The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). This framework covers five major questions: What do we aspire to be?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To define the product vision , product managers need to take their market research results along with the company objectives and use them to outline what they want the product to be like in the future. They tell the product management team what they need to achieve. Goals are important aspects of the product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy. As I considered the merits of each possible option to build a user base, I weighed them against the product strategy framework, the pros/cons, coherence, and value. The north star was clear?—?enabling

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. How do you set a product vision? It helps you find product-market fit and gives your team direction. Strategy is made up of three elements: your vision, objectives and roadmap.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Where charismatic leaders rally the troops around an ambitious vision with a massive potential payoff. It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. The Vision evolves over time, and is an inspirational guide for the company's future. The Vision evolves over time, and is an inspirational guide for the company's future.

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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. It was clear the team needed a talent growth plan.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

Engineers are always looking for ways to differentiate themselves. As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. One of those niches that’s become more valuable in recent years: product analytics.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need. Apart from testing the demand for the product, idea validation helps teams assess if they have the necessary expertise and resources to build the product. Goal setting framework.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Where charismatic leaders rally the troops around an ambitious vision with a massive potential payoff. It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

After 10 years, this internal tool supported thousands of daily internal users across countless teams, but nobody could explain exactly what the tool was providing. The system provided different functionality for different customers and the total scope was far greater than the internal team’s staffing capacity. What is the problem?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

In this post – we will make it clear how Product Owner vs. Product Manager’s roles differ, what skills each need to have to excel in their roles, why you need both in your product team and when is a good time to hire for those roles! Product Manager’s roles is the stage in the product development process where each is involved.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Product managers can make better decisions if they’ve built transparency and trust with their team. Here’s a straightforward framework for collaborative decision making that is founded in transparency and trust. You may also reduce trust in your team. A culture of trust develops. Product Decisions.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You can develop hypotheses about your target market, but you won’t truly know who your customers are until you throw your hook into the water and see what kind of fish bite. It’s better to differentiate 1–3 different personas than one based on “average”. One of the techniques is judging Importance vs Satisfaction Framework.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. Building a great sales team: How Intercom fosters and maintains its sales culture. Onboarding, but make it remote.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2022

Having a product messaging framework is important because it sets the precedence for how the market and your potential customers will see your brand. Do market research to develop your buyer persona. Highlight what differentiates you from competitors. Do market research to develop your buyer persona.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. Continue the discovery and strategy work while the product is being developed. But don’t stop there.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the episode.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the episode.

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Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

And the product team responsible got some pretty brutal reviews in the process. But, as Citymapper found out as time went by, feature-based differentiation doesn’t last forever. The dangers of feature-based differentiation The problem with some features is that they can be cloned. They’re addictive. And stimulating.

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Userpilot

MARCH 13, 2024

TL;DR Feature ideation is a process through which product teams brainstorm ideas for new features to introduce to their product. A SWOT analysis helps discover gaps and opportunities in your product for new feature development. Why do you need feature ideation in your product development process? What resources (e.g.,

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

‘Feature factory’ is not exactly a positive term, especially if you’re aspiring to be a product-led SaaS product management team. John Cutler first used the term to describe such companies because their software development processes resemble factory assembly lines. What is a feature factory?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Then, armed with these insights, you can create an empathetic, data-driven customer journey that helps your customers achieve their vision of success. A different approach is the Jobs-to-be-Done framework. There’s a tired stereotype that assumes that sales and marketing teams have competing priorities – and, in turn – don’t get along.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Some of them are solved quickly by customer support while others involve the development of new functionality. A customer request management system consists of tools and processes that allow the relevant teams to deal with requests efficiently. Want to see how Userpilot helps teams manage customer requests? Book the demo !

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SaaS companies often struggle to identify user problems worth solving, differentiate their products, and get the pricing right. Entering immature markets and devising a relatable product vision are also serious challenges. Product failure is often attributed to poor UI/UX. Differentiation is closely related to pricing.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. It focuses on differentiation and low cost simultaneously to break the value-cost tradeoff. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. It focuses on differentiation and low cost simultaneously to break the value-cost tradeoff. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A GTM strategy provides direction for all team members, reduces your product’s time to market, and helps you cut costs. Differentiate your product from other similar products on the market to avoid product parity. Design a launch plan before the product is ready and assign clear roles to team members.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

With a Master’s degree in human-computer interaction and over two decades of experience in user research and user experience in companies like Oracle, he now leads the design team across all product offerings at IBM. The design team at IBM likes to employ a “make to learn” method. Prototype it til you make it. Fergal: Cool.

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nulab

MARCH 5, 2021

It includes your vision and goals, as well as your strategy for achieving them. Here’s why: It’ll define your project’s vision and strategy. It’s a tool for communicating vision, goals, and strategy to stakeholders. It helps with team and stakeholder alignment. Start with your product vision. Choose your format.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As usual, you really had to be there but here are the Sigmacorn notes… 9:00 Mark Littlewood: Opening remarks Welcome to BoS! How will we win?

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Department of Product

AUGUST 22, 2022

User data Metrics matter in product development, but as with most things, it’s very easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of metrics you could be measuring at any given time. If your team members can’t even articulate the value proposition, how can you expect customers to understand it? Do they want what we’re building?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Keep on reading this article in order to get a better idea what a product management framework is, and why is essential for every startup? To be simple, the product management is an interdisciplinary role that reaches across teams to design, bring better products to the market, set your business plan, and marketing.

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ProductPlan

MAY 7, 2019

Ensuring everyone is striving toward the same strategic goals while still working and thinking independently isn’t easy, particularly when the organization is broken out into separate teams. With more users on the Facebook platform the team is able to optimize everyone’s feed to deliver more value to users.”. Limiting innovation.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We are putting our customers first, taking the time to discover unmet needs, and developing solutions that address those needs. into context and help product teams know what to use when. Jobs-to-be-Done Framework. I hope you enjoy it.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Learn the method that Bruce used to focus his team on the few critical things that resulted in the sale of his company for $125 million. I’ve been in product management roles or engineering management or UX or business development or agile enablement. He’ll cover: Why prioritization is important. And there was just no consensus.

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