Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

The process of defining your positioning strategy is not a one-and-done deal – in a crowded marketplace, it needs to be an ongoing exercise. And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. They include: Close.io

Customer Experience 165

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. They don’t value experience running product management teams , instead overweighting narrow technical or market segment familiarity.

Reporting Tools 145

Reporting Tools Analytic Tools Onboarding KPIs Customer Experience 145

The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen. We have to develop an appetite for generating fresh ideas. Embrace diversity and give voice to every team member.

Product Management 174

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks.

User Testing 149

User Testing Weak Development Team Onboarding KPIs Customer Experience 149

People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 30, 2025

Try this exercise: Take your current roadmap and ask "Why?" This proactive approach can spark valuable conversations and align your team's efforts. Which is truly too bad as research shows organizations encouraging authentic self-expression see 28% lower turnover rates and 16% higher engagement. three times for each initiative.

User Testing 52

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2021

As face-to-face consultations were no longer an option for many healthcare providers, Joel and his team dropped everything and asked themselves: what could they build to help their customers (and their customers’ patients) adapt to the new normal? It was exciting, and the worst-case scenario wasn’t so bad. Joel: Sure.

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It’s like developing a sixth sense for product success. How can we assess the level of product sense in PMs, designers, and developers? Is product sense an innate skill, or can the ‘art’ side be developed? Frustrated that your ‘art’ skills aren’t developing fast enough? The secret?

Product Research 52

Product Research User Testing Data Visualization Customer Experience 52

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 5, 2018

Our chat covers how gaming principles influenced her growth experiments, her team’s most successful retention tactics, and much more. Adam: How was the transition from classic marketing to working more with designers and engineers on the growth team? My team would do things like assign games to different members of the team.

Customer Experience 223

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Concept testing takes place before the development phase to assess how well the idea could satisfy user needs , while usability testing focuses on how easy the product is to use and navigate and happens during the development stage. Userpilot’s feedback and analytics features allow teams to conduct concept tests and analyze data.

User Testing 105

User Testing Product Research Feedback Software Analytic Tools 105

Nulab

MAY 25, 2022

Picture this: you’re working on a project with a team of people located in different parts of the world. You’re communicating via email, video, or some other messaging platform, and everyone is working on their own individual tasks. Information silos stem from poor communication between departments or teams.

Feedback Software 83

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2021

That’s why we partnered with Klaus , the conversation review and QA platform for support teams, to get a deeper understanding of what “quality support” actually looks like. Together, we surveyed hundreds of CX professionals, team leads, managers, and executives to get a deeper understanding of how they measure and improve support quality.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 12, 2020

And perhaps more importantly, how can you develop it? There’s only really one way to develop product judgment and that’s through direct interaction with your customers. Make sure you’re exercising the right instinct for the right circumstances. Or I’m reading the research team’s report.

User Testing 173

User Testing Customer Experience Product Research Customer Feedback 173

Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

PMs prioritize product development and functionality, while PMMs focus on market adoption and product desirability. Friction arises from differences in target personas , messaging misalignment, timeline conflicts, lack of clear ownership, and communication gaps. What are some key differences in priorities between PMs and PMMs?

Data Visualization 103

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. Since 2010, he’s helped the company grow to more than 40,000 customers and helped scale the support team to more than 500 employees to assist those users. Short on time?

Customer Experience 188

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    Lately, I’m calling this permission to stay focused.

Reporting Tools 105

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In this article, we talk about everything you need to know about mental health app development. We will also be covering the types and cost of mental health app development. Isolation and loneliness during the pandemic led to a steady rise in mental health app usage and its development. percent from 2024 to 2030 timeframe.

Research Software 52

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2024

They represent the customer’s voice and collaborate with product teams and stakeholders. The RICE framework evaluates features by weighing their Reach, Impact, and Confidence against the Effort required for development. Effort : How much time and work will be required from the team to build and release the feature?

Feedback Software 111

Feedback Software Customer Experience User Testing Product Research 111

ProductPlan

MARCH 18, 2022

For this reason, product teams need to develop a process for idea management. Your sales team probably doesn’t sketch up database schemas in their spare time and your programmers hopefully aren’t spending too many hours dreaming up catchy marketing slogans, but there’s no shortage of sources for ideas. There are no guarantees.

Idea Management 105

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software. And so, our teams it’s a huge motivator for them. And so we really learned that the messaging and the product had to do a different thing for every person in the organization.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time at the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. Today, Doug is a Growth Partner at Emergence Capital. It didn’t exist 15 years ago.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Development Team Review Customer Experience User Testing 171

Userpilot

MAY 29, 2024

Foster cross-functional team collaboration and communication. Best tools to use in your product development process: Userpilot – best tool for designing in-product experiences. Asana – best project management tools for teams. Userpilot helps product teams understand user behavior and drive product adoption.

