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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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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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

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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Product Management University

MARCH 15, 2017

Product usability is the new currency for differentiation. That makes the role of the functional product designer, a.k.a business analyst, subject matter expert (SME) or agile product owner more critical than it has ever been, yet many organizations still insist on combining it with the product manager role.

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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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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Throughout the post, I provide practical tips and steps for developing these strategic elements, setting the foundation for further strategic planning. Looking ahead, Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. Often referred to as “ideal customer profile” or ICP for short.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Berlyne As product managers, we have all enthusiastically dived into customer feedback, hoping to find insights that will take our product game to the next level. Expressed needs are rightfully the basis of most iterative product developments. Yet, time and time again, we hit a wall.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Without product strategy, we have no alignment on what approaches product development will take to iterate closer to the vision and deliver commercial goals. There are multiple dimensions to product strategy that need to be considered and validated. This is often referred to as empowered product development teams.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Without product strategy, we have no alignment on what approaches product development will take to iterate closer to the vision and deliver commercial goals. There are multiple dimensions to product strategy that need to be considered and validated. This is often referred to as empowered product development teams.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Customer journey optimization refers to the strategic process of analyzing and enhancing a customer's entire experience with a brand. Effective journey mapping entails customer research, gathering cross-functional teams, brainstorming sessions, and refining maps based on data and feedback.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Actually, there are multiple types of personas for different teams, levels of research, and use cases—which you need to understand if you want to connect with customers. So let’s cover each of them and see what you can do to improve your team’s effectiveness. What is a persona?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Negative personas accurately portray the users least likely to find value in your product. A buyer persona refers to a potential decision-maker, perhaps someone in charge of a company’s acquisition or accounting, who decides against purchasing your product. So it differs from personas which are mostly product users.

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Userpilot

APRIL 13, 2022

Click tracking is an essential method for uncovering weak spots in the product UX and the user flow by analyzing how users engage with your UI. The main idea of click tracking is watching how users interact with your product to discover friction points. This can be a broken link, poor onboarding , confusing UX, etc.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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Tyner Blain

MARCH 31, 2024

Most people and teams conflate prioritizing and sequencing of work. Shaping a product strategy involves both. Your product won’t spring into existence fully formed and ready to compete like Athena emerging fully armored from the head of Zeus. First you decide which problems are important to solve.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Customer journey optimization refers to the strategic process of analyzing and enhancing a customer’s entire experience with a brand. Effective journey mapping entails customer research, gathering cross-functional teams, brainstorming sessions, and refining maps based on data and feedback.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To establish the Product Vision, I recommend taking time as a Product team to reflect both on the past and on the future. How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big? How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

enabled product or feature set and everyone’s totally energized over the upcoming announcement and marketing launch activities. The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. You’ve got customer references with success metrics to make your value story real. All good, right?

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Amplitude

MAY 7, 2018

Let’s face it, user personas have gotten a bad rap over the years. As a result, many modern product teams have decided to abandon personas altogether and adopt practices like user scenarios, user stories, or the “Jobs to be Done” framework instead. Personas provide a common language across multiple teams.

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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. What’s more, you’ll struggle to determine the right product backlog items. But don’t stop there.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Balance is a key element to navigating a roadmap – between customer-facing and internal, creativity and productivity, between different functions. Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Des: Welcome to the 12th episode of Intercom on Product. Paul: Hey Des, glad to be here.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Balance is a key element to navigating a roadmap – between customer-facing and internal, creativity and productivity, between different functions. Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Des: Welcome to the 12th episode of Intercom on Product. Paul: Hey Des, glad to be here.

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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. We also look at what product managers can do to avoid falling into the trap. Ready to dive in? Let’s get to it. What is a feature factory?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We’re also looking at what product managers do to increase the survival chances of their products. We talk about product failure when the product doesn’t meet its objectives or goals. Market research and customer discovery help validate ideas and make sure the market is ready for the product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Why have Product Managers stopped speaking to customers? Very sadly, most product managers I meet today no longer talk directly to customers regularly. I ran a survey with industry insiders and at least 50% of all product managers who responded haven’t spoken to a customer recently.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

How should product managers handle customer requests to improve customer satisfaction and drive value for users and the business? Customer requests are queries about your product. Some of them are solved quickly by customer support while others involve the development of new functionality. Book the demo !

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. And I was a software developer before. The Good and the Bad of Taking Money. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It also makes the product more competitive and simplifies support and user onboarding. A product design team includes specialists in UX design, graphic design, industrial design, research, prototyping, and data analysis. Next, research the market trends and competitors to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What makes a great product vision? How should product managers develop effective product vision statements? Product vision is the long-term objective for the product and serves as the North Star for the product team. Product vision development takes a few iterations.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

Start by conducting extensive market research to understand the landscape, map out the needs of individual users to understand pain points, develop a clear value proposition, and then define key performance indicators to measure progress against. Book a demo with our team to learn more. What is a product launch plan?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 18, 2020

Guest Post by: Marvin Mathew (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jordan Bergtraum]. Ruthless prioritization translates to product teams spending time building the right thing at the right time. Product management comes down to discipline and process. One pager or Amazon style memo.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2022

Here we will examine the five stages of the product life cycle and how you can implement a product life cycle marketing plan. A product’s life cycle refers to all the stages it goes through before it enters the market and until it exits. What are the 5 Stages of the Product Life Cycle?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 10, 2023

Whereas a product release is focused on the introduction of an entirely new offering to the market, the term feature release refers to the rollout of new or updated functionalities within an existing product. So much of what can go wrong with a feature release is related to poor execution of the broader feature launch process.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Another type of challenge is called “whiteboard challenge”, which, in addition to potentially falling into the above unethical categories, involves inviting the candidate to the office and asking them to solve a prompt at the whiteboard while members of the evaluation team observe the candidates and/or interact with them.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2023

This article will compare the features, strengths, weaknesses, reviews, and pricing of each tool, enabling you to confidently decide which one is the best fit for your business needs. TL;DR Interactive user guides utilize diverse UX patterns to educate customers on how to use your product more efficiently. Let’s begin.

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