Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

Negative – where launches are so bad they get rolled back. This in turn feeds project plans and feature roadmaps, and the micro-planning of an agile product team. The agile product team believes that if they keep on pushing small increments then everything will be okay. Steps, that develop the ideas and test them.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 25, 2023

Many of my discussions with product leaders (CPOs, VPs and others who manage teams of product folks) are about the substance of product management: portfolios, competing stakeholders, pricing & packaging, tarot cards as a revenue forecasting model.  Last Product fit will probably be catastrophic.  This

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 21, 2020

Lots of social stuff, banking, travel, local services, fitness, cooking, more than a few games, even apps made by governments. If it’s one of the most common elements in our designs, why is it so often the last thing most teams focus on – if they focus on it at all? I use apps for everything from movies and music to weather and maps.

Research Software 291

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Usersnap

JUNE 11, 2019

In the past, the core goal of testing is to find bugs and fix them. But the dynamics of IT and testing landscape have changed now. Agile QA approach and user experience driven development (UXDD) have taken modern software development and testing by storm. Testing is changing, how are you adapting?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 20, 2025

Even with a rigorous software testing process, one pesky bug always slips through. Wasted time on bug reproduction and fixes The software development process is lengthy. If you're in an agile development environment, you must move quickly to build a stellar product.

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Split

AUGUST 18, 2022

However, there are simple testing ideas you can try to make the most of a difficult situation. When decisions become difficult to make, A/B tests offer an accurate and reliable estimate. What are examples of cost savings that you want to A/B test? The best approach is to run an A/B test. Cost Saving. Cheaper Providers.

User Testing 98

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

We surveyed and interviewed key people in our teams to understand how they worked and how they saw Intercom’s internal operations. Honest feedback can be hard to take, but it’s essential to develop the type of culture that encourages people to constructively criticize processes, leadership styles, or approaches. Paul: Yeah.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2023

Beyond Bitcoin, it’s becoming evident that blockchain development applications are as diverse as the stars in the sky. It’s like Batman teaming up with Superman to save the day — each one’s strengths complementing the other’s weaknesses. This tag team ensures that data breaches become a thing of the past. Not anymore.

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Mind the Product

JULY 24, 2019

Whether you’re working on a consumer app in Singapore, a SaaS product in San Francisco, or a challenger bank in London, we all struggle with the same challenges – and we can learn how to deal with them by coming together as a community. We always talk about the “Build – Measure – Learn” loop of lean product development.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

Secondly, as great product managers are also great capacity builders for their teams, you should start looking for opportunities that AI can present for your product. Anomaly detection is used to identify suspicious bank transactions or fake accounts. Lesson 1: Understand the Problem You’re Trying to Solve with ML.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

We’ve known forever that we (product managers) must include our developers and designers in the earliest stages of problem definition and solution ideation. Piping in real users’ voices and challenges motivates the whole team. Less appreciation of commercial software development pressures. We versus They.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Then I worked on “Pokemon: Mac and Cheese” for Kraft” Bob: When I was part of the new product team, we would not only design things we also worked with suppliers and would fly all over the world to actually get those lines up and running and do that kind of stuff. Because I think it’s an area that’s lacking in literature.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

Rigorous A/B testing is a favorite tool in our B2C kit. We have lots of techniques to estimate purchasing behavior early in the discovery cycle: sign-ups, pre-orders/crowdfunding, clicks through to fake fulfillment pages, hand-testing a concierge service. Long Sales Cycles, Weak Attribution, Few Data Points. Digging in: 1.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 10, 2019

Or showing you your bank balance. Also, if a person is sitting there answering people’s calls about their bank balance eight hours a day, they would go out of their mind with boredom. They got a bad rep, but they’ve come through the other end, I think. To take Paul’s example, a bot that tells you your bank balance.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 8, 2017

I see much broader wins: Our technical teams often make the “I am the user” mistake: we unconsciously assume that the people at the other end of our software are just like us. Being more specific also gives us an opportunity to connect our teams emotionally to our (ahem) users. Bonus points for clarity. Sound Byte. Clarity is free.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

 Sales teams inundate us with urgent-but-repetitive ‘does product X do thing Y?’ 1] “Product Needs to Help Sales Close Major Deals” Enterprise sales teams are paid, rewarded, promoted, and measured on closing individual (big) deals.  So   “ BNP Paribas is the largest bank in France.  We

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Many companies hire QA engineers once the development starts (or even later), entrust them with testing, and expect them to contribute to delivering an impeccable software to the market. With the Shift Left QA approach , the idea of testing has changed. However, not all of them know how to do it the right way.

