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5 Best Design and Innovation Consulting Firms to Work With in 2021

UX Studio: Product Management

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021.

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What Does a Software Product Manager Do?

The Product HQ

Strategy Software product managers also have to work on the product strategy by bringing the product vision to light. Consider getting certified in product management software product managers are expected to be able to develop a product vision, manage all product teams, and oversee the software’s distribution into the general market.

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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

SELECT Branding Process by Shakuro Mistake #1: Neglecting market research Market research is the North Star of branding. They believe so strongly in their vision that they assume it’s universally appealing. This belief makes you disregard market research because you feel you already know everything customers want.

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The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1?—?Seed)

The Product Coalition

Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. I sat with an entrepreneur who was helping me with market research for the work I do with startup founders and explained to him what I do. Many people confuse strategy with a general direction or vision.

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Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy

Intercom, Inc.

Looking at how the best companies operate, Hubert and his team boiled down product excellence to three key areas of action: vision, strategy, and execution. A segmentation matrix can help product teams be laser-focused on both the long-term vision and the day-to-day plan. Use it to make better product decisions.

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Rebranding – Bridging the Gap

freshtrax

In this rebranding, not only the brand elements, but also the company’s vision, cultural values, and services were all redesigned to create a truly new btrax. We needed to clarify our vision and thoroughly think about why we exist and what we do every day. Defining a new vision. Jensen Barnes: Design Consulting.

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Why Product Management Should not be Responsible for Project Management

Mind the Product

Jordan Bergtraum is a management consultant with over ten years of experience in the B2B SaaS industry, mostly as a head of product for various organizations in the legal, education, facilities management, and pharmaceutical spaces. He has been responsible for product strategy, UX, and teams consisting of product and project managers.