Data Visualization 105

Data Visualization Feedback Software Research Software Analytic Tools 105

The Product Coalition

MAY 20, 2020

Example: Project manager prepares a project utilization report Delivery manager at a bespoke software development company prepares a report of how many man-days have been utilized on a project for a given client. Custom development of a bespoke reporting tool 2. Try a little exercise, before we move on.

Reporting Tools 131

Reporting Tools Customer Feedback Customer Experience Data Visualization 131

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 19, 2020

As digital first companies (and teams) we are in a really good position to get creative about fostering community online whether with clients, colleagues or family. Ultimately, community-building is about developing leaders. There is a community of “Potheads” around this Crock-Pot that was developed in America called the Instant Pot.

Customer Experience 37

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 1, 2013

I’ve been revisiting his concepts and their use recently, thinking about how to revise them for some exercises I’ve been doing with product teams. Back in 2011, Luke Hohmann introduced me to this concept and technique, and I used it with success with a team I was working with at the time. Thanks, Luke!

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ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2022

When it comes to the product team’s organizational structures and strategies, product operations is the hot new thing. More and more teams realize the value of having an operationally-focused professional. Teams must carefully consider if product operations solve the core problems and challenges.

Weak Development Team 52

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time a the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. Today, Doug is a Growth Partner at Emergence Capital. It didn’t exist 15 years ago.

Technical Review 163

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ProductPlan

JULY 23, 2019

Of course, product managers say ‘no” all the time, but it’s usually to bad ideas or things requiring resources that are simply unavailable. The harder part is shooting things down that aren’t bad at face value, but don’t match up with the strategy, vision, and timeline of the overall product. Good idea, bad timing.

Vision 82

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Modus Create

JULY 11, 2019

People with strong personalities habitually play devil’s advocate — a habit which, on its own, is actually not bad. Again, the ability to rally a team around a common goal is a great quality in a leader. Instead, find some truth in what he or she is saying, even if you or the team don’t agree with all of it.

User Testing 72

User Testing Feedback Software Weak Development Team Leadership 72

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

He even invented the design sprint at Google, helping teams discover how to be purposeful and effective. Here are 5 quick takeaways: Design sprints are powerful because they make teams focus on one thing every day. Teams should reconsider how they manage emails and meetings. So, on Monday, the team makes a map.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 25, 2023

Great teams assemble individuals with differing skill sets, perspectives, and experiences. For example, Iron Man and Captain America leading the Avengers or Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman teaming up as the Justice League. Many product teams now have their own team of super-powered individuals banding together for a common cause.

Customer Experience 52

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A few extremely well-chosen objectives impart a clear message about what we say “yes” to and what we say “no” to. The exercise of backlog prioritization forces us to diverge and analyze all the ideas and stories to achieve our objectives. It also gives visibility to the team and internal stakeholders nurturing our view with theirs.

Customer Experience 78

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Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 30, 2019

Claire Suellentrop (Founder/CMO, Userlist.io) – Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging from Business of Software Conference. So I have talked about jobs to be done and how you can use it specifically for marketing as opposed to just for product development at a couple of conferences.

Messaging 40

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Step 1: Establish user onboarding You can’t have a great onboarding plan without a great onboarding team. So the first step in the EMBED framework is to establish a foundation within the team. For effective onboarding, it’s important to align your team and educate them about its importance. tooltips, in-app messages, etc.

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Usersnap

AUGUST 26, 2021

There’s a lot of details, but the main takeaways of this article are to learn: how to increase product development ROI by utilizing customer feedback methods of collecting and responding to customer feedback the software for managing and analyzing the voice of customers in context. Design and development with customer feedback.

User Testing 119

User Testing Feedback Software Customer Feedback Product Research 119

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

Acquisitions can help fuel growth, but often go awry when the company fails to explicitly instruct their internal teams to step aside so that the new hires can do their jobs. You have no idea what the people in the management team are really thinking about. In the book, you say that org structure is really an exercise in pragmatism.

Technical Advisors 120

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ProductPlan

APRIL 29, 2020

Particularly in the software business, if you ask a team to build it, they likely can pull it off. The fire hoses of data are coming from all angles, be it customer feedback , support requests, competitive intelligence , or new ideas from the executive team. The challenge isn’t figuring out what to build, it’s what you should build.

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Usersnap

APRIL 10, 2025

The pressure to ship fast turns discovery into a checkbox exercise rushed, inconsistent, and disconnected from the broader product development lifecycle (PDLC). Strong discovery practices reduce uncertainty by helping teams validate assumptions early and often. Product managers often feel stuck during discovery. The result?

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