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Why is Idea Management Important?

ProductPlan

But coming up with ideas is the easy part. For this reason, product teams need to develop a process for idea management. The two biggest challenges for idea management are efficiently and consistently recording and organizing ideas followed by actually making good use of them. Ideas are fleeting.

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10 Interactive Software Walkthroughs With Examples

Userpilot

We also covered best practices to ensure your walkthroughs get high user engagement. TL;DR A software walkthrough is the process of guiding users through the main features and processes of a software product. Walkthroughs help to: Improve user onboarding. Increase customer retention. Reduce time to value.

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How We’re Turning Feedback into Strategic Product Decisions

ProductPlan

There is no shortage of product ideas. Customer feedback, feature requests, and new ideas born from your interpretation of your product strategy—can all be the starting point for your company’s next great opportunity. How are product teams managing their ideas today? They come from everywhere.

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Cacoo wins accolades as a top idea management and diagram software in Gartner Q1 reports

Nulab

With so many ideas flowing, it’s exciting that many teams are using Cacoo as their tool of choice for developing new projects in 2022. The Nulab team is pleased to announce that Cacoo secured an incredible award-winning streak from Gartner Digital Markets as a Top Idea Management Software. Using Cacoo to develop the best ideas.

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Where Do PMs Gather Their Product Ideas?

ProductPlan

If you’ve been deeply submerged in your product ideas and users, this step is critical because it forces the team to prairie dog up to get a fuller picture. Third-party customer surveys. Competitor profiles and deep dives for product ideas. Social media, user forums, reviews, etc. Suppliers and distributors.

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5 Best Practices for Gathering Customer Feedback in 2018

Pragmatic Marketing

Even though it was frustrating, I understood why the software vendor was trying to gather customer feedback—to help with 2018 planning. The experience also drove me to write this article on what I consider to be best practices for gathering customer feedback. Gathering customer feedback should be a constant.

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The Importance of Crowdsourcing Your Product Ideas

ProductPlan

You created your product to help customers solve a problem and align with your organization’s product vision. Your understanding of the problem may have evolved based on observing customers using your product. Many other changes that don’t happen also start as an idea. You may have created a viable but incomplete solution.