Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One  What will incent large numbers of customers to upgrade or renew? Get it done, and move on.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

Our design system standardized the way we create experiences globally Global adoption and implementation of the design system. Additionally, there were several consulting and agency teams supporting all sorts of applications and building proof-of-concepts. This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

Well, the CPO position has certainly grown and evolved over time. In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. They are essential in creating a robust and helpful product that fills a void in the market while addressing customer feedback. What Is a Chief Product Officer?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that the language you use shapes your view of the world.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. Random or persistent bugs: “The menu bar has been fixed three times now!” These are classic inflection points for a development team. But everyone’s situation is unique.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. MetaLab reworked the company’s website and app, redesigned its logo, and created most of what users see when they interact with the messaging tool today.

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Izenda

AUGUST 11, 2020

CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Business end-users (considered as either a collective group or as different user segments). Role-play time. Once you’ve identified the key stakeholders and made a plan for how to speak their business’ language, it’s time to translate that plan into action.

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Backlog refinement prepares your backlog for development. We find that Product Owners and development teams need advanced skills and training in backlog refinement. This ongoing refinement work is the key for rapid and incremental delivery of product value while optimizing the productivity of the development team. Conclusion.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. He has recently served as the Head of Product & Experience at Workbar, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil, and Innovation Architect at Constant Contact.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Going from concept to production and subsequently getting the product in the hands of a customer takes significant effort. The Product offering required continuous monitoring and real-time notifications, usually within minutes.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Little did I know that creating a solid product strategy takes such a major chunk of the product leader’s time. Since we started early, when I really needed him, we were both ready for our jobs. Why Are You Hiring?

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Rich Mironov // Mironov Consulting. If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. Building what users actually need.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I can’t tell you how many times I hear this sentiment on Twitter and LinkedIn. I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” And I hate it. Only 28.8%

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 11, 2022

They do have some constraints, such as “this kind of customer” and “these kinds of problems.” A technical HiPPO, such as an architect or CTO, might overrule a design or architecture. With enough time, the HiPPO's decisions become worse and worse. When HiPPOs overrule, they micromanage other people's work.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Split

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Feature flags provide so much for software organizations: they allow teams to separate code deployment from feature release, test in production, run experiments, and more. That team is responsible for driving the feature’s rollout, monitoring its performance, and retiring the flag when it’s time. DON’T: Treat all flags the same.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 26, 2022

This year, for the first time ever, the focus of the event expanded beyond customer success to include speakers, sessions, and attendees from product and community. Durable growth requires collaborative efforts from Product and CS. It needs to have the right triggers ready for customers at each step of the customer journey. .

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It will take a lot of your time to review and assess every company’s website manually. Wasted time means lost opportunities. Our user experience professionals have already analyzed the expertise of dozens of design agencies in San Francisco, New York, Berlin, London, to name a few. Top 10 Sacramento web design companies.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

I hosted Laura on our podcast to learn everything from why assembling a great product team is like pulling off a heist, to tips for improving collaboration and marrying business needs with user goals. When I wrote Build Better Products in 2016, it honestly came out of a ton of consulting. Balancing business goals with user needs.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. Having the right help from the right people at the right time is the magic bullet. At this stage, it’s time to call in the experts. Stage 1: Bring In The Consultants Partnering with the right consultant during the ideation phase of your startup has several crucial benefits.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 29, 2020

By general consensus product management as a discipline in AsiaPac remains behind the West and the product management role is misunderstood at times. Zalora CTO Silvia Thom has been based in Singapore since 2013 and previously worked on consumer products in Europe and Japan. Behind the West? You need to respect the culture.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 15, 2019

A successful product manager will remove themselves as a barrier, and bring people to a shared understanding through a customer mindset. In this ProductTank London talk, new product and market growth consultant Laura Scanga shares some thoughts on how best to do this and which tools and exercises can be useful. Develop Your Mindset.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

I work with a lot of CEOs, usually as an advocate for better product and development organizations. Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. First, some context.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

He writes, he tweets, he regularly speaks at conferences, and with 31,000 Twitter followers (not to mention 26,000 followers to his Medium blog ), he’s a prolific and consistent voice in the study and development of the product management craft. Ironically, John isn’t part of the teams that develop Amplitude’s products.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I strongly advocate a “portfolio pie” model of prioritization, to avoid putting all of our development eggs into the feature basket. “Why isn’t my strategic customer’s feature request included?” Instead, I emphasize picking improvements that large numbers of customers have requested.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

For an industry that depends on innovation, getting more women into tech and product is critical: success depends on creating products for a diverse community, and we can only do that if people with a broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are at the table. ” Georgina Kirby Co-Founder & CTO, Vinehealth.

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Who must be consulted? Just as product management works with development to solve problems with product solutions, product marketing works with marketing to deliver go-to-market solutions. For some firms, responding to customer RFPs can be a real drain on resources. Just like development. Who is responsible?

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Who must be consulted? Just as product management works with development to solve problems with product solutions, product marketing works with marketing to deliver go-to-market solutions. For some firms, responding to customer RFPs can be a real drain on resources. Just like development. Who is responsible?

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Atlassian

JANUARY 27, 2022

More than anything, we’re grateful for our customers, staff, and stakeholders. Customers look to Atlassian for innovative products that take the “work” out of teamwork, and we’re committed to coming through for them. Marty Hagewood, a software development manager at EMC Insurance Companies, experienced this first-hand.

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