The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2018

This article highlights a few ways to increase clarity and provide better role definition between a manager and a direct report as it pertains to daily situations involving escalations, blockers, and air cover. Definitions : First let’s go through some quick definitions to make sure we’re speaking the same language.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Some of these are Fortune 10 software-enabled companies going through digital transformations. I review strategies and roadmaps. At the end of this review, I do a Product Leadership workshop with C-Suite and Product leaders, where I show them what good looks like, and they have a chance to reflect on where they are.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, processes, tools, products, and services. Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

There are some important differences between managing a solutions vs a platform product, in terms of providing product value (I wrote about becoming a platform Product Manager recently for Mind the Product ). KPIs for Solutions Products vs Platform Products. What are KPIs and how do you Choose Them? That’s done.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the purposes of this article, we’ll start by creating a narrow definition of what a customer interview is and what it isn’t. In my continuous discovery framework, I argue teams need to discover opportunities and solutions. When discovering solutions, the goal is to match each solution to a specific need, pain point, or desire.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. You should be able to define the project scope and goals clearly by outlining the objectives, functionalities, and features of the software. Choose communication channels, reporting plans, etc.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, which operate on a subscription basis and are centralized and situated on a remote cloud network, are increasingly popular with businesses for a variety of factors, including flexibility and affordability. Saas startups that provide software as a service have a good delivery model.

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UX Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How to plan, conduct and report usability studies. Introduction If you’re responsible in some way for a digital product or system, you should be doing usability testing — whatever your sector, industry or role. Risk of exclusion  — in some sectors there are no competitors, e.g. some health or government services.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 19, 2022

With the 2022 Customer Service Quality Benchmark Report , we wanted to look deeper than individual metrics. The results are in: businesses are investing more in measuring the impact of their customer service and turning to tools such as self-service and proactive support to drive a good experience.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 16, 2023

Next, assess employee literacy by conducting self-assessment surveys , assessing their current work quality, and monitoring how they use analytics tools. The choice of tool stack should be based on staff data literacy and organizational needs. Non-technical teams will benefit from self-service analytics solutions.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Is your customer success platform up to scratch for 2022? If your customer engagement levels are not where they need to be, maybe it’s time to look at the customer success software you’re using again? When choosing customer success software, consider: (i) ease of adoption, (ii) is it no-code?, (iii)

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 23, 2020

Though technology has allowed us to work remotely for quite some time, companies have debated whether it’s truly best for business. So what’s the solution? Flow aims to be a tool you can check a few times a day; then it wants to get out of the way and let you accomplish spectacular things. My background is definitely atypical.

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Productside

AUGUST 26, 2022

. in our “Behind the Product” series, we highlight Product Management concepts used in the products and services in today’s market. . For NASA that is the Space Launch Systems (SLS), developed over the past 11 years and set to launch on August 29, 2022. The mentality is to fail fast and figure out solutions quickly.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Not just in product reviews, roadmap meetings, or design critiques from product people, but across the company. Your solution is only as good as your understanding of the problem. There are several common patterns among failed solutions: The team didn’t have a good understanding of the problem to begin with. Most companies fail.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

In today’s data-driven SaaS scene, these can affect hundreds of millions of users and cause damage in the billions of dollars, and as compliance frameworks become requirements to do business, businesses are turning to third-party services that can help expedite and facilitate the process. And that’s where people like Adam Markowitz come in.

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Usersnap

JULY 26, 2020

Most developers have no clue about how testing is actually done, and how valuable the understanding of software testing basics can be for developers who really want to excel in their careers. I owe a large amount of the success I have had in my career as a software developer to my background in testing. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

According to Crunchbase, in 2018 there were 5,000 startups relying on machine learning for their main and ancillary applications, products, and services. trillion to global GDP, “making it the biggest commercial opportunity in today’s fast changing economy”, according to a recent report by PwC.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2024

You can get the answers you need simply from product management analytics tools. To help you know which tool to use, this article will cover the ten best product analytics tools. TL;DR Product analytics tools analyze user interaction, preferences, and engagement with a product. What are product analytics tools?

