Leader Spotlight: Bettering learning velocity, with Jonas O. Klink
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by Kate Trahan
10m ago
Jonas O. Klink is Vice President of Product Management & Design at Thrive Market, a healthy and sustainable online grocer. He started his career as a software engineer and transitioned into product management while at Google, where he worked on assistive technology for Google Toolbar 5. Jonas later worked in product and leadership roles at eBay, Walmart, and WeightWatchers, where he focused on digital shopping and ecommerce. In our conversation, Jonas talks about his team’s initiatives to “better the learning velocity” — taking an initial idea through hypothesis-driven development to buil ..read more
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Creating design specs for smoother developer handoff
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by Rafael Basso
10m ago
We all know that designers and developers sometimes have some hiccups during a project. However, we have a few guidelines to follow to avoid those roadblocks and improve communication across different teams. Designers create it, developers make it work. Can you imagine an app designed by engineers or developed by designers? It would be the worst app in history. As designers, we must have a surgical eye for all UI elements like colors, fonts, alignments, margins, etc. Everything from our side must be pixel perfect. On the other hand, developers do not have this trained eye, and they don’t have ..read more
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Leader Spotlight: Energizing your leadership style, with Navya Rehani Gupta
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by Jessica Srinivas
10m ago
Navya Rehani Gupta is Chief Product Officer at Peek, a SaaS company in the travel vertical with more than $1 billion in annual bookings and serving 10 million customers. She began her career as a PM for private wealth management (PWM) technology at Goldman Sachs, where she worked for five years before being promoted to Vice President. Navya then took a product lead role at Disney Interactive before transitioning to tech, where she held various product and leadership positions at Uber and StyleSeat. She has been at Peek for seven years and helped them earn the #1 spot in G2 for tour operator so ..read more
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Balancing long term investments vs. quick wins
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by Else van der Berg
3h ago
In business, the only thing as certain as death and taxes is risk. However, I’ve noticed an increasing trend of risk-aversion among product people. A lot of PMs want to be certain a potential product or feature is guaranteed to drive business value before embarking with development efforts. This leads to two dangerous mistakes: Finding yourself caught in a discovery and validation rabbit hole, searching for near-perfect evidence before daring to make a decision Favoring quick wins over big bets Today I want to talk about the second problem in particular. Quick wins are short-term, increment ..read more
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A guide to agile metrics
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by Praveenkumar Revankar
3h ago
How many work items should I pick and plan for the next two weeks (sprint)? How many work items are pending during the sprint? What is the time the team takes to complete similar-sized work items? What is the value delivered by me in the last release? The good news is that within agile methodologies there are metrics that you can use to demystify these with tangible figures. In this article, you’ll learn what agile metrics are, the different types of metrics, and how you can choose the right ones for your product. What are agile metrics? Agile metrics are quantifiable figures used by PMs an ..read more
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What is cognitive overload in UX and how can you prevent it?
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by Olga Dmytryshyna
1d ago
Nowadays, users are overwhelmed with information and options on all their devices. They receive notifications and advertisements constantly. Add onto this all the other social pressures and stressors, and you can see why it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Cognitive overload is one of the biggest challenges users can face when navigating websites or using apps. They feel overwhelmed and stressed, which prevents them from completing the task, making decisions, and solving their problems. This is a big issue for businesses that don’t factor in this overwhelm. They lose potential clients — even if the ..read more
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Leader Spotlight: Using predictions to tell a story, with Gabe Huerta
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by Jessica Srinivas
1d ago
Gabe Huerta is Chief Product and Technology Officer at Urgently, a provider of digital roadside and mobility assistance technology and services. He started his career as a developer at Citysearch.com before being promoted to engineer and, later, Director of Product Design. Gabe continued his product management career in various product leadership roles at companies like Wasserman Media Group, Axon, Evite, Connectivity, and Reputation. Most recently, he was VP of Product at Thinknear by Telenav (acquired by inMarket) before joining Urgently nearly five years ago. In our conversation, Gabe talk ..read more
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​​The best ways to learn from experience
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by Souradeep Ghosh
1d ago
​Building the right problem statement is key to solving a problem. Alongside this, how confident you are about what the problem is has a direct impact on the quality and agility of your solution. It’s crucial to develop a problem solving mindset that utilizes past learnings to make the most accurate decision about the future. When faced with a new problem, do your best to approach it objectively. Try to remain calm and apply your best problem framing and solving techniques. However, the most important part is what occurs after. You should conduct a post-mortem of your process and outcomes so ..read more
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Understanding security in React Native applications
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by Wisdom Ekpotu
1d ago
Recently, there has been a notable shift in mobile application development practices. Rather than creating separate applications for each native platform, many developers are opting for hybrid mobile frameworks like React Native. The rationale behind this shift is compelling, yet it introduces its own unique set of challenges, especially concerning security. In this article, we’ll explore some of the most prevalent security threats facing React Native mobile applications and discuss strategies for mitigating them. Understanding React Native architecture Before we dive into the specific securi ..read more
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Strategies for effective budget management
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by Suhasini Gadam
1d ago
Managing the budget in product projects can sometimes be like juggling flame torches while riding a unicycle on a tightrope, over sharp-toothed, jumping piranhas. There are too many changing variables and you, as the product manager, need to find the delicate balance of meeting customer and business expectations within a certain amount of available resources. How can you do this effectively? In this article, you’ll learn what budget management is, its importance for project management, and techniques for keeping efficient budgets. What is budget management? Budget management refers to the str ..read more
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