however, is creating a commonly accepted research system, where information is stored in a consistent and searchable way.
Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 28, 2017
First, a good example of a crisis is what has occurred with United Airlines lately and some high-profile incidents with customers on their airplanes. Listen to the Interview for Product Managers and Innovators.
Product Innovation Educators
AUGUST 19, 2016
The context of the articles is product development for airlines but the points apply to product management in general. Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes.
Userzoom
MARCH 28, 2018
If I say United Airlines to you, I bet you don’t think of how marketing wants you to think of United Airlines. On 15th March 2018, UserZoom hosted Better UX London 2018, a day-long conference bringing some of the brightest UX talent and dazzling UX innovators together in one room.
BrainMates
MARCH 6, 2018
Now, if you’re in the IT business, which means you’re a captive group that works for some bank or airline or government agency or telco, then IT is all about reducing costs and giving the business unit whatever they want and delivering it on time.
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
By creating a different product, the airlines could get one segment to pay them significantly more. Is price segmentation fair? One of the most valuable levers a company has when pricing its products is charging different customers different prices, also known as price segmentation.
Mind the Product
APRIL 18, 2017
Her art is held in the collections of companies like Delta Airlines, Survios, Merge, Senetics, StarVR and River Studios.
Sachin Rekhi
MAY 17, 2010
Everytime I get an itinerary confirmation from an airline, I simply email it to plans@tripit.com and Tripit lets me rest assured that the rest of my travel experience will be extremely simplified. I remember as a kid being very excited about the future.
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