A/B Testing?—?A Blessing or a Curse?
The Product Coalition
JUNE 12, 2019
How being data-driven is killing high-tech innovation Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
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Stuck in the Middle With Product Managers
Mind the Product
JUNE 10, 2019
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you. Stealers Wheel, 1973. Martin Eriksson made famous the diagram below, showing how product managers are at the cross-section of business, tech, and UX (by the way, I’m not implying any of these groups are clowns or jokers). The first time I saw this diagram I thought: “That’s awesome, it shows product right at the heart of everything, the lynchpin of the whole organisation.
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Why Working Backwards Benefits Product Teams
ProductCraft
JUNE 13, 2019
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.
Four Challenges Finance Apps Face and How to Conquer Them
Alchemer Mobile
JUNE 12, 2019
Convenient access to our finances is key in our global economy, and the mobile channel has quickly become the epicenter of customer experience. However, having convenient access to our finances at our fingertips doesn’t come without unique challenges. For example, privacy rules restrict the ways financial institutions can interact with customers through their mobile apps.
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How to Succeed at Product Management in the Face of Uncertainty
The Product Guy
JUNE 13, 2019
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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B2B Product Manager Magazine June 2019
Product Management University
JUNE 11, 2019
The B2B Product Manager Magazine June 2019 is now available. Every product company wants successful products. This month we contrast the differences between structuring your product management function for product success vs. customer success. Determine which approach is most conducive to successful products over the long haul in your organization. We’re also celebrating graduation month here at Product Management University.
How a Well-designed Mobile App can Eliminate the Stress of Travel
Alchemer Mobile
JUNE 11, 2019
Picture this: You’re sprinting through the maze-like airport as the airline calls your name over the intercom. You have exactly three minutes until they close the gate doors. You finally get there with 30 seconds to spare and try to quickly scan your boarding pass. You had downloaded it while waiting in the hour-long security line, thankful there was a convenient way to quickly access your info.
3 Important Tips for All Product Managers
The Product Guy
JUNE 11, 2019
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
Treat Your Career Like you Treat Your Products by Adam Warburton
Mind the Product
JUNE 14, 2019
We all treat our products with care, respect, and diligence. We agonise over decisions and strategic direction, we think deeply about product direction, we care about the experience our customers get and the impact we have on our businesses. It’s our job to make good decisions. In this talk from MTP Engage Hamburg, I look at why we seemingly treat our careers so differently and what we can do to change this.
Secure SaaS Success: Embedded Finance as a Competitive Advantage
Speaker: Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms
Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, where he’ll explore the significant impact of embedded finance on the software industry! This session is designed to provide you with the strategic insights needed to navigate the future of SaaS successfully, all while gaining a deeper understanding of how these trends can enhance your competitive edge, boost revenue, and deepen customer loyalty.
Boeing Product Managers Struggle To Come Back From The 737 MAX Disaster
The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 10, 2019
Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Some are easy and some are hard. Right now, being the product manager at Boeing who is responsible for the 737 MAX jet would defiantly fall into the difficult category. The reason that this would be such a hard job to have right now is because this airplane has experiences a set of disastrous crashes.
The UX of UserZoom: Part one – How we set up our research process
Userzoom
JUNE 13, 2019
Welcome to ‘ The UX of UserZoom ’ – a new regular series where we reveal how we’re using our very own research product to improve the UX of UserZoom itself! If things were more meta, we’d be sending the Inception team into Jakob Nielsen’s dreams to find Deadpool talking to Don Norman about how much they love The Princess Bride while failing to open a door.
