Product Talk

MARCH 8, 2023

In the product world, we tend to think of outcomes as the impact of what we build. For example, Product Talk’s outcome is to increase the number of teams who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work. To improve them, I’d need to set targets for a designated period of time. I can express this outcome as an OKR.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Well, for one thing, it’s an excellent design culture. Design managers are professionals responsible for cultivating design culture. The courses listed below (both free and paid) will help you master essential tools, become a better leader, and get the very best from the UX professionals you work with.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

I graduated in May 2022 from the UX/UI Design Bootcamp at Ironhack in Berlin. When I’m in a job interview, I try to casually mention that I completed the Ironhack Bootcamp. Most recruiters have probably seen more than enough of these junior UX designers coming directly from a Bootcamp. Get the reasons from a Bootcamp survivor.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

5-step process The Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) is a powerful tool in product design that helps teams focus on understanding the needs and objectives of their customers rather than just the product itself. Here’s how to use the JTBD framework in product design: [link] 1. Why do they want to use your product?

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Product Talk’s North Star metric is to increase the number of product trios who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work. Teresa shared this goal at the beginning of 2022 when describing her plans to scale the impact of Product Talk. Meet product coach and consultant @ellenjuhlin. How did you end up in product?

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Product Talk

JUNE 2, 2021

In this short video, I walk through what decision-making looks like in a product trio. If you missed the first video in this series, be sure to check that out first: What’s a product trio? Do product trios really work? What does decision-making really look like in a product trio? What do they do when they can’t agree?

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Product Talk

JANUARY 19, 2022

Some were the result of me continuing to be intentional about designing a business that I want to run for the rest of my life. Increasing the number of product trios who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work is my North Star metric. I coach product trios , so 30 teams typically means 90 people. Tweet This.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 19, 2021

Nobody wants their product to be received as a source of frustration. There is almost certainly a product within arm’s reach that isn’t designed to fit your needs. Many products simply don’t cater to their users’ needs. Maybe the Product Manager was under budgetary or time constraints. Look around. How can this be?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A portfolio is a window into your design principles and process. My guess is that’s because whether you like someone’s designs are relatively more subjective than whether you like a product manager’s approach, but I still think there are many traits that we can systematically identify when looking for a strong designer.

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Haines-Group

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Problem Customer research is needed to discover new needs or to gather impressions of existing products. But the process can be daunting- designing the study, gathering the resources, then spending the time required to pull it off - my God the time! Valuable insights await just a few simple interviews away.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 14, 2020

For this month’s Product Talk post, I recorded a video where I consider the difference between product managers and product owners. I want to talk about product managers and product owners. I’ve had several companies ask me if they should be hiring product managers or product owners.

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Product Talk

APRIL 20, 2022

“I get that the continuous discovery habits framework works well for mature products, but does it work for early-stage startups?”. I spent all of my full-time employee experience at early-stage startups (many of them pre-product) and I relied on these same habits to figure out what to build. Nor do they have a product.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The idea for a course catalog of conversation design courses has been parked in my drafts for the entire year. I only mention the conversation design resources that would’ve found helpful when I first transitioned into conversation design a few years ago. On my own, I wouldn’t have known such courses even existed!

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From design-team-of-thirty to design-team-of-one Over the past two years, I have been a design-team-of-one at a fast-growing startup, and the experience has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. No matter how experienced a designer you are, you will likely face certain challenges.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 1, 2024

[link] Most beginners associate UX design with the use of Figma. But UI/UX design is a broader field of knowledge and skills. In this article, I’ve put together step-by-step tips on becoming a sought-after UX designer. User interface designers focus on the visual elements that users interact with.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

Let’s talk about that trickiest of subjects: Product Judgment. Also known as Product Intuition or Product Instinct or Product Taste, it is the idea that you can use your own judgment to (1) accurately predict what your customers need, want and value, and (2) design and ship the right solution for them.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I coach each team—a product manager, a design lead, and a tech lead—for three months, working with them virtually week over week. conducting customer interviews, running sound product experiments, building rapid prototypes) and critical thinking skills to connect their research activities to their product decisions.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 26, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. PM or VP), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!) Use this link to get 25% off. What is an API?

