Mind the Product

AUGUST 28, 2017

Jamie Parkins is a senior product manager at JustGiving, the online fundraising platform that enables people from all round the world to raise money for their cause of choice. He has been the product manager for this B2B audience. It has been running for 17 years and has raised in excess of £3 billion to date.

Analytic Tools 151

Analytic Tools Research Software User Testing Customer Experience 151

Mind the Product

JULY 6, 2018

And yet, the job of the product manager comes with a level of accountability and scrutiny that is unique. Product managers are asked to look after all facets of a product’s development, from conception to launch. Play around even as a product manager to understand exactly what set of tools you’re getting.

Research Software 93

Research Software User Testing Product Management Product Manager 93

Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Ahead of the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21st and, at a time where digital products are very much in the spotlight, we’re digging deep into accessibility to better understand how we, as product managers, can improve our digital products. What’s right for my product?

Reporting Tools 116

Reporting Tools Research Software Product Management Product Manager 116

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Source: [link] I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the writing of this article. I also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a trustworthy and collaborative product management education environment.

Analytic Tools 118

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Software Review Customer Experience 118

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In addition, if your product may be used by the US Government, you are legally obligated to build for accessibility by Section 508 of the of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended in 1998). My fear of accessibility ruining the ability to move forward in my roadmap was completely unfounded. Lessons Learned. Don’t do this.

Transportation 116

Transportation User Testing Customer Experience Government 116

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This could be the Product Trio of the Product Manager, Design Lead and Tech Lead, or it could include others depending on what you’re planning. He has more than 10 years of experience in API Platform integration for a large government agency and software companies, with a strong focus on Agile, technology and integration.

Definition 175

Definition Technical Review Customer Experience User Friction 175

Department of Product

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

SaaS Pricing Models for Product Managers 6 ways to price your SaaS product using leading SaaS businesses as inspiration Pricing a product is a critical part of product management; it’s rarely something product teams will or should do themselves and will typically involve a blend of product, marketing and sales.

Research Software 52

Research Software User Testing Product Management Product Manager 52

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Product leaders often find themselves in their position because they were the best of a bunch of product managers. Julia Harrison – Head of Product at Government Digital Service. This behaviour extends to those people you lead, rather than just the ones you manage. Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.

Customer Feedback 86

Customer Feedback Leadership Reporting Tools Weak Development Team 86

Mixpanel

MAY 20, 2020

But how do product managers know they’re bumping up against normal day-to-day resistance versus creating bigger problems? The reality is that companies can’t afford to hit the brakes on innovation at any point —they should be accelerating on the execution of their roadmap to set themselves up for future success.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Customer Experience 52

The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. That said, communication skills are essential for all program managers but even more critical for technical program managers. Potential technical program managers must keep this unique communication challenge in mind.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Reporting Tools Software Review Weak Development Team 52

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

Tell me about a time when you influenced a product roadmap. Use data from your experience to talk to the efficacy of a product launch. The government estimates between 50-70% of small businesses closed. Task: I took it upon myself to put together a Communication and Government Affairs team.

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing Marketing Research Software User Testing 52

Userpilot

JULY 14, 2023

What is a product analytics framework and why is it important? We also look at: Different types of analyses to include in your framework How to develop a product analytics framework And, the best product analytics tools. Userpilot is a product adoption platform with advanced analytics features.

Analytic Tools 96

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Feedback Software Research Software 96

Gainsight

JANUARY 8, 2021

That happened when Adobe’s top-performing Product Adoption Team combined efforts using their Audience Manager with Gainsight’s PX solution. They also spoke about what insights they gathered from customers, key internal stakeholders, and Adobe’s in-product framework where they build out their guides.

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Onboarding KPIs User Testing 52

Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. I find that the framework is best suited for products that are affected by a significant amount of uncertainty and change.

Product Research 343

Product Research Feedback Software Research Software User Testing 343

Modus Create

MAY 11, 2020

Here, in this two-part article series, you’ll find my thoughts about how the product community can help humanity, by sharing their experience in dealing with uncertainty, difficult decisions, emotions, and data. We’ll start with some prerequisites, and then jump into execution and implementation of frameworks. The Novel Context.

Technical Advisors 72

Technical Advisors User Testing Technical Review Feedback Software 72

The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

Where SaaS companies get prioritization wrong and a new approach to get it right There are many ways to prioritize what makes it onto your SaaS product roadmap and most of them are incredibly time-consuming and only done by your product teams. Sales will want the product built in a way to help them close deals.

Feedback Software 60

Feedback Software Research Software User Testing Product Research 60

Radical Product

JUNE 19, 2018

And what if a new way of thinking about “product” allowed you to bring powerful product thinking to a far broader range of challenges, from nonprofits to service businesses, even to government? A more powerful definition of product: Your product is how you make change happen in the world.

