Business of Software Conference

JUNE 25, 2021

While there are very few silver bullets in life, the Jobs-To-Be-Done framework is an indispensable tool in answering those kinds of questions. The reason is that the JTBD framework (used and applied correctly) helps entrepreneurs, designers, and engineers clearly understand what “job” customers are trying to accomplish.

Framework 64

Framework Research Software User Testing Customer Feedback 64

The Secret PM Handbook

OCTOBER 9, 2018

To start with, let’s go into the situation with a framework for future success. We’ll start with some assumptions: Let’s assume your product solves a significant problem, better than alternatives, for a particular segment, and you have some successful customers. Follow the rules.

Sales Training 170

Sales Training User Testing Differentiation Customer Experience 170

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Intercom, the product, continued to develop at a fast pace with hundreds of new features big and small – from an entirely reimagined Messenger to a thriving Intercom App Store to next generation chatbots, Custom Bots and Answer Bot. Consumer expectations of real-time interactions online are exposing some real human limitations.

Analytic Tools 150

Analytic Tools Research Software User Testing Customer Experience 150

Modus Create

JULY 21, 2020

We’ll discuss what’s necessary to accomplish when you’re planning to transition to Scaled Agile, including the differences in frameworks, tools, and training options that are critical to success. The answer is clear: after extensive research and preparation. Frameworks. When should you consider Scaled Agile?

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 3, 2017

The process moves through identifying questions, creating solutions, storyboarding, prototyping, and testing with customers. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp. A sprint culminates in creating a prototype and observing your customers using it.

User Testing 48

User Testing Product Research Feedback Software Testing 48

Gainsight

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The product-led flywheel is a framework you can use to encourage product-led growth. Instead, the product-led flywheel focuses on the user experience at different stages of the user’s journey. On the inner circle of your flywheel, visualize the different segments of your users based on their stage of their product journey.

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools Product Research Feedback Software Onboarding KPIs 52

The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 11, 2017

Onboarding Is Not A Customer Problem, It’s Our Problem. When customers aren’t behaving the way we want them to – for example, if they are not onboarding fast enough or in big enough numbers – we need to treat that as a “signal,” not as the problem itself. Then I’d go do some research on onboarding.

User Testing 170

User Testing Research Software Product Research Download 170

The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 11, 2017

Onboarding Is Not A Customer Problem, It’s Our Problem. When customers aren’t behaving the way we want them to – for example, if they are not onboarding fast enough or in big enough numbers – we need to treat that as a “signal,” not as the problem itself. Then I’d go do some research on onboarding.

User Testing 150

User Testing Research Software Product Research Download 150

Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here are our top 11 best books to read as a product manager: The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo This handbook is about the perfect book for those new to the job and want to learn how to become the manager you’ve always wanted. Writing Is Designing: Words and the User Experience by Michael J.

Books 52

Books Research Software Product Research Reporting Tools 52

The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

This is the classic framework from Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm. It gives you a structure for your thinking and research. Of course they are used throughout our domain – a user story is a very simple template, a Jira issue is created using a template. ” This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk to your customers.

Product Management 275

Product Management Product Manager Product Research User Testing 275

DISQO

JUNE 15, 2015

With the rise of ‘lean’ methodologies and literature, product managers today understand that continuously generating user feedback throughout the product lifecycle can help mitigate the risk of wasting resources to build something no one wants. While he likely never said that , the sentiment is not lost on product managers.

User Testing 49

User Testing Technical Review Data Visualization Customer Feedback 49

Product Bookshelf

AUGUST 22, 2016

The product management interview process is intimidating because it tests your expertise and domain knowledge in many different areas. Customer analytics. User and customer empathy. IDEA : How do you create a product that constantly engages the customer? Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques.

Data Visualization 48

Data Visualization Books User Testing Customer Experience 48

DISQO

JUNE 15, 2015

With the rise of ‘lean’ methodologies and literature, product managers today understand that continuously generating user feedback throughout the product lifecycle can help mitigate the risk of wasting resources to build something no one wants. While he likely never said that , the sentiment is not lost on product managers.

