UX Planet

MAY 25, 2025

Instrumentation & RecruitmentSetting the Stage for Effective User Interviews Part 2 (of 5) of the UX Research Playbook series Previously in Part 1 of The UX Research Playbook series, we explored how to set UX research up for success by crafting well-defined research goals within a structured framework.

User Testing

UX Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

10 rules of design plus 10 useful AI tools for ensuring success in a complexproject Design by Outcrowd SaaS design goes beyond standard web design. SaaS UX/UI design aims to capture and retain users, teach them how to use the product, simplify complex processes, and create competitive advantages.

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Usersnap

JUNE 26, 2025

In this article, we will break down his Discovery Health Check framework a fast, no-BS system to help product teams uncover what’s really holding them back before the next feature hits delivery. “We Discovery is the process of researching, understanding user problems, and validating ideas before building solutions.

Product Research

UX Planet

JUNE 9, 2025

From Raw Data to Clarity — Cleaning, Sorting, and Synthesising Insights Part 4 (of 5) of the UX Research Playbook series Synthesising qualitative data is similar to reaping the harvest after the diligent effort poured into research — it’s the step where hard work blossoms into meaningful insights. Mural , Miro , etc.) is recommended.

Data Visualization

Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

Want to advance your career in product management or find top talent for your team? This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on Product-Led Growth (PLG) and showcases standout candidates in the field. Recommended product manager job openings in the PLG field Looking for a job in PLG companies?

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Building on my previous post on Product Sense , at my Reforge workshop on Sharpening Product Sense , I revealed how top product minds transform market whispers into winning decisions. Continuous discovery: Regularly engage with users, conduct user research, and practice putting yourself in your customer’s scenario. The secret?

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Usersnap

MAY 14, 2025

It involves thorough research and analysis of the target audience, their pain points, and existing solutions to create a product that meets user needs and provides business value. Its about identifying and testing promising solutions that actually matter fast. What would a meaningful outcome look like for our users?

Product Research

Gainsight

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Jasmine Reynolds, Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Appfire Flow Jasmine Reynolds began her career in pharmaceutical and medical device sales, where she spent nearly a decade honing her skills in relationship management and strategic growth. Without further ado, here are four Black voices in CS who you should know.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 27, 2025

How serial innovators transform product management Watch on YouTube TLDR Navigating innovation in mature organizations requires a unique approach that goes beyond traditional business strategies. It requires a unique approach that goes beyond traditional management techniques.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 21, 2025

If you’re not a subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: A guide to AI prototyping for product managers Introducing Core 4: The best way to measure and improve your product velocity Top angel investors in the U.S. Cursor and other AI-native integrated development environment (IDE) tools are rapidly emerging.

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UX Planet

JUNE 13, 2025

The results may be slightly less consistent, but that’s a trade-off better addressed by hiring specialists in design systems. As a designer, you can either specialize in a specific area, like design systems or UX research, gradually growing in seniority and eventually becoming a valued expert or consultant.

User Testing

Business Acumen Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Inspiring others to tell the same story can be a helpful tool for you. Also, when others are involved and they see you as a person who’s done their homework (research and data-gathering, analyzing, and garnering insights), you may be a sought out advisor. As I alluded to, people in business require leadership.

Product Research

Business Acumen Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Unfortunately, 8 out of 10 executives… say that middle managers and emerging leaders lack these vital business acumen skills. Some of you also know me through some of the books I’ve written, namely Product Manager’s Desk Reference, Business Acumen Handbook, and so on. I do a lot of research. So what is going on?

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tali Melchior , Director of Product Management at Texthelp , was first inspired to experiment with opportunity solution trees in a previous role. Then when Tali moved to her current position, she brought her opportunity solution tree knowledge along and adapted it to the new setting. You can submit your story here.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 3, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Make Time to Keep up with Technology Trends As new technologies come and go, it’s important for you—the person in charge of the product—to stay on top of the developments. The following four measures will help you with this.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

A product manager just stopped by the desk of the designer on a lazy Thursday afternoon. The manager used wide gestures to show where he wanted to move certain elements. Designers and UX researchers will be motivated if you give them important product issues to solve. Guest Post by: David Pasztor.