Feedback Software 40

Feedback Software Artificial Inteligence Customer Experience Data Visualization 40

The Product Coalition

JULY 24, 2020

Check out more insightful sketches by Jono Hey on sketchplanations.com This article is part of a wider guide on how to establish a product discovery framework in your organization. Up until this point in the blog series, the focus has been all about establishing the framework. It’s all about iterating consistently, after all.

Product Research 78

Product Research User Testing Data Visualization Customer Feedback 78

ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

Data Visualization 52

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Feedback Software Artificial Inteligence 52

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This article provides analytical framework and tactical steps to collect targeted customer feedback to improve B2B SaaS products. The same approach with a few alterations can be replicated for B2C SaaS products as well. Example of a Note: (Many times this note is sent by the Sales Account Owner on behalf of the Product Manager.

Data Visualization 151

Data Visualization Customer Feedback User Testing Analytic Tools 151

Product Management University

MARCH 30, 2017

There are so many parallels between a high-profile government program like healthcare reform and every product management fundamental ever conceived, a thought occurred to me: How great would the solution be if a rock-star product manager were leading the charge on healthcare reform? 6. Create the Roadmap.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Product Management Product Manager Data Visualization 100

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Why have Product Managers stopped speaking to customers? Very sadly, most product managers I meet today no longer talk directly to customers regularly. I ran a survey with industry insiders and at least 50% of all product managers who responded haven’t spoken to a customer recently. What can be cut first?

User Testing 168

User Testing Weak Development Team Customer Experience Customer Feedback 168

Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In this keynote from #mtpcon London, product leader and business builder Andy Ayim talks about how mental models can help us to make different types of decisions. And how, by using specific frameworks, we can focus on solutions that aren’t immediately obvious. Key points: Mental models can help us to make different types of decisions.

Government 108

Government Framework Reference Startups 108

Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2019

How do you create a cohesive approach to product methodology when working with cross-functional teams? What is the value in developing a consistent language, vocabulary and framework to a cross-functional organization? So kind of this product function really didn't have the product DNA of a mature established product organization.

Feedback Software 70

Feedback Software User Testing Framework Customer Experience 70

Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2019

How do you create a cohesive approach to product methodology when working with cross-functional teams? What is the value in developing a consistent language, vocabulary and framework to a cross-functional organization? So kind of this product function really didn't have the product DNA of a mature established product organization.

Feedback Software 70

Feedback Software User Testing Framework Customer Experience 70

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This helps focus on solving real problems, whilst keeping overlaps or dependencies between products to a minimum. Appoint a single accountable product owner who is able to maintain a strategic roadmap & prioritise work across teams. Give teams autonomy over they deliver product outcomes. Architecture Collaboration?—?The

Development 78

Development Agile Technical Review Software Review 78

Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Big company: Very difficult to make the switch at IBM because of how established they are and people still thought it was the old product. 10:30: Chris Mele: Investors, Pricing Science, and Optionality Mastering software pricing is as important as product management Pricing strategies such as pay as you go, etc.

Research Software 40

Research Software Feedback Software Analytic Tools User Testing 40

Department of Product

AUGUST 11, 2020

Challenger banks let you set up an account in minutes, the UK government’s gov.uk A deep dive into the tools, frameworks and processes used by product managers from top companies. Vision setting for UX differentiators Just as Shopify helps you get a store set up in minutes.

Differentiation 52

Differentiation Feedback Software Product Research User Testing 52

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The activities and processes that allow us to uncover a customer problem or invent a new technology, develop solutions, and ultimately launch products customers love are challenging, but they are not a mystery. Several frameworks exist to help make what is certainly not easy approachable and ultimately simple.

Feedback Software 72

Feedback Software User Testing Product Management Product Manager 72

The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2018

And based on those results, you start to have a midterm planning, maybe two to six months, so something that looks like a product roadmap. Then you come to the midterm planning for the next four, eight, maybe 12 weeks, in scrum speak people refer to this as the product backlog. And b) we put so much work into creating them.

Webinar 60

Webinar Agile Product Research Customer Experience 60

Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I’m the founder of Product Culture which is an organization dedicated to the idea that there are certain characteristics, certain habits of mind, certain ways of acting that really great innovative companies have that propel them to success with product after product. Also I wrote this book on product roadmaps.

Customer Experience 61

Customer Experience User Testing Onboarding KPIs Research Software 61

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The cadence of this event depends on the Sprint length of your Scrum Teams, which is influenced, for example, by your product, your market, governance requirements, if the Scrum Teams’ Sprints are aligned, or whether they are practicing continuous delivery anyway. They will probably become valuable allies at a later stage.

Data Visualization 111

Data Visualization Technical Review Reporting Tools Software Review 111