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UX Planet

APRIL 3, 2024

Conduct interviews and usability tests for in-depth insights, and use analytics to gather broad behavior patterns. Designing for a generic “ average ” user can overlook the nuances that make user experiences distinct. Acknowledging and designing for these contexts ensures a more comprehensive understanding of the user experience.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In UI/UX design, empathy is a foundational skill. It’s the first stage of the design thinking process, one of the most popular design methodologies in the world, marking an important step in the iterative journey of problem-solving and innovation. This is a major skill which all great and successful designers share in common. “If

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Do you find being a product manager particularly challenging? Take a look at these nine indicators to determine if product management is the right career for you, or not. digital product management positions have never been more pervasive or idolized than they are right now. Product Managers are problem people.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 16, 2022

The best way to stand out in the product design interview is with creative, innovative answers. Product design interviews are a part of the broader product management interview process. And PM interview questions cover a wide variety of topics. What do airports of the future look like?

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Product Talk

APRIL 8, 2020

Welcome to the latest installment of Product in Practice! For this post, we spoke with a product team from Simply Business about some of the major lessons they’ve learned since adopting continuous discovery habits like interviewing their customers, questioning their assumptions , and using the opportunity solution tree to guide their work.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Photo by LUM3N on Unsplash Personalization in user experience is a very productive concept which all designers and builders should take note of. The goal of every user experience designer is to ensure that people have a great time while using their products. Of course, you’d want to stick around.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 3, 2021

There are many ingredients involved in successfully building a great product, but fundamentally it all boils down to a series of decisions. We’ve recently unveiled a new “product decision framework” at Intercom, which will help us continue to scale along with our ambitions. Product decision-making framework from Intercom.

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UX Studio

JANUARY 26, 2023

On the one hand, due to their low cost and time requirements, we often see that surveys are the go to research method for many product teams. The goal of this article is to show researchers working in product teams how they might achieve that. Especially when we work on new products or services. So which side is right?

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

10-step guide on how to design information architecture Designing an Information Architecture involves organizing, structuring, and labeling content in an effective and sustainable way. Well-designed information architecture helps users find information and complete tasks efficiently on a website/in app. UX research methods.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 11, 2024

Types of Customer Feedback Final Thoughts Customer feedback provides cross-functional teams with confirmation that they are on the right path, which leads to the development of products that bring value to customers. Products that impact their lives for the better. What makes a product great? Why is Customer Feedback Important?

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 20, 2021

So, with that in mind I’d like to share a compilation of some of my favorite guests, hosts, and interviews from my time here. Here’s an overview of the conversations I’ve chosen, along with a link to the original full episodes: Tech philosopher Alex Wolf on designing harmonious technology.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 26, 2023

What is inclusive product design? Why is it important for product managers ? How can you incorporate it into the product development process? We also look at a few excellent examples of inclusive product design in SaaS. Accessibility is one objective of inclusive product design. Book the demo!

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2020

One of the most common questions aspiring Product Managers have before they take the leap is “ do I need to know how to code ?” One of the biggest myths surrounding the product industry is that, because it’s a role within the tech industry, that you need to have deep technical knowledge and coding abilities. It’s a small company.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

In this ultimate list of product manager interview questions, we have tried to simplify the process of hiring great product managers. Product management encompasses the entire SaaS lifecycle from ideation to launch and everything that follows. What to look for in product managers? Product sense. Leadership.

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Mixpanel

APRIL 18, 2024

Believe it or not, rolling out a new product can be a lot trickier for B2B companies. Further, most B2B tools are productivity-boosting tools, which means when you do launch a new feature, you don’t always want to try to drive adoption with what could be noisy in-product messaging or tours. And there are several reasons why.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

To achieve this, researchers capture online movements, behavioral changes, and customer information (with customer consent, of course!). The qualitative practice of user research brings to life the customers behind the product, offering insights into their evolving needs and influencing product direction accordingly.

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UX Studio

JULY 13, 2023

But are you fed up with reading countless articles and textbooks or trying to get into expensive courses and conferences? Plus, with the variety of podcast formats available, from interviews to storytelling to roundtable discussions, there’s always something new and exciting to discover. We’ve got good news for you!

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UX Planet

JANUARY 7, 2024

DESIGN WORKBOOKS How to put design theory into practice in an efficient way My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises Learning design theory is a good step towards becoming a better designer, but it is also important to put the things you’ve learned into practice.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 15, 2021

Are you preparing for upcoming product management or marketing interviews? Your interviewer is undoubtedly going to ask your questions highly focused on product design. Therefore, the wisest thing you can do to prepare is to take a look at some common product design questions, right?

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