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Usersnap

MARCH 19, 2019

Should the Voice of Customer influence product development? In Frost & Sullivan’s survey research on R&D/innovation and product development priorities, 84% of the respondents declare that they employ the voice of customers (VoC) in their product development cycle. Do you consider customer feedback?

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost  (Hint: replacing everyone on those teams doesn’t seem to fix the problem.)  When prospects say they need something, sales teams mostly take them at their word.

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Userzoom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lee Duddell, UserZoom’s Senior Director of UX Research, reveals some of the mistakes that newbies make when they’re running tests for the first time and how they can avoid them. . Then we’ll look at some mistakes that newbies make when they’re running tests for the first time. I’m Lee from UserZoom.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need. Apart from testing the demand for the product, idea validation helps teams assess if they have the necessary expertise and resources to build the product.

User Testing 98

User Testing Product Research Feedback Software Customer Feedback 98

Mixpanel

JANUARY 12, 2023

If you know a thing or two about product development, you’ve heard of the “a-ha” moment. And while this isn’t bad, it forgets that keyword research is a study of language. From 2015-17, Plaid was a modern API for banking data for developers. They’re crystal clear that they speak to and for developers.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Key audiences to note during the e-prescription software development are the elderly, chronic disease, and bedridden patients. The cost of custom e-prescription software development is around $20,000 to $700,000 or more. The cost depends on the team, features, functionalities, and the time required to wrap up the development process.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 7, 2019

Like many teams I measured my productivity by output (number of tasks completed) rather than by outcomes (goals accomplished, impact achieved). Goal Mixing goals, ideas and tasks in one list is bad on multiple levels; It bloats the list with things that are not tasks, and (worse) prevents goals and ideas from being accomplished?—?they

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Userpilot

JANUARY 10, 2024

User research methods for SaaS: Usability testing User testing User interviews Focus groups Session replays First click testing User feedback surveys Card sorting A/B testing Product analytics Heatmaps Userpilot can help you conduct user experience (UX) research and easily interpret the data. What is user research?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 7, 2022

According to the World Bank Group, one billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability. So why is it that accessibility is not a priority when developing software? Accessibility lies at the foundation of the product development pipeline. Cat: Testing is part of what we consider a safety net.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2021

Userguiding and Product Fruits offer more features, but have very clonky and buggy UX and UI, which makes them feel ‘half-baked’ and offers a poor user experience. As your team of 4 is trying to make it (and not break it!), You need to give them the right tools to do that – ideally without much involvement from your dev team.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom. Motor: Weakness in how one can control their muscles, bones and joints. More on that later.

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Userzoom

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Whatever our target audience, we can’t usually test all the people who are in this population due to the feasibility of accessing all these people , and the amount of time and money it would take. Taking our UK student example, imagine we wanted to test two designs for a student bank account to see which design students preferred.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If your app serves as a time-saving support tool for banking customers, these things will look very different compared to a level-based gaming app seeking to monetize. What features are most important to them?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. Nico: Correct.

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Modus Create

MAY 31, 2021

In the last article, “ How to Effectively Implement API Testing ,” we learned about the API implementation concepts and their best practices. This article focuses on the practical challenges we faced while testing APIs and their best possible solutions. Initial Setup of API Testing Automation. Test Coverage.

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Iteratively Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But how do you fix the garbage that is bad data management and quality? Especially if you don’t have control over the implementation of tracking code (as is the case with many data teams). Now, let’s look at why data teams struggle with this validation, and how they can overcome the challenges of it. Well, it’s tricky.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. into context and help product teams know what to use when. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A/B test different versions of the notification to understand which resonates with your users and helps you meet your goals. Product teams can use Userpilot to create notifications within minutes without writing a single line of code. You can use slideouts to invite users to beta tests , webinars, prompt an upsell , etc.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

As a client, you invest your time, energy, and limited resources into your digital product development. As a design agency that works with NYC companies , we have developed an effective remote collaboration process that helps us stay in touch with our partners despite time zone differences. Is there anything we can help you with?

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