Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

Demand for Product Management thought leadership is still growing. Here’s a list of our product-centric articles that got syndicated across publishers judged to be the best representative of Product Management thinking. Originally published on ProductCoalition.com What Goes Into a Good Product Roadmap?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 4, 2020

The metric was originally developed by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix, and it was introduced by Reichheld himself at Harvard Business Review in 2003. I consider it an essential customer relationship measure for every product company and find this system yet another relevant technique for measuring the product/market fit.

User Testing 78

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Marty Cagan is a well-known figure in the product management and technology industry. He is perhaps most recognized for his influential work as a consultant, writer, and speaker on product management, particularly within the realm of software and technology companies.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2020

At Bain Public , we help build roadmaps and innovative products for early-stage companies. As a product management consultant, he acts as a coach and a mentor to his clients, providing them with frameworks that guide them toward making the best product decisions. How, you ask?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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Consulting Technical Advisors Technical Review Analytic Tools 52

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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Consulting Technical Advisors Technical Review Analytic Tools 52

Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2018

For years I’ve helped my clients create new digital products and services for their customers. We threw terms like product/market fit around, without ever really giving a thought to what they meant. Nor did I understand why some of the products I’d helped to create succeeded while others flopped. Well, not quite….

User Testing 108

User Testing Product Marketing Research Software Marketing 108

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2024

With over five hundred writers contributing from many cities around the globe, we collaborate to produce informative and useful materials, which include case studies, applied practices, methodologies and processes, how-to articles, retrospectives, constructive perspectives and opinions. And the response is “I read it in an article.”

Reporting Tools 113

Reporting Tools Education Research Software Construction 113

The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2022

Thankfully, the company I worked for hired consultants to assist. Closing the strategy to execution gap between the company’s objectives, product development, and delivery. This project let me see firsthand how a company’s strategy turns into what product teams execute and how one company objective led to multiple team goals.

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Consulting Product Strategy Customer Experience Strategy 131

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I recently realized that for founders, I might need to refrain from using the word ‘product’ since they then think about the deliverable while my coaching tackles much more than that. So my recent pitch went something like “I help founders connect the product to the business and the go-to-market.” Which phase is your company at?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2020

Also an ex-Googler, ex-consultant, Berkeley Haas MBA and Cornell alum. In preparation for applying to Product Marketing Manager roles, the standard application suite applies: a resume, cover letter, and maybe some additional materials like references or transcripts. What’s the right format for a PMM cover letter?

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing User Testing Marketing Research Software 52

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2024

With over five hundred writers contributing from many cities around the globe, we collaborate to produce informative and useful materials, which include case studies, applied practices, methodologies and processes, how-to articles, retrospectives, constructive perspectives and opinions. And the response is “I read it in an article.”

Reporting Tools 99

Reporting Tools Education Research Software Construction 99

Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. We’re excited to share that we’ve added yet another instructor to the Product Talk roster. Meet Ellen Brandenberger, a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow.

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Product Research User Testing Research Software Customer Experience 179

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Why should you invest in MVP development? Boston Consulting Group estimates that 70% of digital business transformation projects fail. First, the developers create a wheel.

User Testing 127

User Testing Feedback Software Research Software Product Research 127

Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2020

Using Apptentive Notes, you can follow up with a group of variant participants to let them know that the functionality they tested in beta is now generally available in your product. It provides the speed and efficiency mobile apps require for constantly changing products while maintaining the security and integrity of existing systems.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In my first official product role, which I got to after managing large dev teams and a business-related role, I managed alone a product with a development team of ~40 people. One of the first things I did, for example, was to work with the salespeople on how to sell the product.

Strategy 139

Strategy Product Management Product Manager Management 139

Bain Public

JUNE 28, 2019

Product Managers don’t know if that feature is really a need or just a very specific isolated item that only a particular subset of customers would want. Has the product achieved product-market fit in that segment? Does it align with the personas the product team defined? Developing a Successful Product-Market Fit.

User Testing 40

User Testing B2B Product Marketing Marketing 40

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There are many people who graduated and were introduced to product management afterward. They spent a few years in another job, maybe as an analyst or consultant. How do these people get into product? Strategies to switch into product management. Associate Product Management (APM) programs. Just apply.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Product Management Product Manager Research Software 158

Userpilot

JUNE 13, 2022

We covered the best blogs on SaaS growth, product marketing , UX analytics, venture capital, and sales. The Userpilot blog provides well-researched, in-depth articles on user onboarding, product growth, product growth, user experience, and so much more. We also have a weekly newsletter, Product Rantz.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In due course, the startups need to invest a good amount of time in organizing the strategy and roadmap to track the product performance to get an early product-market fit and scalability. What and Why and the inspirational differences that product brings. What are the attributes of the framework? What is S.M.A.R.T?

