ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, after a decade of managing products and advising, I find it exciting. These days I look forward to starting research and discovery with nothing but a hypothesis. Throughout my experience, I’ve used many frameworks and tools to support the research and discovery process.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

For most SaaS businesses, a product satisfaction survey can be the heart of a user research process. Which asks users to rate their likelihood of recommending your product to a friend on a scale of 0-10. Which measures the customer’s experience with a specific product, feature, or team interaction.

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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.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Some are moving away from detailed, written product requirements documents (PRDs), while others are using shorter write-ups, user stories, or jobs-to-be-done formats. Some product teams are moving away from written PRDs to visual artifacts like mockups and prototypes. Eric Ries, in his post “What is customer development?

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Product Principles – Examples for Product Managers Make decision making easier with inspiration from top product companies Product principles are used by product teams to help guide decision making. Strategic decisions are fundamental questions of what value your product delivers, to who and why.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 1, 2023

What is Product Planning? Product Planning is researching, making decisions, and taking action to develop a successful product. The importance of product planning Product planning is woven into everything product managers do. What challenges does our persona face in completing desired tasks?

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s heart-breaking that, after all the effort that goes into developing and launching a new Product, from so many different people, 40% of product launches fail. Markham’s landmark study showed [1] and this is what we learned about at the latest Product Talks in Sydney. lack of effective product marketing.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. a product leader. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Why is product failure such a common feature of the SaaS landscape? We’re also looking at what product managers do to increase the survival chances of their products. We talk about product failure when the product doesn’t meet its objectives or goals. Product failure is often attributed to poor UI/UX.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

TL;DR A product manager leads the product management team and is responsible for overseeing all stages of the product development process. Typically, product managers are responsible for market and user research, product discovery , feature prioritization , and roadmapping.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

TL;DR In SaaS, concept testing is a research method used to test concepts during product discovery and before their launch. Concept testing helps SaaS businesses validate ideas , make the product development process customer-centric, and detect potential issues early, reducing the risk of product failure.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As usual, you really had to be there but here are the Sigmacorn notes… 9:00 Mark Littlewood: Opening remarks Welcome to BoS! How will we win?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 19, 2018

New product development is a risky business for companies – the failure rate for product launches hovers around 40%. A quick look at Product Hunt demonstrates there is a flourishing market for new products, all of them competing for our time and money. What is a Gate System? Why use a Gate System?

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Three mindsets of product development. Design Thinking is how we explore and solve problems; Lean is our framework for testing our beliefs and learning our way to the right outcomes; and Agile is how we adapt to changing conditions with software. Design Thinking is simply how we explore those problems and solutions.

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Department of Product

JUNE 27, 2022

Poor structure can make things worse. Define your org structure There are many ways to organize product development. Organize cross-functionally within engineering, embed product and design It is common for Engineering to organize along functional lines. For example, Frontend and Backend teams.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 11, 2022

They might suddenly fall in love with shiny objects, new technologies (like AI or blockchain) or the R&D team might have come up with something they wish to commercialize with no valid market. In doing so, CEOs dilute the product mission, strategies and tactics beyond recognition, causing product teams to lose control.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Product Roadmaps are some of the most important product tools. Learn how to create your product roadmap in 2019, including 5 templates you can get inspiration from. Tools are like the anchors that serve to rein in inspiration, focus and achieve your goals. Besides, a bad plan can really damage you in the long run.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Product Management is one of the toughest jobs out there. You are supposed to coherently navigate the development, design, and marketing of a product. Tools are like the anchors that serve to rein in inspiration, focus and achieve your goals. Roadmapping is one of the unsung heroes in the product arena.

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