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Uses and definition of different kinds of segmentation. It’s a two-level processing system: Do we know “Who” is giving us this feedback and why? Help them think like a PM , so that in their interactions with customers they dig further to understand the problem, and they don’t come to you with solutions.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 15, 2024

Aberdeen Strategy & Research reports nearly 80% of companies are turning to AI for their data-driven business activities, specifically customer interactions. Aberdeen also reports using AI across key business activities leads to 81% greater decreases in service costs and more than five times growth in annual company revenue.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 24, 2021

You keep hearing that self-service support in SaaS is a must. In this article you'll read about: what implementing self-service support can help you achieve (hint: it improves customer satisfaction). when to mix self-service support with human interaction. when to mix self-service support with human interaction.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here, to help you, are five product management tricks and tools for every product leader. Thousands of product managers have used the value proposition canvas tool from Strategyzer to help them refine their thinking and focus on the value proposition for their product. You’ve generated interest in your software.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s the best form of customer service. The opposite, taking on bug reports, then doing nothing (or being perceived to be doing nothing) erodes trust. Are systems in place for automation (e.g. Categorising is about ensuring you’ve marked it with the appropriate priority, part of the system and any other metadata you need.

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Userpilot

JULY 12, 2021

Data is the engine for SaaS, but without data analytics tools , your SaaS team will not be able to make sense of the data. The right set of SaaS analytics tools can help you generate actionable insights that fuel strategic decisions. But how do you ensure you’re picking the right tools?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the market for product design tools to support your workflows and help your team work better? A quick Google search will show you heaps of tools, and you may even experience decision fatigue trying to choose the best. In this article, we distilled it to just 15 tools, showing each product’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A couple of months ago, we reviewed the new Firefox browser designed for developers. Working with Chrome offers access to an immense repository of Chrome extensions and tools which make our daily tasks less of a chore. With the built-in developer tools, there seems to be no further need for more tools. Web Developer.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 25, 2020

The democratization of software adoption doesn’t necessarily work at scale. Des: And we’re going to have a chat about this, because it’s definitely been an area we’ve learned a lot about over the years. And the other one is definitely going to shop around and compare us with some of the other incumbents.

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eG Innovations

JULY 2, 2021

John Worthington (Director – Customer Success, eG Innovations) and Richard Faulkner (Enterprise Solutions Architect, Conversant Group) presented on the topic: “ End-to-End monitoring for your Citrix infrastructures with a single pane of glass “. Is eG Enterprise an on-premises or a cloud solution?

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 8, 2018

In a time where buyer behavior has rendered cold calling nearly obsolete, successful sales prospecting begins with using tools like live chat and social media to build relationships. The only exception is some B2C work with financial services and insurance companies. Make sure you’ve got that viable program or platform.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Most SaaS companies understand the value of user feedback , but few actually have a system in place to collect feedback and customer data. VoC analytics help you identify the right customer analysis tools to use. You can collect VoC data through surveys, interviews, social listening, online reviews, and feedback emails.

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Modus Create

MARCH 14, 2023

But in today’s era, where change is the only certainty, a clearer and more universal definition has emerged. Digital transformation is the process of managing the adoption of digital products, platforms, and processes to create a more competitive organization. This was also when cloud-based B2B SaaS and MarTech tools started emerging.

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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When tools and systems are not created with them in mind, they lose trust and understanding. You may not understand someone else’s definition or report. Given that data teams can’t be everything to everyone, each department starts grasping at different tools. For example, list all the tools out.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Over the years we’ve adopted a number of different tools to help us build great relationships with our customers and deliver high-quality experiences. Now, we’re putting all our product management software on the table to give you an inside look at our tech stack within three categories: analytics, product development, and communication.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Looking for the best customer engagement tool for your SaaS company? There are plenty of solutions of customer engagement on review sites, but they don’t make the choice any easier. Instead, we decided to focus on customer engagement tools for in-app engagements in SaaS products. . Let’s dive in!

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A lot of startups think they have PMF and try to enter the growth phase prematurely — usually due in part due to VC pressure to grow or simply not having a way to measure and validate how strong your PMF is — which can be disastrous. On top of that, no one seems to have a quantitative definition for how to measure it.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

The best product walkthrough tools are the ones that keep evolving and improving year after year. Technology and best practice are always moving on, so don’t waste your time checking out last year’s guides. Check out our selection right now: How do I pick the best product walkthrough tools? They’ll be out of date!

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