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Jake Brereton
September 9, 2023

The Double Diamond Framework: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving

The Double Diamond provides a proven approach for innovation and problem-solving. This comprehensive guide covers diverging and converging techniques to deeply understand issues, explore solutions, and define direction.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 8, 2023

Minimum Viable Product vs Minimum Loveable Product: A Comprehensive Comparison

Choosing whether to build a minimum viable product or minimum lovable product depends on your strategy. Compare to understand which lean approach to product development is right for you.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 7, 2023

Product Roadmap vs Project Roadmap: Key Differences and How to Choose the Right Approach

What’s the difference between a product roadmap and a project roadmap? Understand their purpose, timeframe, and elements. Learn how product and project managers use both to plan, communicate and track solution delivery.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 6, 2023

Mapping the Customer Experience: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn how to create a comprehensive customer experience map. This guide covers key steps, best practices, and tools to visualize and optimize the customer journey.
Business Operations
8
min read
Jake Brereton
September 5, 2023

A Comprehensive Product Business Plan Template for Success

Crafting a strong product business plan is key to securing investments and aligning teams. This comprehensive template covers market landscape, user needs, product solution, financial model, go-to-market, and operations.
Business Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 3, 2023

The Empowered Team Model: Unlocking Success Through Collaboration

The empowered team model aligns cross-functional teams to deliver amazing products efficiently. Learn how this operating system of principles and practices fuels speed through autonomy, mastery and purpose.
Business Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 2, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Digital Product Development

Learn a proven framework for developing exceptional digital products from assessing opportunities, to MVP design, rapid testing, evolving prototypes, and scaling impactful solutions that customers love.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
September 1, 2023

Qualitative vs Quantitative Metrics: A Comprehensive Comparison

What’s the difference between qualitative and quantitative product metrics? Understand the purpose and examples of each and how balancing both types of data offers valuable insights into customer needs.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 31, 2023

Marketing vs Advertising: Understanding the Key Differences

Understand the key differences between marketing and advertising. Learn how these distinct strategies work together to effectively promote your brand and drive sales.
Product Marketing
8
min read
Jake Brereton
August 30, 2023

Product Manager vs Engineering Manager: Understanding the Key Differences

What’s the difference between a product manager and an engineering manager? While collaborating closely, understand their distinct strategic and technical leadership responsibilities in building technology solutions.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 29, 2023

Positioning vs Messaging: Understanding the Key Differences

What’s the difference between positioning and messaging when bringing products to market? Learn how these distinct yet interconnected concepts influence and support each other for product adoption.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 28, 2023

Chief Product Officer vs Chief Technology Officer: A Comparative Analysis

How do Chief Product Officers and Chief Technology Officers differ in their leadership roles? Compare their areas of ownership, strategic responsibilities, and how they collaborate to conceive and build impactful new products.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 27, 2023

Unlocking True Product Value: A Comprehensive Guide

Creating exceptional product value requires deeply understanding audiences and needs. This comprehensive guide outlines frameworks and best practices for opportunity assessments, customer discovery, and designing valuable solutions.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 26, 2023

Key Responsibilities of Product Managers: A Comprehensive Guide

Understanding the diverse responsibilities of product managers is key for success. This guide outlines core duties spanning strategy, roadmaps, development processes, launch, customer engagement, and analytics to optimize offerings.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 25, 2023

How to Improve Customer Focus: A Comprehensive Guide

Discover proven strategies to enhance customer focus in your organization. Learn best practices for understanding, prioritizing, and exceeding customer needs and expectations.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 24, 2023

Key Metrics to Measure Success

Identify the most crucial metrics to track for measuring success in your business. Learn which KPIs provide actionable insights to drive growth and achieve goals.
Business Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 23, 2023

Product vs Program vs Project Management: Understanding the Key Differences

What’s the difference between product, program, and project management? While interconnected, understand the scope and purpose of each role and how they work together to conceptualize, build, and deliver solutions successfully.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 22, 2023

The Benefits and Best Practices of Cross Functional Product Development

Taking a cross-functional approach to product development fuels innovation and delivers better solutions. Learn benefits of bringing design, engineering, marketing, and sales together and best practices for collaboration.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 21, 2023

Product Led vs Engineering Led: Unveiling the Key Differences

What’s the difference between a product-led and engineering-led organizational culture? Compare how each approach product development, cross-functional collaboration, and releasing products users want.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 20, 2023

The Importance of Lean Market Validation for Successful Business Growth

Validating product-market fit is critical before scaling growth. This guide outlines lean frameworks and processes for assessing business ideas quickly based on customer problem interviews and financial model viability.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 19, 2023

Thought Leadership vs People Leadership: Understanding the Key Differences

What’s the difference between people leadership and thought leadership? While interconnected, understand how they require distinct investments for motivating teams daily versus establishing external credibility over years.
Thought Leadership
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 18, 2023

The Power of the Product Mindset: Unlocking Success in Business

Taking a product mindset across your organization enables aligning efforts to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Learn how this framework empowers teams to be nimble, innovative and accelerates growth.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 17, 2023

Strategies for Preventing Customer Churn

Discover proven strategies to reduce customer churn and boost retention. Implement tactics to improve customer satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term revenue growth.
Business Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 16, 2023

Navigating the Confusion: Understanding the Differences Between Product, Project, and Program Manager Roles

What’s the difference between a product, project, and program manager? This article clearly defines these interconnected yet unique roles, compares responsibilities, and provides guidance on which career path may be right for you.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
August 15, 2023

The Importance of Stakeholder Alignment: Achieving Organizational Success

Driving stakeholder alignment across functions and leadership is critical for organizations to execute strategies and initiatives successfully. Learn best practices for gaining buy-in, resolving conflicts, and achieving alignment.
Product Strategy
7
min read