Product Research 40

Product Research User Testing Technical Review Data Visualization 40

DISQO

JUNE 15, 2015

With the rise of ‘lean’ methodologies and literature, product managers today understand that continuously generating user feedback throughout the product lifecycle can help mitigate the risk of wasting resources to build something no one wants. While he likely never said that , the sentiment is not lost on product managers.

Product Research 40

Product Research User Testing Technical Review Data Visualization 40

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. We also looked at some other research by Mind the Product and by Richard Banfield.

Feedback Software 60

Feedback Software Research Software User Testing Product Research 60

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 26, 2019

There were many product lines and different versions of the same products made to meet different customer needs. Modularization can manage the complexity and customization in product development. For service products : people expertise, customer experience, and process. cutting it by 70%. Examples of modules: ??

Feedback Software 60

Feedback Software Customer Experience User Testing Data Visualization 60

The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 22, 2016

I deal with: Customers – finding their problems and listening to their product feedback. Go to market – how my potential customers hear about my solution, its value to them, and why they should buy my solution instead of our competitor, or instead of doing nothing. We do a lot of market research.

Research Software 170

Research Software Feedback Software User Testing Product Management 170

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

At some inflection point of growth, it becomes impossible to intuitively know your customers, let alone decide which ones to focus on. We could no longer assume all our customers had uniform needs and could be reached the same way. Download The Growth Handbook. What is customer segmentation?

User Testing 184

User Testing Data Visualization Customer Experience Customer Feedback 184

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

You can spend months working on a great idea, pour tons of time and energy into crafting the perfect marketing, but without customers your business will cease to exist. All future growth hinges on one thing – customer acquisition. Get your free copy of The Growth Handbook, brought to you by Intercom. Want more advice like this?

User Testing 156

User Testing Customer Experience Customer Feedback Strategy 156

Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

In a time when there was very little acknowledgment about the importance and the role of design, when design was mainly done by developers and with very little user awareness. User friendly: How the hidden rules of design are changing the way we live, work and play. ? They were landmarks, in their time.

Books 52

Books Technical Review Research Software Data Visualization 52

Iteratively Blog

MAY 31, 2020

Time and again, folks have used product analytics tools to better understand their customers. Businesses use analytics to determine product health, improve the customer experience, test product-market fit, and ensure that they are making the right investments with limited time and resources.

Data Visualization 97

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Onboarding KPIs User Testing 97

Product Innovation Educators

JULY 6, 2020

It tied together many of my experiences and I helped me put them into a framework. It shared the need to get out of the office and learn from actual customers – something I had found vital but that I did not always practice on projects. After the crash, investors became risk adverse and were looking for product market fit.

Startups 88

Startups User Testing Customer Experience Development 88

BrainMates

APRIL 2, 2019

This means being able to quantify the value we bring to both customers and our organisation. Some examples of leading indicators: Number of customer inquiries. Trial users. Some examples of lagging indicators: Active users. Hate counting? The core of our Product Manager roles is how value is exchanged. Email open rate.

Product Management 99

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Data Visualization 99

Hutwork

MARCH 19, 2018

The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback. The Lean Product Playbook is billed as “the missing manual on how to apply Lean Startup to build products that customers love.” If you’re adopting lean thinking, this is the handbook for you. By Dan Olsen.

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Books Research Software Feedback Software Weak Development Team 67

Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Going back to basics to find inspiration has been one way expert product managers adjusted their strategies to meet rapidly-shifting consumer needs. Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior.

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Books Research Software Feedback Software Product Management 236

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

This week we released The Growth Handbook , a collection of tested frameworks and invaluable lessons to help steer your company’s trajectory up and to the right. There are lots of laws around the latter with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and intermediaries like Twilio have a very strict stance on that stuff.

User Testing 160

User Testing Research Software Customer Experience Onboarding KPIs 160

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

This week we released The Growth Handbook , a collection of tested frameworks and invaluable lessons to help steer your company’s trajectory up and to the right. There are lots of laws around the latter with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and intermediaries like Twilio have a very strict stance on that stuff.

User Testing 126

User Testing Research Software Customer Experience Onboarding KPIs 126

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 24, 2019

As one of the first 10 employees at Instagram, Bailey was wowed by the generosity and kindness that led early users to from Instameets around shared interests and hobbies. To form a successful community, a company must be willing to collaborate, trust and empower its users and customers. Get to know your biggest fans.

Research Software 116

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