Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. When I say “execute”, I don’t simply mean the engineering challenges of building something.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Customer data scattered across various systems, workflows bottlenecked by manual processes, and an overarching need for a more unified and efficient approach. Sana Benefits recently shared how it was able to overcome these challenges in its first year with Gainsight in a recent Essentials Business Review webinar.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

Instead, they hand off work from team to team—the back-end engineers design the data model and system architecture, the front-end engineers build the interface elements, the mobile engineers work toward feature parity, etc. These teams can rarely deliver value on their own. and CBC Gem. and CBC Gem.

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Product Management Unpacked

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. Product Managers often face a race to the finish, so to speak.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2020

We’d like to share some insights from what we’ve learned so far about software delivery and operations over the past few weeks of working from home during COVID-19 , and how we as an engineering team have adjusted to this unprecedented, unpredictable situation. New situation, new processes? What do we need to change?

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

A success story of an enterprise design system establishment, rollout and implementation at a multinational insurance company Managing design at scale, achieving a level of design consistency and quality. Those who are studying or working on a design system can readily recognize the significance of the title. Sound familiar?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2023

Now that the COVID pandemic is over, travel management systems are valuable because business travel is back on the table. Business trips may be exhausting for both those who travel and those who manage them behind the scenes. It is very hard to plan, distribute, and manage finances for such excursions.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” GTM leaders typically ascribe this situation to lack of attention, poor work ethic, or weak understanding of customers on the part of product management – i.e. personal failures best addressed by replacing or upgrading product staff.  Or They often propose grading product managers on answering tickets.  This

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

To achieve our mission of making internet business personal and scaling to support larger and larger customers, we have been continually, thoughtfully, and carefully investing in our people, systems, and processes to maintain Intercom’s high standards of availability. Here’s how we do it. Availability is embedded our culture.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Yes, the Computer Science curriculum had several required Hardware Engineering classes. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In this in-depth review, we’ll explore the features, benefits, and limitations of Mixpanel Analytics and why you might need to find a better alternative for you. Mixpanel Analytics helps product managers track and analyze customer behavior and product usage with its powerful features. Mixpanel vs Google Analytics.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

Security engineering interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. As a security engineer, your job is all about reducing risk for technical products by thwarting malicious behavior. Security Engineer Interview Stages In general, the security engineer interview has the following interview stages at most companies: 1.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Software Engineering jobs are among the most in-demand and highest-paying jobs on the labor market today. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that software engineering jobs will grow by 22% in this next decade. Here is our list of the top 30 software engineering interview questions you will likely experience.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is no secret that software engineering interviews are rigorous and extensive today. Nevertheless, there are some general trends you can expect in many of your software engineering interviews. Nevertheless, there are some general trends you can expect in many of your software engineering interviews.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Changes can be large or small, which depends on the software projects.

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Split

MARCH 30, 2023

Feature toggles—or feature flags or flippers—are a powerful tool software engineers use to enable and disable certain features within a codebase. This allows changes in the system to be tested with minimal risk of disruption or downtime. These handy flags are implemented in two ways, either manually or automated.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue.  Or What do I mean by software product vs software services ?  A  A very big difference.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2022

Today, our systems dynamically scale to serve about 50,000 web requests per second at peak, 26,000 background jobs per second, and 11,000 public API requests per second – demonstrating our ability to continuously scale to meet the requirements of modern enterprises. At Intercom, we aim to run less software. Can Intercom do that?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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Product Talk

MAY 15, 2024

During Ellen’s time as a product manager with Sound Amplifier (an early-stage mobile app designed to help people with mild hearing loss hear conversations and movies more easily using headphones they already have) she had an MVP version of the app and wanted to learn more from users at the time.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 7, 2024

On one side, the engineers — the wizards of code, masters of the digital realm. On the other, the product managers (PMs) — the strategists, the visionaries. Often at odds, but here’s the twist — it’s not the role of PMs that engineers despise; they just despise the approach of some PMs. Tip: Be a Bob who listens.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

Generative AI has the potential to create economic impact within sales, marketing, software engineering & IT, customer operations, and R&D functions across various verticals. Software Engineering: Generative AI drafts computer code based on natural language prompts, which reduces the time required for coding and debugging.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As product managers (PMs), we spend a significant portion of our time talking to customers and understanding their experiences to shape our roadmap and strategy—you may have even done an interview with us! Some of these tools are for managing everyday tasks, while others are critical for making strategic product decisions.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

MARCH 4, 2024

Similarly, in customer support , AI-driven chatbots and automated response systems are taking over routine support, effectively handling common issues such as account inquiries or basic troubleshooting. By automating routine and complex tasks alike, AI allows engineers to focus on innovation and strategic tasks.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

There’s nothing to be nervous about once you’re confident in your skills and knowledgeable about the normal software engineering interview questions. This article will start by talking a little about the procedure of most software engineering interviews.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2021

They’re so common that the US Department of Commerce concluded that “software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the US economy an estimated $59 billion annually or about 0.6% Most tech products are heavily software or technology-based. but product bugs must be planned for because they’re inevitable.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It provides the speed and efficiency mobile apps require for constantly changing products while maintaining the security and integrity of existing systems. Mobile marketers and product managers can immediately take action on events in Apptentive by simply flipping a switch. Airship.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 30, 2024

Few managers: They hire self-driven ICs and actively avoid hiring people who are strongest at guiding other people’s work. A prediction for the future: Johnny said, “If I had to guess, technical PMs or engineers with product taste will become the most valuable people at a company over time.”

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 13, 2021

Our product engineers are empowered to build great features, fast. A large part of making this belief a reality is the idea of running less software. It underpins a whole host of core Intercom features – Inbox Views , API , Articles , the user list, Reporting , Resolution Bot , and our internal logging systems. persistent": {.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. I realized that I wanted to expand my focus into product management.”. I was making a strategic shift. I was ready.”.

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Product Talk

APRIL 19, 2023

In the past few years, we’ve seen the growing popularity of a concept called “personal knowledge management.” He writes that personal knowledge management includes “how to save, organize, and apply one’s knowledge to solve problems and deliver creative work.” Find all of the posts in this series here.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2018

I love building enterprise systems, because you get to work with your customers/users every day and literally see their lives change as you release new features. In my case, at Zalando , these are systems for fashion buying, supply chain management, inventory management and procure-to-pay processes (e.g.

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Split

APRIL 12, 2023

Value Stream Management (VSM) is a powerful tool that allows software development teams to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. The implementation of VSM can bring about a variety of benefits for a software development team. So what is value stream management?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2020

As an entrepreneur, CEO, or project manager, you might be interested in outsourcing software development to another country and getting still high-quality work done for fewer costs. Likely, we understand everything that may become your subject of concern when making a decision to hire an offshore software development company.

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Split

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The usage of a single, common codebase by all developers on a team is emphasized by the software development method known as trunk-based development (TBD). With frequent integrations and codebase validations, this strategy ensures that the code is constantly in a usable state. Finally, automation boosts software quality assurance.

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Split

AUGUST 3, 2023

Mitigating risks in AI software development requires a combination of best practices, careful considerations, and proactive measures. Implement monitoring systems that track model accuracy, performance metrics, and potential biases. Encourage collaboration between AI systems and human operators to leverage the strengths of both.

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