User Testing

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

When we want to discuss problems, imagine new ideas, and brainstorm solutions, it’s best to bring people together – whether in person or virtually. Collaboration comes in many flavors, from small informal working sessions and group critiques to full-blown workshops. What are product design workshops? Start with an overview.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Here at Product Talk, we’re excited about showcasing what good product management looks like. For today’s post, we sat down with Chris Hockley , an agile delivery manager and lean agile coach at SuperAwesome. He works at SuperAwesome, a UK-based company that develops tools and services to make the internet safer for kids.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 20, 2021

And this is why it can be helpful to consider the tools that will best support you in building your continuous discovery practice. Let’s be clear: The tools alone won’t automatically make you better at discovery. Since there are countless ways of approaching this, we’re kicking off a new series, Tools of the Trade. Tweet This.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 4, 2025

How AI captures customer needs that human product managers miss Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Carmel Dibner from Applied Marketing Science, we explored how artificial intelligence is transforming Voice of the Customer (VOC) research for product teams.

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Product Talk

JUNE 12, 2024

Amanda Wernicke and Craig Fogel are product managers within the Product R&D department at Convo , a Deaf-owned sign language interpretation services and technology company. We continue to benefit from Liane being our coach for continuous discovery and product management more broadly.” Jason Ruzicka is a product designer.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Learn the qualities of a successful product manager and leader. Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Roman is a product management expert specializing in digital products. He is the author of several books, including his latest, titled, How to Lead in Product Management.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

For the past eight years, I’ve been working with C-Suite leaders at companies big and small to set up their Product Management organizations. Some of these are Fortune 10 software-enabled companies going through digital transformations. At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 26, 2020

In Part 2 of our Coping Through COVID series , we learn how the team at Springer Nature Experiments quickly created an interface, packed with vital information on Coronavirus detection protocols for the scientific research community. As the world went into lockdown, the challenges for researchers became even bigger still.

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Melissa Perri

JUNE 29, 2017

“What is the difference between a Product Owner and a Product Manager?”. Honestly, I did very little of what I teach as Product Management now either. I was tasked with gathering the requirements from sales, coming up with a solution, designing it, and then shipping the specification document to development to be built.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 18, 2018

Kevin Trilli joined Onfido as our chief product officer last year and brought with him some great experience, tools, and techniques. In these two posts I’ll cover three tools. These two tools help solve these problems. His methods have got us much more in tune commercially, and thinking strategically. Positioning Document.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 17, 2022

What product managers need to know about the Product Development and Management Association. The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) has been curating the body of knowledge for product managers, leaders, and innovators and helping them improve since 1976—the longest-running product management professional group.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A shift in technology and a change of mindset amongst employees has laid the groundwork for a remote-first approach to setting up and operating product teams. In my previous post, How do you Make Product Management Work Effectively in a Distributed team? , User Research. Instead, make use of tools like Calendly or schedule.me

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

Are you searching for the tech and design partner you can trust while building your mobile app together? We used to manage most of life on mobile phones and tablets using various applications. As a consequence of this, the mobile app development industry is on the rise now. This article may help you find the right company.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

We’re a 14-year-old company that started off as an ads business, and we’re transitioning into a SaaS business. We have five product managers, one UX researcher , five designers—one of them director of design, leading the design team. All product managers report to me, and we have five product teams up and running.

Product Research

Userpilot

MAY 22, 2024

Unfortunately, that technology isn’t here yet, so UX research tools are the next best thing. These tools can provide you with the qualitative and quantitative data you need to understand how your customer behaves in your product, so you can make the necessary changes to improve their experience.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1] I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.

Product Research

Userpilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

With the vast number of people required to conduct research efficiently, orchestrating this symphony of manpower and resources can be incredibly challenging. TL;DR Research operations (also known as ResearchOps) consist of organizing people, resources, and processes to streamline research and maximize impact.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 11, 2024

The Discover, Analyze, Create, Develop Design Thinking Framework for product managers You’ve heard about Design Thinking or even tried it. It is a simple-to-understand tool for solving problems, developing strategy, and most commonly for us product professionals, for developing a new product or service. Research: Build empathy.

User Testing

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

Also known as Product Intuition or Product Instinct or Product Taste, it is the idea that you can use your own judgment to (1) accurately predict what your customers need, want and value, and (2) design and ship the right solution for them. All great Product Managers and all great Designers have strong Product Judgment. Who has it?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

I am not a big fan of “standard” KPIs, for example, customer acquisition cost (CAC), churn, and number of active users for SaaS products. While it’s helpful to be aware of the indicators that may be commonly used for the type of product you manage, it would be a mistake to blindly adopt them. Step 3: Add Health Indicators.

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