Product Talk

MARCH 2, 2016

I love that Marty Cagan and Jeff Patton have long been advocates of dual-track development. If you aren’t familiar with dual-track development, it’s the separation of product discovery from product delivery. User stories and user story mapping help a team align around the top priorities and get clarity around what they are delivering.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When building a metadata platform, designed to power a new media business, a series of customer interviews with the content producers were conducted to understand the workflow and develop a solution more effective than the existing patchwork of tools. Comparing sessions often provides insights not gleaned by reviewing in isolation.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

A Five-Step Methodology to Incorporate Generative AI into Business Strategy Developers, technologists, and innovators across enterprises are already using the new tools to boost their individual productivity at work and at home. This involves identifying all tasks within their function and grouping them accordingly.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Product leaders don’t often get many chances for hiring product team members. Additions to the product team must ramp up quickly. Stage 1: Reviewing the applications. When hiring product team members I’m also looking for adjectives and verbs that convey patience, curiosity, and a humble style. Are they team players?

Development Team Review 87

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

doesn’t change the fact that 275 of them will never make it into the product development queue. So each product manager will now spend 1120+ hours/week thoughtfully reviewing and prioritizing and responding to incoming requests.   And requesters really don’t just want any answer: they want a YES answer.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2020

A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

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Usersnap

MARCH 19, 2019

Should the Voice of Customer influence product development? In Frost & Sullivan’s survey research on R&D/innovation and product development priorities, 84% of the respondents declare that they employ the voice of customers (VoC) in their product development cycle. Do you consider customer feedback?

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? According to the NN group, UX maturity measures an organization’s desire and ability to successfully deliver user-centered design. It also helps in saving on directionless development costs. Have you envisioned a timeline for your design project?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2022

From the CEO and the management team to the intern fresh out of college, every employee or business owner has unique qualities that position them to bring excellent customer experiences to life. No, “I get to be a part of this team, and we get to make an impact on people.” Liam: That’s fantastic. ” That is huge.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

 But when I do product due diligence for SaaS-focused PE/VC firms, it's the very first thing I look at.  Let’s IMHO, software product companies are fundamentally different from software services/outsourcing/custom development companies.  Said   What BigCorp demands, BigCorp gets.  Hitting

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time at the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Driven by a passion for making data actionable, Cummings advanced through the ranks in Customer Success, working diligently to bridge the gap between raw analytics and meaningful human experiences. This model not only provides companies with access to untapped talent, but also fosters a culture of giving back and professional development.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time a the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Solutions Consulting (SC) team is a vital part of that vision, and I’m thrilled to have a hand in making it come to pass. Sales Team: I was mightily impressed with the Sales/SC Leadership I met during my due diligence. As I’ve gotten to know more and more of the team, I’m really excited about our team.

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Iteratively Blog

MARCH 15, 2020

Development. Known for data visualization & hosted by maestros Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner, Data Stories hosts discussions on the latest developments in data analytics, visualization, and other similar topics. A large part of the reason is due to the fact that not everything is measurable. Play the latest episode. #4

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Product leaders don’t often get many chances for hiring product team members. Additions to the product team must ramp up quickly. Stage 1: Reviewing the applications. When hiring product team members I’m also looking for adjectives and verbs that convey patience, curiosity, and a humble style. Are they team players?

Development Team Review 52

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Eighteen months ago, I was part of the founding team at a cutting-edge technology start-up. During the first few weeks, as I lined up and conducted dozens of prospect, industry, and expert interviews, the founder hired a talented senior engineering team, and the company was formed. It’s all about the team.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Some will delight and engage the executive team by taking a high-level approach and focusing on goals and strategy. Others dive into the specifics and make engineering teams happy since they’re so detailed. Don’t out map your team’s capabilities. Work with the engineering team and figure out just how long each item should take.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The question behind the question is: “The Aptrinsic product, team, and message resonates with me. In fact, we chose Aptrinsic because their product, team, and message is something we want to amplify, not change. As we completed our due diligence on Aptrinsic, we were blown away by the quality of their team and product.

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Split

MARCH 20, 2024

By optimizing release management flows, teams can facilitate on-demand deployments that enhance business agility without compromising stability. Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development.

