Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

The beauty of continuous discovery is that there’s no single right way to do it. For example, while Teresa recommends creating a product trio that includes a product manager, engineering lead, and a designer, she acknowledges that some product trios might be made up of slightly different members. Tweet This.

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Userpilot

MARCH 9, 2025

What happens when you build a product or service around what you think potential customers want, only for them to buy something else? For starters, it shows you dont know your customers well enough. But worse than that, it leads to lower revenue, failed products, and plummeting customer loyalty.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

“Product thought leaders talk about an ideal way of working. I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” product outcomes).

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2025

In the retail industry, customer feedback is your early warning system, your innovation engine, and your most honest performance review. But this system only works if you take action on the feedback collected. Heres how to take insights from customer feedback and turn them into results.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Why market research is product managers’ secret ingredient for successful products Watch on YouTube TLDR Market research is a key part of product development and management. Introduction In the world of product management and innovation, market research is like a compass.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Without effective UX analytics that goes beyond collecting data, you’re losing valuable customers. Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. UX analytics tools worth considering. How to start your UX analysis.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. Introduction: What Is Product Discovery?

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A regular cadence of assumption testing helps product teams quickly determine which ideas will work and which ones won’t. And sadly, most product teams don’t do any assumption testing at all. In this article, I’ll cover assumption testing from beginning to end, including: Why should product teams test their assumptions?

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Opportunity solution trees are a simple way of visually representing the paths you might take to reach a desired outcome. These are the customer needs, pain points, and desires that, if addressed, will drive your desired outcome. Below the opportunity space is the solution space. Next is the opportunity space.

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Product Talk

MARCH 16, 2022

Visualizing discovery work with an opportunity solution tree has been a game-changer for both me and the teams that I work with. This sets the scope for our discovery. From there, an effective team is doing two key research activities week over week. Assumption testing is evaluative. Interviewing is generative.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome to JEDI Training for Continuous Discovery Teams. I work as a product discovery coach. I’ve had the luxury of working with teams all over the world, and I teach them a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery. Here’s how I’m redefining JEDI training in a product context.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sometimes it’s because they’ve personally experienced a pain point and want to address it. Here’s Teresa’s take : When we start with an idea, the scope of our discovery work becomes, “Is my idea good or not?” For today’s Product in Practice , we caught up with Kranthi Kiran , the Founder of ThoughtFlow.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 8, 2018

We are teaching business leaders and change agents how to prototype their way to viable solutions. In this context, solutions aren’t product solutions, but rather internal programs and processes that effect change within the organization. We can’t get very far in discovery if we don’t know who our audience is.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Guest Post by: Siddarth Ramaswamy (Mentee, Session 10, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Alberto Simon ]. One of the critical reasons why products fail is not being ready for the market and not identifying the target segment of audience and what they want from the product. How Products Fail Without Customer Empathy.

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Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

What separates a good app from a great one? It’s what you do with the behavior data your app collects. I mean what happens after the download: how users navigate, what features they engage with, and where they drop off. All questions you can only answer with: Mobile app tracking. What is mobile app tracking?

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Market research essentials for product managers Today we are talking about the knowledge area called market research. How do you know that the product you’re developing will actually create value for customers, that they’ll love it, and that they’ll buy it? Needs are not solutions.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hello, Product Talk readers! It’s time for another installment of Product in Practice. In this series, we highlight the impressive work that forward-thinking product teams are doing. Find our other Product in Practice posts here. During her tenure as a data scientist, Lisa built two predictive products. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Last week, I was in Cleveland for the Industry Product Conference. I spoke about the three mindsets that help a team find success as a continuous discovery team. Becoming a successful discovery team. Product management is changing. Product managers are evolving from focusing on outputs to outcomes. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

APRIL 7, 2021

A few months ago, fellow Product Talk coach Hope Gurion and I sat down to discuss why there’s no single right way to do discovery. In this third and final conversation in the series, we discussed two core principles of continuous discovery : why it’s essential to set up compare and contrast decisions and surface and test assumptions.

