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Author Archives: Teresa Torres
Introducing My Intern to Interaction Design Is Fun
I’m working with a design intern this summer. It’s a lot of fun. She doesn’t have a design background. She’s right out of college, a dual major in Linguistics and Brain and Cognitive Science. She didn’t even know what interaction … Continue reading
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Read Lean Analytics
If you haven’t read Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz, stop reading this blog post and go pick up a copy. No really. It’s that good. For those of you who didn’t stop reading to go buy the book, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Metrics
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It’s Not Enough To Know What To Measure, You Also Need to Get The Time Increment Right
Do you know how much money you’ve made over your entire lifetime? Probably not. Or how many miles you’ve ran since the day you were born? Maybe. If you aren’t a runner. I can only think of one person who … Continue reading
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How Do You Measure Success?
Now that I’ve told you to measure what matters, let’s talk about what that means. A good place to start is by asking, what does success look like? It varies with every product. Let’s look at a few examples: An … Continue reading
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Measure What Matters
I met with a designer yesterday who shared with me that she wants to learn user experience design and asked for my advice. I asked her what she was reading and if she had joined any local groups. What had … Continue reading
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5 Steps For How To Develop Empathy
Empathy made my list of Top 7 Traits of a Good Product Manager. So let’s take a look at what it is and how to develop it. As we learned in that article, empathy is the ability to feel another … Continue reading
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The 7 Core Traits of a Good Product Manager
What makes a good product manager? I’ve been obsessed with this question. It’s why I started this blog. As a practitioner, I want to master my craft. As a consultant and coach, I want to help you master your craft. … Continue reading
Posted in General PM, Hiring / Getting Hired
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What We Can Learn From Facebook About Managing Change
Does this sound familiar? You spend weeks researching a problem. Your team whiteboards multiple solutions. You user test each one. You build the best one. And despite great feedback from your users along the way, when you finally release, all … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, User Feedback
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Your Requirements Are Garbage
You have an idea. You write it down. Maybe you sketch it on a white board. You talk to some engineers. You write user stories. And away you go. You start building. That sounds right. Isn’t that what we are … Continue reading
Posted in Product Requirements
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Build Knowledge By Expanding on Previous Hypotheses
In the last post we ended by concluding that the results of many A/B tests lead to further questions. This is a good thing. Let’s take a look at how you can string A/B tests together to build up a … Continue reading
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