Tag: product management
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“Thinking with Data” (Book Review)
It’s oh so easy to get immersed in analytics or big data sets without a clear idea of the questions one wants answered through data. The book Thinking with Data – How to Turn Information into Insights by Max Shron talks about how to get the most of data and how to go about looking for the…
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Learning from Roman Pichler about Agile Product Strategy and Roadmap
A few months ago I did a course titled Agile Product Strategy and Roadmap by Roman Pichler. Roman is a London-based Agile & Lean product management expert, who published the book Agile Product Management with Scrum a few years ago. Roman’s course was all about how to best create a product strategy and an effective product…
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Some dos and don’ts for product managers
Do you ever wonder what to do when you start a new job!? How do you get a good sense of what’s going on and when can you start making some sort of an impact? Ken Norton, Product Partner at Google Ventures, has written a great article which offers practical tips to product managers on things they do…
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“Web Metrics” (Book Review)
When I asked analytics expert Barry Mann about any good books on analytics, his advice was short and sweet: “simple, read Web Metrics by Jim Sterne“. Even though this book was published back in 2002, Barry recommended this as a great textbook on analytics. And so it proved to be. “Web Analytics – Proven methods…
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Mr & Mrs Smith’s personalisation drive
I’m pretty familiar with recommendations and personalisation in media; companies like Spotify and Netflix specialise in providing their users with relevant content based on their -implicit and explicit- preferences. The other day, I found out about luxury online hotel booking site Mr & Mrs Smith starting to provide more personalised content to its customers. I looked into what…
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