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Moving from Solutions to Problems

Folding Burritos

The reason is that we often fail to be constructive and pedagogic; if we don’t try to change their mindset, we’re sentencing ourselves to be thought of as “those pesky Naysayers.”. What we want is to create a culture where stakeholders come to us with problems, rather than ready-made ideas and solutions (i.e. features.).

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How to Conduct a UX Audit in SaaS

Userpilot

Put it all together in a shareable UX audit report. There are several UX audit tools to consider when looking for options. Here are the 10 usability best practices about key user flows to keep in mind: Communicate system status so users know what is going on. Keep error messages simple and include a constructive solution.

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How (Industrial) Hardware Is Different from (B2B) Software

Mironov Consulting

Product are products, yes? When we talk broadly and generically about product management, we assume that all products/services are similar enough that we can apply the same tools, techniques, financial planning models, design approaches, goals and metrics. To sell supplies based on actual usage.

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397: From product manager to CEO – with Matt Young

Product Innovation Educators

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. Today we are looking at product management work through the eyes of a CEO, exploring several topics together. The CEO joining us is Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice, the first product feedback and research tool for software companies.

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The Differences, Pros and Cons Between Waterfall and Agile Methodologies

The Product Coalition

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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My Favorite Product Management Memes

The Product Coalition

I stumbled upon a bunch of product management memes while preparing for a talk. all the people that actually have the skills to build something (design, engineering, data science) don’t report to the product manager. This is much harder than being the “CEO of the product”?—?but Unfortunately?—?this

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. Or they may decide to move into management later in their careers. Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects.