The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Most new remote workers were thrust into this new work environment due to a global pandemic. The best way to accomplish this goal is by providing these workers with the right tools and solutions. Are you trying to tailor the best solutions for your remote workers? If so, check out the great suggestions in this article.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

At UX Studio , while we develop our products, uxfol.io and copyfol.io , we are mainly focused on agency work, meaning that we cooperate with several clients as external teams. This post was written from the perspective of designers, mainly intended for external teams and entrepreneurs. Five challenges and solutions.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Marty Cagan, in his book “Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love” , mentions the use of customer surveys as a tool for understanding customer needs and preferences. It covers various survey types , practical implementation strategies, crafting trigger questions, and selecting effective feedback channels.

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Modus Create

JUNE 1, 2020

But one thing technology leaders need to ask themselves is, “what are the threats we face?” The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Then, collect direct customer feedback with in-app surveys. Gather insights about your customers from internal teams. Perform social listening on social media and review sites to see an unfiltered look at what customers are saying about your brand. Create in-app surveys code-free with Userpilot.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Getting user feedback is a crucial step of the market research process. You can collect feedback for analysis through in-app surveys, online reviews, social media mentions, and customer interviews. Tracking sentiment can also help you with feedback analysis and interpreting responses to in-app surveys.

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Userpilot

JULY 21, 2022

Some ways to offer bad customer service include: Having an old-fashioned call center and still giving scripted answers. Constant improvement based on feedback. You can use Userpilot to: Build a customized support hub inside your app. For example, positive reviews on platforms like Capterra and G2: Userpilot G2 review.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

In SaaS, you can grow your revenue only if your churn rate is low, so retaining at-risk customers is crucial. The main factors contributing to at-risk customers include poor onboarding process , lack of product value perception, lousy customer support, unfixed bugs, and no learning materials, resource center, and FAQs.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

This article is part of our series on Solutions Architect interviews. If you're interviewing for solutions architect roles, don't miss our Complete System Design Interview Course. Solutions architect roles are rapidly becoming more important and popular in the technology ecosystem. 💡 Hey there!

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile Transformation involves all levels of the organization and applies Lean-Agile principles to business processes, practices, tools, operations, and culture. Focus Only on Team Level Agile Transformation initiatives sometimes focus exclusively on individual teams, neglecting the broader organizational context.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The latter would work with one or more development teams to get the specification implemented. During the development phase, the product manager would be only loosely involved, typically attending a project steering meeting and possibly issuing change requests.

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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). What systems/metrics/processes do we need to measure and track winning?

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Amplitude

JANUARY 23, 2018

As VP of Product at Amplitude, I get the opportunity to work with hundreds of different products teams every year?—?ranging So in the mode of Ben Horowitz’s classic essay Good PM/Bad PM , I’ve captured my thoughts on what I believe makes a good product team vs a bad product team. PM, Design and Engineering?—?are

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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Userpilot

APRIL 23, 2021

But it’s an absolutely critical step for any SaaS strategy. Then, I’ll go a bit deeper and look into 10 user persona examples for 3 SaaS tools, to showcase how products with several different use cases can have dramatically different personas. SaaS User Persona Example -Userpilot: Product Manager 2.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If you’re a mobile app product manager there’s a whole additional layer of complexity to add to that cake. Your software needs to be updated frequently and to the satisfaction levels of the app store gatekeepers.

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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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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After our team at UX Studio started using product management tools, the time spent on communication surprisingly decreased. Coordinating designer and developer teams simultaneously while reporting to the boss via email becomes a drag. Collaboration tools. Mobile app version available. Intuitive interface.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2023

Agile antipatterns or scrum antipatterns are (poor) practices that are utilized to enhance a process. It is a disguised form of Agile Development that masquerades as a solution but creates negative outcomes that you may discover later. The agile team frequently extends its responsibilities unnecessarily.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Customer service KPIs measure the performance of customer service teams and customer support management. You should track customer service KPIs to measure the performance of your support teams, improve customer satisfaction, and boost customer retention and loyalty. Measure the performance of your support team.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Defining your process for feedback will save time and improve feedback quality. Consider Your Approach to Feedback. At every level of our careers, we are faced with unsolicited, opinionated and sometimes outlandish product feedback from our internal teams. Dismissive of Feedback. Do you start with a “No”?

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A well-executed product and user feedback policy (PUFP) is a critical aspect of any successful business strategy. This policy outlines the steps taken to effectively gather, manage, and communicate feedback from customers in a manner that promotes trust, accountability, and a deep understanding of the needs and desires of the user base.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The latter would work with one or more development teams to get the specification implemented. During the development phase, the product manager would be only loosely involved, typically attending a project steering meeting and possibly issuing change requests.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

Winning new business is critical for any savvy product manager: a new client onboarding checklist template can help you systemize your path to a successful customer onboarding process. Used correctly, this sort of customer onboarding checklist can become an invaluable tool for any product manager.

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Modus Create

AUGUST 24, 2021

Software engineers have been testing ever since they could write code. However, the ability to automate software tests commercially emerged only in the 1980s with the introduction of AutoTester. Unit testing is a type of software testing where individual units or software components are tested.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). The challenge to the product managers is to translate these into a more functional plan for our engineering team.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Automated testing is a tool used to take care of repetitive tasks, receive quick feedback, and accomplish other difficult or time consuming testing tasks. As we mentioned above, we automate to avoid human error by executing repeated manual work, get faster feedback, and ensure that our tests are consistent.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 29, 2018

“We just pushed it live,” the release manager belts out, to a team fresh off the battlefield that is software product development. I was new to it all, a team whose mantra was to create, build and release. In particular, how to work with, understand, and successfully manage a distributed development team.

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Gainsight

JULY 16, 2019

The daily life of a product manager is busy—you don’t have time to waste on software that doesn’t fit your needs. It might seem like a time sink at first, but thoroughly researching solutions will save you time in the long run. Gainsight PX is a complete Product Experience Platform.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2019

It doesn’t matter if you’re managing a closed system desktop application or a SaaS web application , if people can’t use your system effectively, it will fail. Managing a system that’s grown organically and has become bloated leads to a whole host of problems. Why is it so important to get your application right?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often people stumble into the Product Management career without any Technology background. I never had to deal with developers on a day to day basis?—?the However, I was thrown into the deep end again when I left the comfort of marketing and joined the tech team at Hotelclub where I managed a team of developers.

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