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Framework Startups User Testing Onboarding KPIs 150

Bain Public

AUGUST 13, 2019

Therefore, the role of roadmapping as a whole, as well as the development of the prioritization process itself and all the key steps and conversations in between, are crucial to the learning process. The following article shows a break-down explaining this process and how product managers can strategically take the right decisions.

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Data Visualization User Testing Reporting Tools Development 40

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That was the case with Infinify, my product leadership academy, when I decided to “give it a try” while I always have the option to go back to a CPO role in the industry. My specialty as a strategic consultant and product executive coach is this complex triangle where the product meets the strategy and the business.

User Testing 78

User Testing Customer Experience Product Research Consulting 78

Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting. Any product leader would prevent this type of trajectory sooner than later.

Product Management 135

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience User Testing 135

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Only among my consulting customers , two companies recently hired a new VP of Product. I decided to write this article to help you, product leaders, with your new position. This can be achieved by opening the conversation and asking questions such as: What do you think is the #1 challenge in the product right now?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

Still, he was one of the best hires I made in this area and he turned out to be a product star. I used to manage large development teams — all smart and independent people — but I hadn’t managed product managers before. joined, I owned the product end-to-end and managed it all myself. More on that below.

Product Management 130

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 130

Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team. What Is Product Management Consulting? Consulting doesn’t mean instructing a CEO and the product leadership team how to run the company.

Leadership 52

Leadership Analytic Tools Research Software Feedback Software 52

Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

I am ready to provide business leaders and product managers the information, access, and expert guidance that they wish they had earlier in their product journey. I share my passion for product through workshops, published articles and speaking engagements. Interested in having me speak or attend an event?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Product Managers can transition into their roles from all areas of business, which is a breeding ground for self-doubt. Someone with nothing but marketing experience, but with all the skills needed, may fear their lack of experience in software development will hold them back. Confused about product-market fit?

Technical Review 127

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Since there are many articles about making things simpler, I want to put the focus here on making things more valuable. In one of my early career roles, I was brought into the company as a development team leader with a very specific task they wanted me to lead. That’s the magic of a great user experience.

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience User Testing Weak Development Team Research Software 78

The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

That means that they’ve worked closely with different cross functional teams, and have at least a broad understand of each stage of product development. That goes for both CEOs and Product Managers. He began in 2004, leading the development team on Google Toolbar and Google Chrome. of the browser market.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 22, 2023

What is a company if not a vehicle for delivering products that meet customer needs? Whether that product is a software application, a physical doo-dad of some kind, or a service like consulting or transportation, or warehousing, every company provides some value to customers in exchange for compensation.

Transportation 52

Transportation User Testing Customer Experience Leadership 52

Mind the Product

JUNE 25, 2019

We decided we needed to figure it out and write the article. My definition: A series of events – or a specific experience – that the user has with the product that flips the switch with them… that converts them from a casual user to a long-term, loyal user. We decided we needed to figure it out and write the article.

Customer Experience 125

Customer Experience Product Research User Testing Entertainment 125

The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2022

this article is dedicated to you. It brings the best practices of the greatest product companies out there to all of you, based on what I heard from Marty and the other SVPG partners during the workshop. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an My Israeli readers?—?this Stay tuned.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Big names like the Product Marketing Alliance, Product World, and Product Con are still going through with virtual versions of their flagship conferences. Product World. Product Marketing Rendezvous. Source: Product Marketing Alliance. Source: Productworld.co.

Research Software 98

Research Software User Testing Product Research Analytic Tools 98

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

For example, you gain nothing from having a new product if the company can’t sell it to the market, so your roadmap must address also the sellability of the product. As I mentioned in my previous article , your roadmap should not be a list of features or capabilities, but rather a list of qualities and achievements.

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Roadmap Data Visualization Customer Experience User Testing 153

Userpilot

JULY 27, 2022

Every product goes through a life cycle from the moment it enters the market until the end. The marketing plan must include strategies for every phase of a product’s lifecycle to be successful. In this article, we will be covering everything you need to know about the product life cycle.

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Gainsight

MAY 7, 2019

Dan Olsen, Founder/Author of Lean Product. Dan Olsen is a well-known PM consultant and the author of the bestseller, “ The Lean Product Playbook ,” a practical guide to achieving product-market fit. Follow this Product industry influencer: LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog. READ THE ARTICLE. REGISTER NOW.

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