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The Product Guy

MAY 30, 2019

Guest Post by: Daphne Garcin (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. So we want to innovate and create new features for our product. Which change in users’ behaviour do we want to drive? Then we think about potential solutions or features. But where do we start?

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 10, 2022

From adding features to modifying the user interface, the directions you can take your mobile app are endless. With infinite choices and limited bandwidth, how do you decide what to prioritize when it comes to improving your mobile customer experience? Learning more about your customers is the best place to start.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 10, 2017

As Marc Wendell described in a Product Mentor video, the foundation of success in both product management and user experience (UX) is solving a problem for a specific user. Products fall short when they include and/or over-prioritize extraneous features that don’t solve that user’s problem.

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Product Talk

MARCH 2, 2022

Welcome to the next installment of Ask Teresa, the column where I address common questions about continuous discovery. Creating frequent touch points with customers is one of the core tenets of continuous discovery. I’ve often said that I believe interviewing customers frequently and consistently is a keystone habit.

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UX Planet

MARCH 9, 2025

Image by TamannaRumee Product redesign is an inevitable thing. No matter how good your original product is, you will likely decide to redesign it at some point in time. No matter what is your utlimatite goal is, you need to treat product redesign strategically. What parts of the system design will be addressed?

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Product Talk

JUNE 5, 2024

Product trios are cross-functional product teams who are responsible for both deciding what to build and then building it. The goal is for a product trio to represent balanced perspectives while still remaining as small as possible to facilitate and expedite collaborative decision-making. What is a product trio?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

What is an interactive product demo? An interactive demo is a self-guided walkthrough that uses tooltips, modals, hotspots, and other interactive elements to help users quickly explore your SaaS product. Why build interactive demos for your SaaS product? This results in faster Aha!

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. It’s simply the easiest, most sustainable way of learning about your customers and what they need. Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. What doesn’t count as a customer interview?

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Guest Post by: Chris Bell (Mentee, Session 10, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jordan Bergtraum ]. “I During discovery, we typically ask deliberate and purposeful questions, and seek clarification as we proceed. Make discovery memorable. System two – slow, effortful and conscious thinking.

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UX Planet

MAY 27, 2025

Chasing the next big product win in banking or fintech? The smartphone app has become the front line of financial competition. The smartphone app has become the front line of financial competition. Any banking app that feels generic, uninspired or offers little real value is already lagging behind. billion in 2020.

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Usersnap

MARCH 24, 2025

Imagine launching a product feature that no one uses. The team spent months building it, yet users dont see its value. Because product discovery was skipped … or done poorly. Product discovery process is the foundation of building successful products. Testing Assumptions Before Development 3.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 16, 2023

How product managers can promote human-centered design I wonder if you can relate to this frustration—the pressure to get products and product updates released quickly sometimes means making compromises on design quality. Her book, Customers Know You Suck , address how to better understand, attract, and retain customers.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The key isnt just understanding users but unlocking insights that lead to solutions they cant live without. Product discovery is critical in identifying workflows, pain points, and user goals that shape successful products.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Which product feedback software should you choose for your SaaS? The choice is tough because there’s no single tool that covers all use cases. In this round-up, I cover 21 of the best product feedback software solutions. Free trial?

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A lot of product teams claim to be focused on their users. They might even have regular steps in their processes that remind them to put their users’ needs first. This is why Teresa talks about continuous discovery in terms of forming new habits. Sören is quick to point out that this wasn’t a solo effort, though.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Guest Post by: Vivek Karna (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, John Masterson]. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. . Introduction. Understanding the Role Definition.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What product managers need to know about the Targeted Innovation Process Watch on YouTube TLDR The Targeted Innovation Process is a practical framework that helps product managers drive innovation in their organizations. It’s what helps create products that customers love and keeps companies successful in the long run.

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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.

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