Product Managing Up & Grailed
The Product Guy
JUNE 10, 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group and discussed Product Managing Up and debated Featured Product, Grailed … And, also, thank you to our awesome sponsors who make everything possible…
Negotiate Like a Pro(duct Manager) by Garry Prior
Mind the Product
JUNE 14, 2019
In this talk from #mtpengage Manchester, Garry Prior, Director of Product at THG Ingenuity, explores how negotiation is central to being a product manager, and looks into key areas to focus on during negotiations. As product people we spend our working lives negotiating internally with colleagues and externally with customers and partners. Given this, you would expect us to be well versed in the art of negotiation, and for product management training to include this as a core module, but you’d b
10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra
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Our 6 Must Reads for Onboarding Tactics That Help New Hires Succeed (and Stay)
First Round Review
JUNE 10, 2019
Onboarding is so much more than the standard-issue IT set-up: It's the foundation for how new hires settle into their roles and their future at the company. We gathered perspectives on how to prime your newest employees for success.
Auditing Web Performance Continuously with Gimbal
Modus Create
JUNE 12, 2019
Enterprises of all sizes have been witnessing a strong correlation of latency to the loss in revenue and productivity. Strong web performance is a Definition of Done for the best web development teams, but also a top priority for high-achieving product owners. And, at Modus, we’ve increasingly seen it become a requirement for our clients’ applications.
Top 10 Japanese Tech Companies
freshtrax
JUNE 11, 2019
According to an article by Tech :: Note , the Japanese tech industry has grown as a whole with continual increases in the total revenue of the industry, from 14,380 billion yen (approx. 133 billion USD) in 2013 to 14,899 billion yen (approx. 137 billion USD) in 2014 to 17,268 billion yen (approx. 159 billion USD) in 2015. To give you a bigger picture of the Japanese technology industry, we dive deeper and introduce the top technology companies in Japan based on the following four criteria: capit
How we Learned to Build Users’ Trust in a new Product Category
Mind the Product
JUNE 11, 2019
I’m really proud to have been part of the team who launched Echo’s new website – our digital pharmacy users can now manage their medication from whichever device they like, without downloading our app. When we started building our web product, our plan was pretty simple: “Just build the same features as our mobile app but make it work on bigger screens.” .
How To Manage Multiple Product Teams For Successful Development & Delivery
Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager
Effective management of multiple product teams necessitates a skillful coordination and guidance with the objective of aligning efforts towards shared goals. This entails constant communication, efficient task management, and ensuring that each team aligns with the broader organizational objectives. We can think about this like conducting an orchestra, where diverse efforts are harmonized toward a unified outcome. 🎯 Proficiency in these skills empowers product managers to navigate comple
Our 6 Must Reads for Onboarding Tactics That Help New Hires Succeed (and Stay)
First Round Review
JUNE 11, 2019
Onboarding is so much more than the standard-issue IT set-up: It's the foundation for how new hires settle into their roles and their future at the company. We gathered perspectives on how to prime your newest employees for success.
The 5 W’s Of Customer Feedback
Gainsight
JUNE 13, 2019
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.
How graph visualization helps us understand collaboration
Miro
JUNE 13, 2019
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 […].
Beyond the Hype on AI – Ashwini Asokan on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
JUNE 11, 2019
Ashwini Asokan, CEO and co-founder of intelligent retail automation platform VUE.ai, is working to evolve the world of retail, making shopping more of an entertainment experience. She’s spent a lot of time thinking about artificial intelligence and she sat down with us to go beyond the hype – and give us some practical advice about how to make use of it as a product person.
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Dungeons & Dragons made me a better Product Manager
The Product Coalition
JUNE 10, 2019
Dungeons & Dragons might be the most fun way to exercise some of the most important muscles that Product Managers need Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».
10 Product Pricing Strategies For Your Mobile App
Arkenea
JUNE 13, 2019
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.
Internal Product Development at the Financial Times by Claire Parker
Mind the Product
JUNE 10, 2019
In this ProductTank London talk, Claire Parker describes how the Financial Times built internal tools for editorial use by using a product development approach. She covers how this has grown over the years and discusses the ways in which the FT has helped other companies to grow through partnerships and collaborative projects. Four years ago, the FT built a newsroom analytics tool to see how customers engaged with its news stories.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr
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