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Why Working Backwards Benefits Product Teams

ProductCraft

When I worked as a news reporter, the most common questions I received about my job revolved around the press release. Is it necessary? Is it relevant? Do you even read it? And my answers were always a resounding yes. But not for the reasons you might think. I certainly didn’t need a press release. Read more » The post Why Working Backwards Benefits Product Teams appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Usability Mistakes: 6 Honest and Valuable Tips From a UX Designer

UX Studio

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How to Recruit Beta Testers

ProductPlan

Working with beta testers is a great way to ensure a new product or feature is ready for “prime time” before you actually let it loose into the world. They can find bugs, quirks, and missing pieces while helping you avoid costly blunders. But what makes for a good beta tester and how do you find them? Here are some qualities to look for in a beta tester and nine tips on recruiting them.

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How to Establish Product Culture (With a Little Help From World Product Day)

Mind the Product

Parkinson’s UK is a pioneering and driven organisation; we’re transforming our organisation to ensure we are fit for a digital society. Establishing agile and product culture is critical to us becoming a modern organisation that continuously improves. Cultural change is about changing behaviour and attitude, which is hard and takes time. We have around 500 employees all over the UK.

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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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How to Succeed at Product Management in the Face of Uncertainty

The Product Guy

Guest Post by: Ben Chamberlain (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Nis Frome]. I was frustrated when I started The Product Guy mentorship program. I felt by executing primarily on well-defined projects, my role was closer to project manager than a product manager. Serendipitously, the company changed direction and I was tasked to build a product with few concrete details and a great deal of uncertainty.

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MTP Engage Manchester is Back Next Year – and it Will be all About you

Mind the Product

MTP Engage Manchester will be back on the 6th and 7th February 2020 – and better than before. We received lots of positive feedback and suggestions of what we might do differently after this year’s event, and we’ve listened to this feedback to pull together what we hope is a conference that beats expectations. Build, measure, learn; we practise what we preach!

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The 5 W’s Of Customer Feedback

Gainsight

You want growth? Your customers’ health is more important than your top of funnel. It sounds counter-intuitive, but it’s true. Over half of customers believe their experience is more important than price when making a purchasing decision ( Gartner ). And according to Harvard Business Review, it’s 25 times more cost-effective for you to retain existing customers than to invest in new ones.

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How graph visualization helps us understand collaboration

Miro

How graph visualization helps us understand collaborationHow do you measure the value of a product that’s redefining teamwork? The first step is understanding how users are naturally leveraging the platform to get their work done. At Miro, our product is a visual collaboration platform which allows users to interact with each other on a virtual whiteboard, doing everything from brainstorming new ideas to tracking projects to completion.We set out to examine […].

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10 Product Pricing Strategies For Your Mobile App

Arkenea

Pricing a product is always tough. And pricing a digital product is even tougher. If you’re creating a mobile app by hiring an app development company, I’m sure one of your key thoughts would be ‘How do I price my mobile app?’, ‘How much should I charge my users?’ The apps that are offered free or […]. The post 10 Product Pricing Strategies For Your Mobile App appeared first on Arkenea.

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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 Write & Format Your Resume For a Product Manager Position

The Product Coalition

Listing your achievements in a resume can feel like a thankless task. And yet, it is an inescapable part of your working life. Your resume or CV is your professional passport and it aims to portray the highlights of your career. It is precisely this latter point which creates more trouble for everybody. Selecting those really important achievements is as hard as picking your favorite song.

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Harness Data to Help You Define a Partner Channel Upsell Strategy

Gainsight

It’s crystal clear that your partner channel is an asset to your company’s overall business revenue number. What’s murkier is the operational process to actually put those dollars in your pocket. Probably the first word that comes to mind when you talk strategy in growing revenue through the channel is upsell. But not all of your partners are ready to tackle an upsell strategy.

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Opt-In vs. Opt-Out: A Guide to Email Marketing

AB Tasty

We explore the difference between opt-in vs. opt-out email marketing and offer a guide to help your next email marketing campaign achieve a great return on your investment. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Opt-In vs. Opt-Out: A Guide to Email Marketing.

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Tracking Performance Data from the Top Hardware, Software, Services, and Cloud Technology Companies

TSIA

At TSIA, we’re a group of data fanatics on a mission to give your technology company the fact-based insight you need to achieve profitable growth. We do this by collecting, analyzing, and triple-validating performance data from across the technology and services industry and boiling it down into proven action plans you can use to get and stay ahead in an evolving marketplace.

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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 to Ensure a Successful Mobile App Release

Atomic Spin PM

Releasing a new version of a mobile app can be a stressful process. The first few times you do it, your customer base is probably pretty small, so it doesn’t feel like a very big deal. However, after your user base grows into the thousands, the pressure really starts to build. The fear of releasing a bug that could potentially impact tens of thousands of people can be unnerving for even the most confident developer.

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Sponsorship & Supporters | The Business of Software Difference

Business of Software Conference

“How do you beat Bobby Fischer? You play him at any game but chess.” Warren Buffett. April Dunford shared this quote in her brilliant book, Obviously Awesome. We’re all reading it in the office. Not because she’s coming to the UK and we’re hosting some talks with her in early July nor because she’s speaking at BoS USA this year , (both are true).

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The User Interviews Culture Handbook

UserInterviews

What we believe, our mission statement, and what we're building for the future.

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Why It’s Important to Help Leaders Learn Fast From Failure

DISQO

From a young age, we are programmed to avoid failure. Or we’re taught that it’s OK to fail as long as we don’t make the same mistake twice. But as we grow up and enter the working world, failure has different consequences. . Failure, the thinking goes, comes at a high price professionally. It’s often expensive for employers and it can be costly to career prospects and growth.

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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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The User Interviews Culture Handbook

UserInterviews

What we believe, our mission statement, and what we're building for the future.

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The Secret to Delivering a Truly Fan-First Homepage

StubHub

By Jen Lau, Senior Product Manager & Kat Escudero, Global Head of Merchandising Every company’s homepage should serve as a window into its business, and the StubHub homepage is no different. It represents how we want our customers to see us. But, just as importantly, our homepage reflects how we at StubHub see ourselves. In the nearly two decades since our founding, StubHub has become the world’s largest ticket marketplace, with tickets available for over 10 million live sports, music and th

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Why It’s Important to Help Leaders Learn Fast From Failure

DISQO

From a young age, we are programmed to avoid failure. Or we’re taught that it’s OK to fail as long as we don’t make the same mistake twice. But as we grow up and enter the working world, failure has different consequences. . Failure, the thinking goes, comes at a high price professionally. It’s often expensive for employers and it can be costly to career prospects and growth.

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Why It’s Important to Help Leaders Learn Fast From Failure

DISQO

From a young age, we are programmed to avoid failure. Or we’re taught that it’s OK to fail as long as we don’t make the same mistake twice. But as we grow up and enter the working world, failure has different consequences. . Failure, the thinking goes, comes at a high price professionally. It’s often expensive for employers and it can be costly to career prospects and growth.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.