The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2019

Due to this increased communication overhead, we needed to re-think how we could improve communication, product workflows and handover documentation across our ever expanding teams. AKA Scope of Work (SoW), Product Spec, Product Requirements Document (PRD) or in Intercom’s case ‘ The Intermission ’. Side note: ??Drift

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. TL;DR The machine learning-powered ChatGPT can help product managers generate ideas, conduct market and user research , analyze data (app store reviews, user feedback, etc.),

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Consequently, a platform should have its own product strategy and roadmap , KPIs , product backlog , and well-designed software architecture that leverages the right technologies. It typically requires documentation that shows how the platform assets can be used. Ensure that the Platform is User-Led, Not Technology-Driven.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Another impetus is when you permanently inherit some of their products or features due to an organizational or strategic change in hierarchy. Write up questions, assumptions, directions for a vision. Capture their vision If the outgoing product manager has a roadmap and vision, great. Technical Writers. Developers.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

E.g., you need to look for experience in the industry you target and the technology stack. Decide on the core features to offer, and document the requirements. Choose a software architecture pattern for the proposed SaaS app This part is more technical, so if you’re not a tech-experienced person, you can ask your architect about this.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

A product manager’s responsibilities include evaluating ideas, setting product strategy, building and sharing product roadmaps, prioritizing features and documenting requirements, defining product releases, and analyzing and reporting on progress. Once the product vision and strategy are set, it’s time to build a product roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Foster mutual understanding by painting a shared vision of the future and the results achieved. It’s a way of selling your vision to stakeholders, inspiring your team, and ensuring everyone is on the same page and moving in the same direction. The first draft of a roadmap shows your dream and vision for the product.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

However, I can certainly think of product or marketing professionals who use the term value when referring to cheap widgety dashboards and features aimed at novelty seekers, or following an industry trend with no real vision. I interviewed up to ten internal super users who would each review one hundred and twenty SharePoint documents a day.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

you’ll identify both functional and non-functional requirements to create a comprehensive Product Requirement Document. Gather everything you need, such as manpower, technologies, and tools you’ll use, and calculate a budget plan that covers expenses. Deployment Execution Execute the deployment plan, following the documented steps.

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Nulab

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Things like communication breakdowns, loneliness, and bad tech can all spell serious trouble for online teamwork. This can happen between different types of people due to different cultural backgrounds, language styles, time zones, and more. Bad tech : Inadequate technology hinders communication and collaboration.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 2, 2018

Collecting customer feedback for use cases gets tossed aside, non-technical teams won’t have new user stories to keep the product relevant in the market, and testing with customers becomes an afterthought. Acting as the point-person for non-technical teams, prospects, focus groups, and other stakeholders.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I now lead a team of over 40 product managers working on public-facing software, staff-facing software, core technology, and agile consultancy: product roadmaps have been the most consistent topic for support and professional development over the last two years. It’s also a communication and motivation tool for you and your team.

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freshtrax

OCTOBER 19, 2021

First, here’s the technicalities on how to localize the game: 1) Creating a Localization Kit. In some cases, agencies can treat game localization as documents to be translated, but it shouldn’t be that way. Due to their successful localizations, Nintendo has enjoyed 20+ years of console success, and many more to come.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

Solutions architect roles are rapidly becoming more important and popular in the technology ecosystem. As a solutions architect, you're the main technical resource for your company's sales team, and can provide a critical job function in a company's growth. You’ll go through many rounds, each 30 - 60 minutes long.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 25, 2022

The overall technological progress enhances a lot of business areas, and financial technologies are certainly part of that dynamic. Taking into account the expanding usage of technologies in the financial industry, there is no wonder people started wondering how to make a fintech app. What is fintech?

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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). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom. Others celebrated birthdays and had weddings via Facebook and Zoom. District Judge Robert Scola Jr.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

I then break down the resources into the way I think about what a product manager does, which is drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. One of the key responsibilities of a product manager is to define, articulate, and evangelize the vision for their product.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. users hate a concept – or it's not technically feasible).

