Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

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. Designers vs Developers. Tension between designers and developers was palpable.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 13, 2025

Looking at such success stories, more and more startups are looking for access to these programs, especially the big ones like 500 Startups, Y Combinator and Tech Stars, whether they build their software in-house or hire a software development company. Arkenea is a trusted, software development firm with 13+ years of experience.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Many organizations have IT policies which forbid their employees from watching videos over the internet while at work. In other words, consider new features to be a bad idea until your organization has researched the need for them and validated that the users will need them. Landing pages. In this, let your personas be your guide.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 19, 2020

STATIK (Systems Thinking Approach To Implementing Kanban 1 2 ) can be a great technique to help teams get up and running quickly, even teams that are using Scrum. . Applying this approach designed for Kanban can dramatically accelerate the forming and improvements of a Scrum team. How does work flow through the team/system? .

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2021

The Most Common Product Management Interview Questions What do you see as a Product Manager’s main role within product development? How do you see your career developing in the next 5 years? What are your main strengths and weaknesses? What do you see as a Product Manager’s main role within product development?

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ProductPlan

MAY 22, 2020

It’s not necessarily bad when product management adapts to each company’s specific needs. Below is the discussion Melissa Perri had with John Cutler and Jim Semick on why teams that are scaling need product ops. Processes & Practices: The more product teams grow and multiply, the less homogenous they get.

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Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

The customer gap model consists of the knowledge gap, the communication gap, the customer gap, the policy gap, and the delivery one. In short, a SWOT analysis will help you determine your strength and weaknesses and compare it against your opportunities and threats. The policy gap. Let’s break them down below! The knowledge gap.

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Userpilot

MARCH 21, 2025

My team at Userpilot has helped countless product teams enhance their mobile UX without compromising performance. Small inefficiencies, whether a slow startup time, unclear navigation, or poor caching, can lead to user drop-off. Use appropriate cache expiration policies. Avoid unnecessary wake-ups. Conduct user testing.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 25, 2019

After a short period of time, he introduced a similar policy to the one above. Do co-located teams truly perform better? But having experienced both poorly performing, co-located teams as well as high performing distributed teams, I wanted to take a closer look at some of the research as well as experiences of others.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2021

from insecure cryptography to weak passwords ? Localization testing To help the client succeed in the international markets, QA teams adapt an app so that it meets the linguistic, cultural, and regional requirements of a particular country. Game censorship policy in China is rigorous, which is complicated by vague guidelines.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Internal culture, data quality, analysis tools, usage strategies, analysis methods, team skills, and strong leadership all impact the data maturity of an organization. You’ll also need to establish data governance policies and invest in the right tools for the job. Leadership. Why do you need data maturity models?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Let’s discuss these benefits in detail: Improve business decision-making : By tracking how customers interact with your software, it becomes easier to spot which features are resonating with customers and which ones are underperforming. This allows you to prioritize product development efforts and improve product performance.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. This enables the marketing team to set clear expectations from the very beginning of the marketing campaign. Strong positioning makes the work of the marketing and sales teams easier.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A well-executed product and user feedback policy (PUFP) is a critical aspect of any successful business strategy. This policy outlines the steps taken to effectively gather, manage, and communicate feedback from customers in a manner that promotes trust, accountability, and a deep understanding of the needs and desires of the user base.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 15, 2021

With a Master’s degree in human-computer interaction and over two decades of experience in user research and user experience in companies like Oracle, he now leads the design team across all product offerings at IBM. The design team at IBM likes to employ a “make to learn” method. Prototype it til you make it. We keep iterating.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I started off my journey as a UI developer at PayPal Engineering Singapore. These roles gave me opportunities helped me gain exposure on how to develop web applications for users. Product Management Journey?—?Developer

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Enterprise Sales and Solutions Teams… Are paid/rewarded/promoted for working with individual prospects or customers one at a time.  Sales  Sales teams get quota relief from closing individual deals, not market segments.  Integration  Commitments from Product/Development are assumed to be on schedule.  Custom

