Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As Product Managers, we perfectly understand the need to generate and use customer feedback. This led me to reach out to 14 leading Product Managers and talk with them about how they use customer feedback in their own companies and teams. Feedback is only relevant vs. a goal and user context.

User Testing 170

User Testing Customer Feedback Feedback Software Customer Experience 170

Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Business agility encompasses aspects such as product innovation, customer-centricity, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptive strategy execution.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. What is a UX strategy?

Research Software 79

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

TL;DR Product managers need to have good problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills. Product managers often work in cross-functional teams and bridge the gap between multiple departments. Leadership. What qualities do you look for in a strong product team? As such, they need to have superb communication skills.

User Testing 75

User Testing Research Software Feedback Software Product Research 75

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Unfortunately internal promotion isn’t always positive A quick disclaimer: I’m a huge advocate of career development and internal promotion. They do not set the menu, cook the food or plate it up for customers. Product Management is a leadership role which is difficult to ‘start small’. Customer feedback ?—?what

Product Management 165

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These terms might even be used interchangeably in your organization to describe a product’s customers. However, user personas and buyer personas are distinctly different. Improving the performance of one or more departments then has a measurable impact on the customer organization’s strategic goals (buyer persona).

B2B 130

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

It defines, communicates, supports, and improves important operations which can be standardized, such as communication, planning processes, team gatherings, and training. How it’s become a critical function for scaling effective product teams. Developing and maintaining a continuing education program for product managers.

Product Research 186

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Bain Public

JANUARY 11, 2022

Let’s face it, most organizations have poor habits around roadmap completion — this is why getting leadership (or stakeholders) to develop consistent, stable and familiar routines reinforced through repetition and communication is valuable. Do you validate the pain point and place it in a parking lot for triage?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. The kiosks are interactive devices that provide concession, flight, point of interest and flight information to the passenger. Passengers are also able to view hotel information and use the devices to speak to the sales team of the hotel.

User Testing 167

User Testing Weak Development Team Product Research Customer Experience 167

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Allocating time for a specific research stage is often a no-go for leadership, so make the habit of interviewing customers continuously. Let’s dive in!

Technical Review 78

Technical Review User Testing Product Management Product Manager 78

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I redesigned the internal and public web properties and was promoted into my first “product leadership” role. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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Weak Development Team Systems Review Customer Experience Software Review 85

ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. Yet the customer experience continually improves while KPI targets come into view. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets.

Reporting Tools 94

Reporting Tools Feedback Software Product Research User Testing 94

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This year I developed a new reading approach, in which I read several books in parallel, usually from different topics. Continuous Discovery (By Teresa Torres ) “Rather than defining your success by the code that you ship (your output), you define success as the value that code creates for your customers and your business (the outcomes).” “An

Books 119

Books Systems Review Software Review Weak Development Team 119

Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Organizations create Customer Success teams to increase Net Revenue Retention, and we’ve recently published research showing that NRR drives valuation. But, then, organizations find that the baseline impact of simply having a CS team eventually plateaus–your NRR stagnates. You may also look outside the CS team.

Reporting Tools 105

Reporting Tools Data Visualization Marketing Analytic Tools 105

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The key to business success is to choose the right niche as you want to focus on the most profitable customers that fit your business best. The good news is that SEO can help make that process much easier by giving you the insights your team needs to pick a profitable niche and scale your business. But how do you find that niche?

User Testing 78

User Testing Data Visualization Research Software Customer Experience 78

Usersnap

JUNE 17, 2019

72% of customers blame poor customer service as the reason for having to explain their issue multiple times. But, as a customer service agent or the feedback receiver, you know customers are sometimes just as guilty. Top 4 Struggles for Customer Service Teams. This article has got you covered.

Reporting Tools 76

Reporting Tools Feedback Software User Testing Customer Feedback 76

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

If an organization’s founders aren’t designers and don’t come from a background where well-designed products played a key role in their lives, it can often be the last discipline to be brought onboard the team. Here are five quick takeaways: You must establish deep empathy for the customer. Short on time? Focus on outcomes over output.

UX 179

UX User Testing Weak Development Team Customer Experience 179

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Some think customers will see the advent of AI as a welcome way to get self-help quickly and get back to their task. Others worry that AI will worsen the customer experience as more and more companies use it to save costs. He joined me for a conversation on tackling issues that come up as you scale your customer experience.

Customer Experience 156

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 10, 2022

My path to product leadership has been through entrepreneurship and product diseases. I learned from these product diseases and developed an intuition after really hard lessons. A vision with this level of detail gives teams enough direction to make decisions. Design: What is our solution to those pain points?

User Testing 90

User Testing Product Management Product Manager Vision 90

Ronke PM

JULY 14, 2023

Foundations of Psychologically Safe PM Cultures Final Thoughts We need to develop a multiculturally diverse partnership across our organization to build products that will impact humanity for the better and change lives. Therefore, product leaders must be the pillar of psychological safety within their teams and organization.

