TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But is that the right strategy for your business?

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

Some of these are Fortune 10 software-enabled companies going through digital transformations. I review strategies and roadmaps. At the end of this review, I do a Product Leadership workshop with C-Suite and Product leaders, where I show them what good looks like, and they have a chance to reflect on where they are.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Best customer success software for startups and small companies. Best customer success software shortlist ClientSuccess – starting from $15,000/year. Defining a customer success tool and other FAQs.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. While software is intangible and doesn’t directly consume energy or produce emissions, its environmental implications lie in its development and usage. As software builders, we are uniquely positioned to influence this environmental trajectory.

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Product Talk

APRIL 16, 2025

This mostly worked, but it required a lot of administrative work to keep our systems in sync. There were dozens more that required that we make changes in all of our systems. Its written to help non-engineers understand the value of software engineering. Some of these challenges were due to me being a beginner.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

Companies like Canva grew by defying industry conventions around complex, professional-focused design software making powerful design tools accessible to everyday users and businesses. Every meeting becomes a performance review rather than a space for creative problem-solving. OKRs should serve the strategy, not dictate it.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. We take so much pride in the work Intercom is doing to take a stand against racial injustice.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Whether a customer completes a purchase, leaves a review, or mentions your company socially, there is always an emotional state connected to their action. Remember: You need to employ multiple strategies for tracking customer sentiment over time. Most support systems come with the ability to tag and categorize customer conversations.

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Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

Chi started sitting in on quarterly business reviews with top vendors. These were review sessions Chis companys account management team was already having, and they gave her the chance to ask vendors about their order volume. Vendor integrates with a webhook system to receive status updates. Vendor creates a draft order.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

How we think about alerting strategy. Like feature work, alerts and the alerting strategy should be approached in a deliberate, structured manner. We introduced regular alert review sessions for teams dealing with frequent alerts. fire most frequently) are reviewed first. . Is the alert still relevant?

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2018

On one hand, everybody expected me to focus on the problems that will help them to succeed in their workflows or function, and on the other hand, I had limited time to give all the problems their due attention it. Therefore, it was important for me to be aware of the following three things: 1) Where should I start? 2) What should I solve?

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. Many of the tools product managers use on a day-to-day basis are engineering-focused ticketing systems.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 2, 2024

Understanding customer experience (CX) isn’t just a strategy—it’s a superpower. This applies to product development, marketing strategies, and customer service enhancements. This makes them vulnerable to switching to a competitor due to pricing, missing features, or poor customer experience.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Product Management Unpacked

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. His was one of six sub-teams all designing portions of the autonomous driving system. “I Mid-summer test.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

Many have a well-defined AI strategy and have made considerable progress. However, the emergence of generative AI presents an opportunity for these enterprises to revisit their AI strategies and plans. Why Accelerate Now? The risk of falling behind is real. It can help in automating and quality assurance processes.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

In a fastmoving digital economy, many organizations leverage outsourced software product development to accelerate innovation, control costs, and tap into global expertise. Table of Contents What Is Outsourced Software Product Development? What Is Outsourced Software Product Development?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It provides the speed and efficiency mobile apps require for constantly changing products while maintaining the security and integrity of existing systems. Zendesk is a service-first CRM company that builds support, sales, and customer engagement software designed to foster better customer relationships.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This " Code creators own quality.*  Here’s my thinking. [1]  It’s turtles all the way down.  So

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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.

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Sachin Rekhi

APRIL 12, 2020

Beyond product/market fit, it turns out business strategy really does matter. A sound strategy can make the difference between our initial product/market fit being ephemeral versus the beginning of a meaningful and lasting business. He then further refined his concepts as a business strategy professor at Stanford University.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Changes can be large or small, which depends on the software projects.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. You should be able to define the project scope and goals clearly by outlining the objectives, functionalities, and features of the software. The Analysis Phase has brought clarity to our software’s purpose.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As such, you must tailor your strategies to meet your target customers’ specific needs and expectations. Instead, it involves several key aspects, including: Product functionality : The software solves the problems it was designed to solve. Integration : The product works well with other tools and systems.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 2, 2019

One company I worked with, for example, assigned developers who had worked on enterprise systems using an ancient programming language to develop a brand-new, embedded product with the latest technologies. This led to a bloated, over-complicated code base and a product that was difficult to adapt and expensive to maintain.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As a product manager, it can be quite daunting to start a new software product from scratch. You have to work with different stakeholders to define the product vision and strategy, define the set of features that the product will have and figure out a rollout plan. Define Product Vision and Strategy. Focus on the bigger picture.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2023

Now that the COVID pandemic is over, travel management systems are valuable because business travel is back on the table. Consequently, travel software development companies come up with a solution called travel management system. What is a travel management system?

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The first step of any go-to-market strategy is to lock in a compelling positioning statement: Who is your app intended for? Once your landing page is live, you can start collecting leads, offer a preview of your app press and early adopters, and integrate with an analytics or A/B testing tool to test variations of your messaging strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

By early 2018, Brinker had updated it with almost 2,000 more vendors — that’s nearly 7,000 marketing software companies fighting for the same buyers’ attention. The reasons for this growth – high-velocity economics of software innovation, the migration of money from old media to new media, etc. Strategy first, technology second.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Gamification onboarding and the right user onboarding software can turn your product experience into something enjoyable. Onboarding gamification is a strategy that uses game design elements, like points, badges, or progress bars, to motivate users to take action during the onboarding process. What is onboarding gamification?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2021

Below, we take a closer look at the top three trends in the sales tech landscape to consider when choosing the right software for your sales organization. When reviewing your sales tech stack, it’s important to remember that a tool is not a strategy. Create consistent, customer-centric experiences. billion by 2022.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 18, 2025

Could you share the written offer so I can begin reviewing and planning? Get legal advice: Dont sign restrictive terms without a lawyers review. Suggest tools: Recommend systems to manage workloads, like time tracking apps or design project tools (e.g., Figma,Asana).

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This includes laptops, tablets, phones, and software tools; but it may also include having access to a kitchen and a coffee machine. This includes sprint planning , Daily Scrum , sprint review , and sprint retrospective , as well as product strategy and product roadmap workshops. Meetings : Prepare and facilitate meetings.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How to manage product bugs is broken down into the following sections: Strategy Prioritisation Triage Prevention Practices People & Resources Governance, Reporting & Stakeholders 1. Strategy Within your organisation’s and your product’s strategy, you need to work out how product bugs fit. This might seem a bit odd?—?strategic

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

When it comes to building financial software, the importance of great design skyrockets. And it’s great that more open-minded companies understand how important it is to think about all social groups when it comes to using the software. How to make sure that such software products are truly universal?

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