The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

However, they don’t meet everyone’s data needs—particularly product teams’ BI tools are great at visualizing any data that can be queried from a data warehouse. The relative strengths and weaknesses can be summarized as follows. Analysis depth vs. breadth. Implementation. Implementation.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users!

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

Guest Post by: Candice Zhang (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Tauheed Ahmed]. When I first researched about product management, I asked seasoned product managers how they started and they gave me very different kinds of answers. Some of them are good, and some of them are bad.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Why do product managers need a new feature validation framework? TL;DR Product managers need a new feature validation framework to ensure that they meet user needs or drive organizational goals and avert product failure. Product teams should invest in validation when developing the MVP.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 13, 2021

A good product experience is the primary driver behind product differentiation and ultimately, lasting customer satisfaction (measured through CSAT and NPS ) and loyalty. Beforehand, make sure your team is aligned on: Their definition of product experience. Define product experience ownership.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2023

The team stressed. The market was ripe for us to introduce a new product. Then in strolls the design team, telling us to step back. Another blocker in my path preventing me from moving the product team into action. He acknowledged that his team often slowed the momentum. We needed to deliver, not discuss.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

To avoid this mistake and ensure that your product strategy is complete, answer the following four questions: Who are the product’s users and customers? What are the benefits the product should generate for the company developing and providing it? Competition: Is your product still sufficiently differentiated ?

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 11, 2019

So, as a product manager for a mobile application, how on earth can you build an application that stands a chance of becoming a well-used, frequently purchased application, let alone rise to the level of “top 10?”. “The As a mobile product manager, you have three days to delight your user before they turn to one of your competitors.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

By the look on the face of the product manager asking me, she didn’t want a canned answer; she was looking for a reason to believe, to rekindle her energy. I knew why the company existed, but I never thought about the purpose behind the product other than the problem it solved for the customer and the value it delivered.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

How do product managers identify market gaps? A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Canva identified a market need for a user-friendly graphic design tool for non-designers and DocuSign for a secure solution to sign and manage digital documents and contracts. Let’s get into it!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What customer discovery questions should product managers ask to accurately identify the unsatisfied needs of potential customers and validate ideas? TL;DR Customer discovery questions enable product teams to better understand customer needs and problems so that they can build products that the potential customer truly needs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Does it have anything to do with the Minimum Viable Product? Why would you care about MVE as a product manager ? Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) describes how your users must feel when they interact with your product to stay with the company and keep using the product. What is a Minimum Viable Experience (MVE)?

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is technical debt created?

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is Technical Debt Created?

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BrainMates

JULY 31, 2023

Innovation Is Just Good Product Management By ADRIENNE TAN Innovation has become a buzzword in countless organisations. CEOs want it, strategists write about it, marketers talk about it, and product managers strive to deliver it. Every product has a lifecycle. What Exactly Is Innovation? Why Bother Innovating?

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2022

After explaining to board members we could not acquire the Internet, I quickly learned to execute product strategy fast. It is filled with complexities, so strategy must share the direct impact designers, engineers, and product managers' software is going to have. We must focus on learning velocity and continuous improvement.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Product manager motto?—?Dan

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Why do product managers need them? That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes. The thing is, users don’t need the majority of features that product teams build.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is technical debt created?

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

, Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is technical debt created?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. This is the main focus of the article.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is Technical Debt Created?

Product Management 78

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. They see it totally as the domain of the development. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. How is technical debt created?

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 4, 2020

If you’re a product manager or part of a startup, you’ve likely heard about the Minimum Viable Product concept for getting products to market faster. In my opinion, the definition of an MVP is often misunderstood, and I’ve seen entrepreneurs and product teams misinterpret it with unfortunate results.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If only books on product management had labels that say “pre-PMF” or “post-PMF”. Here are 10 great product books on pre-product market fit (pre-PMF)! ?? Poor questions yield little value. ?? It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? Time goes by, runway decreases.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2022

Around that time, a healthy startup should have established: A solid team A great product/service with at least one core value proposition A base of loyal and highly satisfied customers Once the founder sees good traction with 50+ enterprise customers and/or thousands of users, they face a dilemma.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Product and design partnership What does design-driven leadership mean? Design-driven leadership is product management Final thoughts The very essence of leadership is creating a space that enables our teams to dream big, imagine, and bring what was once unthinkable to life - therefore, changing humanity.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team. The skill of running effective user interviews is key to defining your target users, finding product-market fit , growing your product, figuring out what to build next — or just simply understanding how users perceive your product.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 12, 2022

In the B2B space, why can a product manager nail the customer’s need, solve the market problem in a differentiated way, have compelling results that make the case, and still hit a wall? Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with the product and everything with your customer. Now that would be a differentiator.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

Drawing a clear line between a product owner vs. product manager can be tough, given their varying roles from company to company. Despite any difference in roles, both the product manager and the product owner share a common goal: building products that create value for the stakeholders. In a hurry?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, cost leadership (low prices), differentiation (uniquely desirable products and services), or focus (niche markets)—three options originally suggested by Michael Porter. Answering this question requires you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your business and the competition you face.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2023

Let’s focus on a specific subset of product waste: building capabilities that are readily available from non-competing SaaS vendors – which we could rent at 1-5% of the cost of building them ourselves.  Renting  Renting (licensing) means we can put more of our own effort into market differentiators.

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DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

When we surveyed 140 product managers, 1 in 2 said that their C-suite has direct input for what goes on the roadmap. Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. Below are four lessons I learned from them.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a product manager, one of the toughest challenges I and my fellow PMs face is prioritizing the right features amongst an ever-increasing influx of data from customer feedback, product analytics, and the never-ending list of stakeholder requests. A successful product never sacrifices the user experience.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

How can product analytics help product managers create better digital products and more satisfying user experiences? We start by looking at different kinds of analyses and the metrics to track and then explore some practical ways of using each of them to drive various product goals. Let’s get right to it.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. A yes with a weak how or a no receives a zero. a clear path forward.

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