Product Management 52

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DISQO

AUGUST 13, 2019

At Innov8rs in New York , Alpha’s co-founder Thor Ernstsson was joined onstage by Koley Corte, AllianceBernstein’s Senior VP and Global Head of Business Transformation, for a mind-meld on customer-centricity and corporate innovation in today’s fast-paced world. Get customer perspectives early and execute based on their insights, Thor said.

Feedback Software 49

Feedback Software User Testing Weak Development Team User Friction 49

Gainsight

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Last month, I quit my position as head of Customer Success at my company, RD Station. In those six years leading the team, I’ve led its growth from one person to 180 people that are now spread across five different functional teams: Customer Success Manager (CSM), Partner Success Manager (PSM), Professional Services, Support, and CS Ops.

Customer Experience 81

Customer Experience User Friction User Testing Weak Development Team 81

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Talk to Users & Customers ?? Your First 30, 60, 90 Days as a PM Checklist Common Mistakes Made in Early Days as a PM Talk to Users & Customers: Understand Their Pain Points Abstract by Oleg Shcherba Your first order of business as a new product manager should be talking to customers!

User Testing 52

User Testing Onboarding KPIs User Friction Weak Development Team 52

ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. Yet the customer experience continually improves while KPI targets come into view. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets.

Reporting Tools 52

Reporting Tools Feedback Software Product Research User Testing 52

DISQO

AUGUST 13, 2019

At Innov8rs in New York , Alpha’s co-founder Thor Ernstsson was joined onstage by Koley Corte, AllianceBernstein’s Senior VP and Global Head of Business Transformation, for a mind-meld on customer-centricity and corporate innovation in today’s fast-paced world. Get customer perspectives early and execute based on their insights, Thor said.

Feedback Software 40

Feedback Software User Testing Weak Development Team Product Research 40

DISQO

AUGUST 13, 2019

At Innov8rs in New York , Alpha’s co-founder Thor Ernstsson was joined onstage by Koley Corte, AllianceBernstein’s Senior VP and Global Head of Business Transformation, for a mind-meld on customer-centricity and corporate innovation in today’s fast-paced world. Get customer perspectives early and execute based on their insights, Thor said.

Feedback Software 40

Feedback Software User Testing Weak Development Team Product Research 40

The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. It is ideally a galvanizing document to drive vision, bring teams into alignment and commitment, and lead them and your customers to your future, promised destination. You own it, but many other teams are gunning to influence it daily.

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Roadmap Weak Development Team User Friction Document 78

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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Framework User Testing Research Software Feedback Software 110

People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Product Vision puts a company’s Vision and Mission into action The Product Vision ensures the Roadmap reflects the priorities which matter the most to the company’s customers and to the company. To establish the Product Vision, I recommend taking time as a Product team to reflect both on the past and on the future.

Vision 52

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The focus of product management is overseeing product development at all stages of its lifecycle. A product manager's role is to coordinate the work of various teams across the organization with the shared goal of developing products. SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.

Product Research 76

Product Research User Testing Onboarding KPIs Feedback Software 76

Bain Public

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Through research on thousands of product managers, she pioneered the practical professional development approach that anchors product managers with the five skills most important for their professional success. Merchants are the gateways to our customers, so our products must "wow" the merchant. Listen here →. Should they be the same?

Data Visualization 52

Data Visualization Customer Feedback Customer Experience User Friction 52

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. It was clear the team needed a talent growth plan.

Feedback Software 81

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

Secondly, as great product managers are also great capacity builders for their teams, you should start looking for opportunities that AI can present for your product. If I need to buy food for a week, there is a section “With this product customers usually buy…”. Lesson 1: Understand the Problem You’re Trying to Solve with ML.

Artificial Inteligence 178

Artificial Inteligence Data Visualization Product Research Reporting Tools 178

Mind the Product

MARCH 28, 2018

Making sure that you and your team are working on the most important thing at any point in time is part of the fun and headache of being a product manager or a product leader. What goals is the company as a whole trying to reach – increased customer loyalty? If You Didn’t Do Something, What Bad Things Would Happen?

Customer Experience 121

Customer Experience Research Software User Friction User Testing 121

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

As a solutions architect, you're the main technical resource for your company's sales team, and can provide a critical job function in a company's growth. You'll also have an interview that takes the format of a presentation, where you'll showcase a mock customer demonstration of a product you're familiar with.

Research Software 52

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2018

Ownership, leadership, drive, ambition, etc. When I first came into my current role in developing a new application for university students and faculty, I knew I had to get a much deeper understanding of all our users. Only after all of this was I able to really understand the pain points these users had.

Customer Experience 68

Customer Experience User Testing Product Management Product Manager 68

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 21, 2019

You want to do some research regarding the industry, company, team and the role before the actual interview—get this done quickly as there are many more important things to focus on. My advice here is to be transparent with your skills and experiences and walk them through your plan to address your weaknesses if any.

Technical Review 40

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