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

Take the example of a multipart workshop we ran about the vision of our support products. These were the goals of the workshop: Come together as a team to discuss our vision for Intercom Support. A doc of draft product principles to send to the product team for feedback and review. What date will it be? How long will it run?

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

When designs are technically infeasible, and they don’t get implemented, valuable time is wasted. ? To find technically feasible design solutions, extra efforts are required from developers and other team members. ? This can happen due to various reasons: Lack of experience with integrating design teams into their processes.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So, to successfully pivot, it is important to carefully analyse and document the exact reasons for what went wrong to maximise learning. A product or feature might have been successful at the time of release, but technical capabilities improve and user expectations evolve. Learning comes with trial and error. and let it go.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

APRIL 29, 2021

Technically yes, because web development includes everything that needs to be worked on to build a website or application. Technical Assessment. Due to that, a web designer can be a demanding and versatile job position, requiring very specific technical and soft skills. The four phases are: Research. HTML and CSS.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

Product managers must articulate what success looks like for a product and rally a team to turn that vision into a reality. Fairphone has already launched several models and continues to drive its purposeful mission, creating waves in the tech industry and among conscious consumers with over 400,000 phones sold in a hyper-competitive market.

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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. Looking ahead, Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Respect their UX/UI and technology decisions and their right to determine how much work can be done. Developing a successful digital product requires more than technical knowledge. This will not only lead to better technical decisions and a better product. Assume that the team members want to do their best. Be honest and open.

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Modus Create

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It’s not a secret, and it has more to do with people than it does with technology. We had already aligned on the overall vision, goals, and high-level opportunities to explore. We also invested in identifying blockers and dependent tasks early by tech reviewing the upcoming features and by building proofs of concept where needed.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Product operations teams are responsible for automating and streamlining routine tasks and processes, tech stack management, keeping documentation up to date, and facilitate product experiments and data collection. Product operations managers are responsible for a number of processes: managing the product tech stack.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You are constantly using your roadmap to influence other departments and align their efforts to your product vision. Document these goals in a roadmap tool like Aha , ProductBoard , Product Plan , or Trello Now that you have everyone’s ideas, goals, and a backlog full of great initiatives, it’s time to prioritise.

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Usersnap

APRIL 29, 2023

Breaking-edge technology usually feels like something that requires advanced technical knowledge. It helps people find information about cruise lines worldwide, lets them add reviews, and has a forum to share experiences. Write a 1-pager that explains the product vision to the design & marketing team.”

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The biggest reason people stick with the timeline roadmap is due to other stakeholders, like their boss or customers. We all want to be hyper lean and build the right things, at the pace required, with no looming deadlines to cause stress and tech debt. What the boss doesn’t know is that it often leads to burn-out and tech debt.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability. But while each roadmap for a specific audience serves a particular purpose, there are times when we need everyone to gather together and agree on a singular vision for the product. Leave room for technical debt.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A few examples of digital transformations: Before our roadmapping discussion, let’s briefly review what constitutes digital transformation. Namely, this high-level strategic blueprint can help you: Communicate the vision and strategy behind your digital transformation. A business can undergo many of these transformations.

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Centercode

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In the early 90s, the technological landscape was a very different place. And the idea of a home filled with technology that could wirelessly communicate not only with you but other pieces of technology was, for most, as out of reach as something on the Jetsons. Brainstorming product vision with your engineers and design team?

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Their team was previously fully in-person, and their customers range from younger to older, from digitally mature to less tech-savvy people, who were difficult to reach with remote research methods. Due to their international scope, they have some experience researching online, but before the pandemic, they too were predominantly in-person.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 23, 2022

Here’s a bird’s-eye-view of where shaping fits into our overall product development process: Shaping exists within the greater product development lifecycle that starts with a high-level vision and ends with implementation. It’s the second stage and the one that comes between vision and design.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You wouldn’t expect to find a Brand Studio at every tech startup, but then again, we’ve always enjoyed doing things a little bit differently. You can see a lot of the changes and updates on intercom.com, and all of those brand changes are kept in our brand guidelines document. It’s a good way to get to the core of the identity.

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