Wed.Oct 07, 2020

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Why conversational customer support is a key strategic investment

Intercom, Inc.

In the not-too-distant past, customer support was seen as a hassle, a cost that had to be borne but which was really just a tax on success. If it wasn’t for those pesky customers with problems, profits would be through the roof, right? There is no escaping the fact that supporting your customers costs money. But with customers expecting faster and more personalized experiences, providing great conversational customer support is no longer optional – it’s essential to business survival. “Sup

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Empowered Teams and Decision Agility

Mind the Product

In this MTP Leader panel discussion, leaders Adaora Asala, Jen Taylor, and Jeremy Toeman joined Emily Tate to discuss empowered teams and decision agility. They cover how and where leaders should get involved in decisions, the struggles all leaders have in letting go of decisions as we move into leadership roles, and what our roles [.]. Read More. The post Empowered Teams and Decision Agility appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Hungry Man Parable

Mironov Consulting

I talk with lots of executives from the go-to-market side of the house who think that building serious software is as easy – and easily estimatable – as building a fence. Would that it were so. One destructive side effect of this misunderstanding can be repeatedly changing the #1 top priority part-way through development, before there’s much to show the world but after spending significant discovery/design/architecture/development time on the previous #1 top priority.

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How Traditional Financial Institutions Fail In The Fintech Age

The Product Coalition

In recent years, we have seen long time banking and financial services players declare a new mission: to become client-centric, vowing a… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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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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How to Ace Google’s Product Strategy Interview

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

This is a guest post from Alexis and Adrienne's Product Managers at Work. I know people who are really good at strategic thinking. One of my friends can instantly take a problem that at first appears intractable, like “How would you drive down the cost of Tesla’s autopilot system to increase profit?” and then instantly break the question down, identify the most important levers, and separate signal from noise to drill down at an airtight strategic plan.

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The Difference: Qualitative vs Quantitative Data

The Product Coalition

Data is not the easiest field to master. Far from it, data science is as vast as it is complex. Luckily, as a Product Manager, no one expects you to be a full-blown data scientist. But the best Product Managers are data-driven, and there’s no doubt that the more you understand data, the easier your job in PM will be. If you’re just starting on your data journey, there are a few key things that you absolutely have to understand.

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Discuss & share feedback with Cacoo’s new chat feature

Nulab

The rise of remote working makes it more critical than ever to be able to communicate easily online about diagrams. Incoming: Cacoo now has a chat window right in the Editor. Chatting in Cacoo. Open a diagram and head over to the Comments, Sheets, and Settings Menu. Click on the Chat icon, and your Preview Panel will show your team’s chat for that diagram.

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Product Love Podcast: Ziad Ismail, Chief Product Officer of Convoy

ProductCraft

? Product Love · Ziad Ismail, Chief Product Officer at Convoy: decision frameworks This week on Product Love, I sat down with Ziad Ismail, the chief product officer of Convoy, a rapidly-growing startup that is changing the trucking industry. Growing up, Ziad was fascinated by computers. He even sold his first program to the principal. Read more » The post Product Love Podcast: Ziad Ismail, Chief Product Officer of Convoy appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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ONE THING on User Journey Maps

Product Culture

A user journey map is a great way to unpack the customer needs that make up a compelling product roadmap. Beginning with the moment the user realizes the problem exists, the journey map tracks the user’s actions step-by-step as they address it, and ends when the problem has been solved and the user moves on. Good user journey maps are highly detailed, examining even the most minute actions, movements, and (critically) emotions.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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5 Roadmap Templates for SaaS Businesses

ProductPlan

Roadmaps are a unique tool for creating and maintaining stakeholder alignment, resource planning, and budgeting purposes. But what happens when you’re managing a product that is being continually updated? This is the situation for countless SaaS product management professionals lucky enough to manage products via this model. When the only things standing between you and your customers seeing an update is deciding to push code to production, things can get fast and furious in a hurry.

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How to Sell New Features to Your Users – Feature Announcements That Skyrocket Adoption

Userpilot

Realeasing a new feature and expecting your users to just ‘pick it up’ is like going to China and expecting to ‘just pick up Chinese’. You need to help your users adopt the new features, regardless how far they are in their user journey. But how? In this blog, we’ll show you the best ways to drive new feature adoption for every type of feature launch, every type of audience segment, and every stage of the user journey.