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Why we say Agile when you want to say chaos

Mind the Product

Most people working in a tech environment have experience working with Agile methodologies. However, it’s very common to see that Agile principles and philosophy are not correctly interpreted and implemented. Some companies fall into the “Agile = speed increase” trap. They focus on how the technical team performs or delivers, but not on what matters: [.

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Stop whinging about “Tactical” vs. “Strategic”

The Product Bistro

Product Management often feels like they are too tactical, and they should be more strategic, but not all tactical tasks are bad to own.

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How To Master Your Customer’s Needs Using JTBD

The Product Coalition

Jobs-to-be-Done is the framework for understanding your customer’s needs. However, it goes further than just understanding, and it provides the foundations for improving existing products and services, launching new products and go-to-market activities. The purpose of this article is to curate and summarise the best thinking out there on Jobs-to-be-Done in order to explain what it is, why you need to use it and how you can apply it.

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10x Your Interview Skills to Create Digital Products That Delight

280 Group

Why Should We Conduct Interviews? Because there’s real value to user research. Companies save money and ship fewer wrong products when conducting user research. A good rule of thumb is that for every $1 of research spent saves $100 dollars in development by ensuring that we build the right product—on our first try. Customer interviews are one form of qualitative research that you can conduct.

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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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If Your Product Strategy Doesn’t P**s Somebody Off, It’s Not Very Good!

Product Management University

Don’t get me wrong. The goal of your product strategy isn’t to p**s people off. It’s to demonstrate that your product direction is aligned with the goals and priorities of your target customers, current customers included. It’s to demonstrate that you have a vision beyond the next release or two for how you’re going to make customers better at mission-critical processes that are strategic to their business.

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Health matters: Store and process healthcare data in a HIPAA-compliant manner using Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

The onset of COVID-19 has accelerated a digital transformation in the healthcare industry, resulting in changes to how patients receive care and how medical records are stored and processed. From healthcare providers to insurers and others, the pandemic is rapidly driving organizational change and prompting businesses to consider future needs by adopting new technologies to replace or assist with historically manual workflows without compromising on care or privacy.

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Stop whinging about "Tactical" vs. "Strategic"

The Product Bistro

Ask ten product managers what their life is like, and you will get ten different answers. However, there will be one constant. They will complain that they do too much “Tactical” work. It is a complaint, and one that people both inside and outside of product management will make, but it ought to be a cause for thought. First, Tactical is not a great term.

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Refreshing the Mind the Product brand for the next decade

Mind the Product

Over the coming days, weeks, and months you’ll notice that our brand has received a bit of a makeover. In this post, we’ll reveal how we’ve chosen to elevate our beloved venn, brand colours, and more. Mind the Product started as ProductTank in 2010 – a simple meetup with just 25 people in the back [.] Read more » The post Refreshing the Mind the Product brand for the next decade appeared first on Mind the Product.

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2021 App Retention Benchmarks

Alchemer Mobile

Recent marketplace fluctuations required brands to get creative in their app mobile engagement strategies. While companies took varied approaches to improving app retention, one theme is clear: Most mobile teams’ focus has shifted to retention over acquisition. Retaining customers tends to cost less than acquiring new ones and offers additional benefits through improving overall lifetime value.

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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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CX pioneer Jeanne Bliss on building customer-centric businesses

Intercom, Inc.

This question has been shaping customer experience expert Jeanne Bliss ’s career for as long as she remembers. Jeanne is one of the leading voices on customer-centric leadership. In fact, she wrote her first book, Chief Customer Officer , long before that type of role was even widely known. She’s been coaching business leaders for over 30 years, helping them build more customer-centric initiatives and create long-lasting, memorable relationships with their customers.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Arati Sohoni, Director of Product Management at Walmart

280 Group

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Arati Sohoni, Director of Product Management at Walmart. View the full list of this blog interview series to learn the stories of more women product leaders. How did you get into product management? My transition into product management was very interesting. I was working at a healthcare startup that was doing electronic prescriptions.

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Pricing Strategy for Product Dummies – Fanni Fejes on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

How much should you be charging? Are you leaving money on the table, or are you scaring away potential customers? Pricing strategy can be one of the biggest challenges for product people, so we asked Founders Factory coach Fanni Fejes to share some of the lessons she teaches founders. In this episode, sponsored by Hotjar, listen [.]. Read More. The post Pricing Strategy for Product Dummies – Fanni Fejes on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Agile Frameworks And The Cargo Cult: When The Planes Stop Coming

The Product Coalition

I often meet managers who tell me: “Agility? That’s an old hat! We have been doing this for a long time.” Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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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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The Ecosystem (and Future) of the Modern Data Infrastructure

Indicative

A simplified look at the current data landscape shows that an architecture where companies own and control their own data—where the data warehouse is the central hub connecting to all other tools and a gravity well for all business data—is emerging. That architecture represents a major shift in how data is ingested, stored, and analyzed by companies of all sizes—and key players in the data analytics industry aren’t keeping up.

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Customizing the customer experience: How Grover boosted the power of their support with custom apps

Intercom, Inc.

