Tue.Jun 25, 2019

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If You Are Doing Experimentation, Do You Need a Roadmap?

Split

“ We’re agile, so we don’t need a product roadmap. ”. In an increasingly agile world, I’ve heard this statement and variations of it time and time again. Organizations implementing agile methods often struggle to see how and where a long-term strategy fits in while working under a philosophy built on uncertainty. At first, roadmapping and agile product management seem more different than alike.

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Feature Flags: A Product Manager’s Best Friend

ProductPlan

Today, software development is all about the need for speed. Feature updates, UI changes and bug fixes are all done in near real time, and the frenetic pace is ever-increasing. Users have grown accustomed to constant updates to apps and expect any issues to be fixed immediately. Pushing new features or software fixes has always been fraught with anxiety, but the speed and frequency of today’s release cycles bring even more pressure.

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6 Strategies to Improve User Onboarding

Gainsight

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Why Retail and Shopping Apps Need to Embrace Qualitative Feedback

Alchemer Mobile

For some mobile apps, earning high average app store ratings isn’t an issue. In fact, roughly 90 percent of reviews for most retail and shopping apps are four stars or higher. But where many fail is in acquiring and then using qualitative feedback. Although a high average rating can paint a pretty picture, it can also distract you from the richer customer feedback behind each star.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Hot button issue: Improving accessibility in Messenger

Intercom, Inc.

When building product at Intercom, we move fast so that we can deliver value to our customers and validate our solutions to their problems as early on as possible. As a result of this fast pace, we sometimes need to circle back to polish past work that can be improved and iterated on. One recent example involved an accessibility issue in the “quick reply” buttons in our Messenger – a seemingly small detail in its own right, but one that we were able to revisit and improve to ensure we met the hi

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The Aha Moment – Abdelrahman Wahba on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Egyptian-born Abdelrahman (Abdo) Wahba co-founded popular Arabic audiobook site Iqraaly – but it wouldn’t have seen its current success unless Abdo had taken the time to analyse deeply what made customers stay loyal. To do that, he had to get to his “Aha moment” Now based in Berlin as the Head of Product for the Offerista Group, he ran through his process with us.

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These Seven Emotions Aren't Deadly — They're Your Secret Career Superpowers

First Round Review

It's time to do away with the myth that emotions don't belong in the workplace. With hilarious, relatable illustrations, Liz Fosslien shares how you can tap into anxiety, envy and other "deadly" emotions to boost your career and well-being.

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6 Tips To Create The Perfect User Onboarding Checklist

Userpilot

When it comes to improving product adoption, one of the most effective tools at your disposal is the user onboarding checklist. A great checklist guides your users through various tasks. It helps them identify key features of your product, and it means they start getting value from it right away. Building a checklist is easy. Tools like Userpilot can help you implement one into your product in no time at all.

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Learn How To Avoid Distraction In A World That Is Full Of It

Nir Eyal

The post Learn How To Avoid Distraction In A World That Is Full Of It appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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Bill Gates on his biggest mistake? Not making Android !

NextBigWhat

“In the software world it’s very particular for platforms… These are winner-takes-all markets. So the greatest mistake ever is whatever mismanagement I engaged in that caused Microsoft not to be what Android is. That is, Android is the standard phone platform – non-Apple platform. That was a natural thing for Microsoft to win,” [Bill Gates […] More.

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“HR Agility” Presented at ATX HR June 2019 Meetup

Agile Velocity

?. HR Agility – ATX HR June 2019 from Agile Velocity. In today’s business, the current rate of disruption and increasing amount of global competition require organizations to treat their employees differently. In this new workforce dynamic, it is more imperative than ever for organizations to foster empowered teams and inspired workers. At ATX HR, David Hawks discussed how HR agility enables focus, innovation, engaged workers, adaptability, and happy customers. .

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Where Technology Sales Performance Needs to Improve

TSIA

I start most of my presentations with a statement that I believe the technology and services industry is undergoing the greatest period of change in the last 50 years. I give examples of how everything about selling technology is changing: who you sell to, what you sell, and how you sell are all becoming unrecognizable from how they were 5 years ago.

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Answering “How Long Will This Take?” and Other Impossible Questions

Atomic Spin PM

As we decide where to focus, figure out the best way to implement things, or evaluate costs on any project, we hear the same questions: “How much will this cost?” Or “When will it be done?” Or even technical questions like, “How many records can this process per second?” We need to make decisions and decide where to invest, so these are critical questions.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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How Culture Add Changes the Conversation on Hiring

Mind the Product

You might know the term culture fit. You might even use it day-to-day, but hiring for culture fit could be having a hugely detrimental effect on your product organization. You may be limiting your ability to meet customer needs because of an unconscious bias across your organization. It can happen in any team, even in teams with a commitment to diversity.

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Co-Located vs. Remote/Distributed Teams: What Works and Why

The Product Coalition

In February 2013, Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo, decided to put an end to remote work at the company. In the memo, the company stated “to become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices.” All Yahoo employees were expected to give up any remote working arrangements and get back into the office.

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Designing Apps For Seniors: 5 Traits Worth Considering

UX Studio

Have you ever observed elderly people using their phones? Have you ever thought of designing apps for seniors? I’ve collected five of the dozens of interesting traits for the elderly I’ve come across during my projects as a UX researcher. Here they go. “The 20-30–year-old, tech-savvy people who live in large cities and tend to download new and exciting apps make up our audience base.

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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. I’ve had folks over to 1455 Market St, the headquarters of Uber, and I’ve reciprocated with visits to the Airbnb offices too. I’ve learned a ton from these conversations, and met awesome people along the way!

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. I’ve had folks over to 1455 Market St, the headquarters of Uber, and I’ve reciprocated with visits to the Airbnb offices too. I’ve learned a ton from these conversations, and met awesome people along the way!