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

What are its strengths and weaknesses? Finally, its product usage , workflow, and form analytics help teams make informed decisions and optimize the user experience. Or detect shadow IT and AI apps that may not be compliant with your company policies. Or bad, because it adds unnecessary complexity? WalkMe Pricing.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Strategy development requires imagination and creativity ; a good strategy is not the result of detailed analysis.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They run from ill-suited personal traits and the pursuit of individual agendas to frustration with the team itself. Read on and learn in this post on Scrum anti-patterns how you can identify if your Scrum Master needs support from the team. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The team composition is wrong.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Bad turnover. Team learning logs. Measure for a Purpose. Example Measures. Innovation.

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Reveal

AUGUST 24, 2022

To evaluate risk and prevent frauds, banks are using BI with advanced data algorithms, you can identify potential risks related to lending money to customers with poor credit scores and help you decide whether to approve or decline their loan application. Analytics can also help you optimize pricing strategies and improve customer service.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom. Motor: Weakness in how one can control their muscles, bones and joints. More on that later.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen. We have to develop an appetite for generating fresh ideas. Embrace diversity and give voice to every team member. It is the only thing”.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Bad turnover. Team learning logs. Measure for a Purpose. Example Measures. Innovation.

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Indicative

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Thanks to customer feedback we have a lot of exciting features in the pipeline, that’s why we’d love if you shared your feedback (good or bad) here through our two-question survey ! The insights and information important to you and your team will automatically be delivered via email when you need them. New Features. Scheduled Reports.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Businesses also win if, as a result of AI, teams are able to create more white-glove moments that turn users into customers for life. Here are five quick takeaways: Businesses focused on scaling need to think of customer support as a revenue team , not a cost center. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams.

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nulab

MARCH 11, 2020

A SWOT diagram can help you work out your business’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (which, as you’ve probably worked out, is exactly what S-W-O-T stands for). Run a competitor analysis to see what others in the marketplace are doing, including their strengths and weaknesses. Suss out the competition. Competitors.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

With this tool, you can create PTO policies, manage the days off requested by employees, and do a host of other things. Develop Communication Strategies One of the biggest challenges business owners have when managing remote workers is communication. This is why you need to develop and maintain communication strategies.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Honesty is the best policy. Typically, this industry doesn’t put up with underperformers, so if you’ve made progress in your career, then you’re doing something right. You can’t lead or even garner the respect of your development team, you have to believe in yourself. Vulnerability shows you have humility. Conclusion.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This was completely unforeseen by the design team. It looks at how we can nudge away from a bad equilibrium in game-theoretic scenarios such as news filtering and dating apps. Many product teams follow in their footsteps. These tendencies usually occur when the team lacks a solid foundation of design and research ethics.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Wade Foster (CEO/Founder, Zapier) – Building Operating Cadence with Remote Teams from Business of Software Conference. A little bit about how to build an operating cadence and a remote team. The good news is this talk is not just for remote teams. Make sure you stay for the whole video. Video, Slides, and Transcript Below.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Function friction is primarily about users being blocked from reaching their product goals because of an error, poor UX, or other factors. Not all friction is bad. Friction logs can be created by the whole team. Not all friction is bad. Share information across multiple teams. How do you create friction logs?

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Effective product team communication is not about talking to your team more often or providing them with more granular tasks. You want to make sure your team understands why what they’re doing matters. Not just from you to your team, but from them to you, and to each other. What is this data telling us?

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

But the ability to avoid that fate won’t come from open workspaces, a relaxed dress code, and a bring-your-own-device policy. Plus, either way, you need to be good at quickly recognizing and correcting bad decisions. But it simply can’t inform the day-to-day decisions that product teams need to make.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Not everyone on our teams expresses themselves clearly.). Maybe this is about a member of the team who’s been passed over for a promotion. A more honest (and productive) opening for the employee could be “I’m bored with what I’m doing” or “My team doesn’t listen to me” or “I thought I got the be the CEO of my product.”.

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