The rise of subscription services brought with it a huge shift in consumer buying habits. According to research, the subscription economy has grown by more than 350% in just under a decade, which perhaps isn’t all that surprising when you consider how many of the services you use on a daily basis are subscription-based. Leading the charge in the tech subscription space is Grover , a platform that offers consumers more flexible ways to access tech by enabling them to rent devices such as phones,

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7 easy ways to show your company the value of product

Mind the Product

If you’re working in an organization that’s resistant or slow to transform from project to product thinking, you are not alone. I see it all the time and in this post, I’ll suggest how you can become the driving force for change, and show your company the value of a product mindset, in an effort [.] Read more » The post 7 easy ways to show your company the value of product appeared first on Mind the Product.

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How to Encourage Your Team to Take More Risks

The Product Coalition

Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. But what happens when your team members have a hard time doing so, at least to the extent that you need them to? Here are a few things you can do to help them master this important skill. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels When I was VP Product at Twiggle, we had a management off-site with some outdoor activities.

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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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How to Develop a Strong Product Strategy in 2021

Userpilot

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. But where do you start, how do you define it, and how do you take the steps to achieve it? If you want to learn more, keep reading.

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How Data Lifecycle Management Applies to Product Analytics

Amplitude

Many organizations collect data, but not all effectively manage it throughout its lifecycle. According to one McKinsey & Company report , organizations are still managing data “with ad hoc initiatives and one-off actions, rather than through long-term strategic adjustments that are required for sustainable success in an evolving business environment.

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Top Product Talks from AsiaPac

Mind the Product

As #mtpcon #mtpcon Digital APAC (14-15 April) draws near, we’ve taken a tour of our video archive to revisit some awesome product talks from the region. From #mtpcon talks on remote discovery and design thinking to ProductTank talks on imposter syndrome and SaaS product launches. This selection of videos also includes 3 talks that were [.]. Read More.

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Applying the ‘Target Customer Scenario Canvas’ to Cross the Chasm

The Product Coalition

Narrowing Down the Battlefield Figure 1 shows the ‘Technology Adoption Life Cycle’ for discontinuous innovations. We can see that such innovations face a chasm between the early and the mainstream market. Crossing this chasm decides if the innovation will become a success or has to leave the market. Innovators have to build first reference customers in the mainstream market to prove having a promising business model and a compelling offering.

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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.

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This GTM-Leader-Turned-Investor Crowdsources Early Lessons From Stripe, Figma & More

First Round Review

As he makes the transition from operator to investor, Meka Asonye looks back on his career as a sales leader at Stripe and Mixpanel to offer tactical takeaways and go-to-market lessons — crowdsourcing additional advice from the top revenue leaders in his network.

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Enlightening Conversation on the Badass Agile Podcast

Johanna Rothman

I had a terrific time with Chris Williams on his Badass Agile podcast. We discussed the Modern Management Made Easy books. (Let me just say, I love the fact that I can now say I am a Badass. Hehehe.). We had a terrific discussion. Some of the topics we covered: Are managers born or made? The seven principles I covered in the books. How managers need to collaborate to achieve agility.

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Stories from the ProductTank Community – Sydney

Mind the Product

ProductTank organiser Benjamin Wirtz gives us a sneak peek of what the product scene is like in Sydney Australia. What is it that motivates you to run ProductTank meetups? Product Management is still poorly understood in most companies down under. The people who ultimately manage product managers often have no experience in the role and can [.]. Read More.

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Impact of Blockchain in Telemedicine Technology

The Product Coalition

Blockchain in Telemedicine Blockchain came with efficient solutions to multiple issues prevailing in telemedicine systems. Solutions to increasing counterfeit drugs, data breaches and other significant factors became the driving force for Blockchain healthcare market growth. Marketsandmarkets predicted that the global Blockchain healthcare market would reach 829 million USD by 2023.

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Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success

Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

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Thank God, We Are Not a Flat Org Anymore

UX Studio: Product Management

Our team was like magic. Every Friday we sat down for an hour to our usual how-we-work ritual, when the six of us discussed how we should do things at work. People brought up many different topics in these meetings: how to do certain design tasks, how to handle difficult clients, how to hire new team members, etc. And we always came up with a general solution we could use in the future any time the same problem occurs.

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Best Books for Product Managers

Ken Norton

Essential product management reading -. I’m regularly asked for product manager book recommendations. There are lots of excellent books about product management, but these are the ones I'd consider essential to any PM’s bookshelf. TOP PICK Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams By Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson and.

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5 Key Capabilities That Your VMware Horizon Monitoring Solution Must Have

eG Innovations

In an earlier blog post, we had discussed the major challenges that VMware Horizon admins encounter when supporting VMware Horizon-based virtual applications and virtual desktops. In this blog post, we will look at five key capabilities that VMware Horizon administrators need in their monitoring tools to enable them to monitor, diagnose, fix, and operate their VMware Horizon deployments: 1 Monitoring the User Experience of VMware Horizon Users. 2 Providing Deep Insights into Virtual Desktops/RDS