Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2019

Of course such things are common on any failure to launch a product as well. Shipbuilding in 1628 was not unlike the way many agile software development teams operate. Shortly before the official launch party, one nervous engineer decided it might be worth doing a few integration and acceptance tests on the ship.

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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. Principles can help guide both strategic decisions and tactical decisions.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

PMs come in all shapes and sizes, but ultimately they’re responsible for managing the product through its lifecycle. From initial design and development through launch, upgrades, maturation, and eventually end-of-life, PMs are found wrangling other departments with competing priorities. To ship a great product.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, after a decade of managing products and advising, I find it exciting. Throughout my experience, I’ve used many frameworks and tools to support the research and discovery process. There seemed to be a lot of pain and no solutions for launching a product or feature from the product manager’s perspective.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Concept testing is an integral part of designing UX that not only satisfies user needs but delights them. This article introduces various concept tests, shows you how to conduct them, and discusses ways to collect user feedback to gain actionable insights. In monadic tests, participants provide in-depth feedback on one concept only.

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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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Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

And the product team responsible got some pretty brutal reviews in the process. Whether we like not, digital products deliver value through features. Sales If you’ve ever sat in on a sales meeting with a client, you’ll know what happens in a typical product demo. They’re addictive. And stimulating.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Market research and customer discovery help validate ideas and make sure the market is ready for the product. Product failure is often attributed to poor UI/UX. Make your UI easy to navigate so that customers can easily learn how to use it and can experience product value quickly. Getting your pricing right is tricky.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy. Teams with multiple functions are instrumental towards staying competitive and succeed.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your product go-to-market strategy is the final ingredient for any successful product launch. As a product marketer , it is your job to identify the best target audience for your product, while also finding the best pricing options, distribution channels, and unique value propositions.

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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. 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. Building a product is a lot like a combat mission. A product wall.

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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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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

In each of these scenarios, some companies will quickly adapt to new trends and reconfigure their product offering to stay relevant. The types of trends that matter to product teams So if we agree that staying on top of trends matters, the question then is, what types of trends should we bother staying on top of?

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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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Department of Product

AUGUST 22, 2022

Here’s some of the areas we felt could be the most impactful as part of your product health check, spanning data, devices, value proposition, business and strategy. Sure, you can dig deeper later on, but these are fundamental metrics that are important to understand when you’re assessing the overall health of your product.

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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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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 9, 2021

Strong product teams use a variety of product discovery techniques to identify and address risk. The best teams tackle the biggest risks first. What is Product Discovery. A key theme in Inspired is that strong product teams practices separate discovery and delivery activities. Inspired by Marty Cagan.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Learn how to create your product roadmap in 2019, including 5 templates you can get inspiration from. Anything from working as a team or long-distance communication can be improved with the right application. Roadmapping is one of the unsung heroes in the product arena. 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. Anything from working as a team or long-distance communication can be improved with the right application. Roadmapping is one of the unsung heroes in the product arena.

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ProductPlan

MAY 7, 2019

Ensuring everyone is striving toward the same strategic goals while still working and thinking independently isn’t easy, particularly when the organization is broken out into separate teams. How can specialization and product-level focus marry up with the overlying objectives the company has defined and is measuring itself against?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 21, 2024

Brought to you by: • Paragon —Ship every SaaS integration your customers want • Lenny’s Talent Team —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs • Vanta —Automate compliance. During their turn, the person can be asked anything by the other members of the group.

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DISQO

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We’ve talked about MVPs extensively in this blog, but an often overlooked point is that they are only one component of a much larger framework. Understanding the importance of an MVP is just as important as launching one. The goal of an MVP launch is not to launch the first version of a product.

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DISQO

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We’ve talked about MVPs extensively in this blog, but an often overlooked point is that they are only one component of a much larger framework. Understanding the importance of an MVP is just as important as launching one. The goal of an MVP launch is not to launch the first version of a product.

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DISQO

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We’ve talked about MVPs extensively in this blog, but an often overlooked point is that they are only one component of a much larger framework. Understanding the importance of an MVP is just as important as launching one. The goal of an MVP launch is not to launch the first version of a product.

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