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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

Instead, organizations need to: Focus on finding the best solution rather than winning arguments Challenge assumptions constructively Build collective ownership of decisions Create space for different perspectives Building Cross-Functional Success A key insight from our conversation is how product launches require coordination across departments.

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From Stacking Features to Shaping Value: A New Product Building Model

UX Planet

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash For decades, software development has mirrored the construction industry — a manpower-heavy model where effort, hierarchy, and sequencing define how value is created. Building software like a Construction Project The traditional process of building software is eerily similar to a construction site.

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Building Better Product Roadmaps: First Principles You Can’t Ignore

The Product Coalition

Build from the Ground Up —  Using these principles, construct your roadmap. Plan to test for DMF: desirability, marketability, feasibility Don’t wait until the end to understand if someone will want the product or the feature on the roadmap. Building a plan to test for DMF as you go into your roadmap is critical.

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Tobi Lütke’s leadership playbook: Playing infinite games, operating from first principles, and maximizing human potential (founder and CEO of Shopify)

Lenny Rachitsky

Great product leadership requires three key elements: The ability to see around corners and anticipate what’s coming Infectious enthusiasm and genuine care about the product Getting the team to deeply care about what they’re building Disagreeing with someone might seem confrontational, but it builds trust when done constructively.

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Common Usability Issues with Web APIs: And How Discovery Can Help

Product Talk

If that language is not well documented, then engineers wont know how to construct requests or interpret responses. The easiest way to fix this is to test your documentation with real customers. The best teams write and test their documentation before they write any code. This is the heart of good product discovery.

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Unlocking Growth Through UX Research

UX Planet

b) A/B Testing on Landing Pages: Systematic testing combined with quick interviews with non-converting users helps refine the value proposition before significant investments in paid media. According to VWO, companies conducting regular A/B tests see an average 49% increase in conversions VWO,2023.

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Why UX Design Strategy is Crucial for Business Success

UX Planet

Contrasting UX Strategy with General UXDesign While general UX design centers on the tangible aspects of a productits visual appeal, functionality, and overall feelit involves brainstorming details like color schemes, constructing wireframes, and building prototypes. Even at this stage, usability testing can provide valuable feedback.