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UX Studio

MARCH 4, 2019

Web designer vs web developer – as a UX designer, I counter this match daily. But truly, the phrases don’t stop here, we have visual designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, UX designers (like me), et cetera. A developer friend of mine met with a client a couple of months ago.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

As an expert and an opinion leader in the UX field, we’ve reviewed the competency, portfolio, and former projects of New York design agencies to define the best user experience design agencies in New York , based on our judgment. . As a client, you invest your time, energy, and limited resources into your digital product development.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. Review any existing feedback you have as well as additional direct channels such as chat bots, surveys, focus groups, and interviews. It’s also a good idea at this point to discuss any team limitations, strengths and ways of working.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 12, 2024

Prioritization Board Ensure your team is spending time on things that matter—backed with data Unlimited Viewers Give your stakeholders an easy way to view and provide feedback. Advance Admin Management Organize users into teams, with multiple admins to enforce standardization with a centralized tag manager.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Cybersecurity is now engrained in every part of product development and digital transformation initiatives, even the user experience. That’s why nearly half (49%) of product development professionals report that it would be most helpful to outsource application security to a capable partner.

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eG Innovations

JULY 19, 2022

Grafana is developed by Grafana Labs with a free version of Grafana available on GitHub under a GNU AGPLv3 license. Demonstrating due diligence with respect to security with Nagios can also be challenging. Open-source code means that an organization can modify the code to develop their own customized functionality.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Yeah, and I forced our team to build a trebuchet – in retrospect, that was a very bad idea. Press reviews are kind of blah, sales cycles take too damn long, but you can almost always feel it when it is happening. I felt this incredible intense pressure from the team and also from within myself to launch what we had built.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 29, 2020

Hired as external consultants, researchers, and product designers, sometimes we are asked to join an existing product team and help in transforming an organization from the inside. . Understanding the team and the context they operate in is the starting point before trying to change anything. Find purpose .

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Hire from diverse communities so your teams and organization can represent your customer segments. At the heart of a team or organization that creates product magic is an exceptional product leader who thrives at people management and product leadership, simultaneously building people and products. Always say thank you.

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Userpilot

JULY 28, 2024

Product Teams Can Use Userpilot to: Improve Product Adoption with Insights from Analytics Improve User Onboarding Interactive Guidance Collect User Feedback with No-Code In-App Surveys Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required What is a retention specialist? Book a demo to see it in action!

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Gainsight

MARCH 15, 2023

With economic uncertainty in the air, SaaS and Customer Success teams want to be more efficient and build durable businesses that withstand the market. For CS teams, efficiency means working smarter and doing more with less—accelerating the current drive toward digital strategies like community, self-service, and more.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 7, 2020

And so one of the first ones that I came up with and I did like my due diligence and research about this and of course from my own experience and thinking about some of the companies that we work with. So ultimately again you’re trying to create teams that are designed for growth, designed for understanding the customer.

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DISQO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Alongside a series of mergers, eight years ago Cambia founded a dedicated innovation team dubbed the Innovation Force — a common innovation investment nowadays, but ahead of its time back in 2011. “In In order to change the culture, we needed a dedicated team, but the team had to be both coaches and players,” says Max.

Healthcare 40

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DISQO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Alongside a series of mergers, eight years ago Cambia founded a dedicated innovation team dubbed the Innovation Force — a common innovation investment nowadays, but ahead of its time back in 2011. “In In order to change the culture, we needed a dedicated team, but the team had to be both coaches and players,” says Max.

Healthcare 40

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DISQO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Alongside a series of mergers, eight years ago Cambia founded a dedicated innovation team dubbed the Innovation Force — a common innovation investment nowadays, but ahead of its time back in 2011. “In In order to change the culture, we needed a dedicated team, but the team had to be both coaches and players,” says Max.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 19, 2019

By leaning on empathy, we can build an open-minded work culture that encourages collaboration, opinions, and feedback, allowing us to gain a variety of perspectives from the people on our teams and beyond. Everyone’s opinion matters, and when they trust that we’re listening, a culture of respect develops. How big is our technical debt?

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