History of the iPhone: 2007–2015 Building products is hard. But building great products is harder. To create great products takes skill, intelligence, dedication and discipline. And it requires making bold choices. Innovating to achieve impact with a product makes us take big risks. And striking a balance between speed of delivery and quality of the execution is always tricky. Understanding and can make a difference between coming up with a loveable product that scales or failing at solving a customer’s problem. what to build how well to build it This is by no means an exhaustive list but it gives an indication of the ways to understand customer problems better, come up with proposed solutions and why does it all matter. If you don’t want to miss out on upcoming editions, . subscribe here Startups & Product Management 🚀 Source: Laurence McCahill — As a Product Manager, you should be . This is because understanding a solution can only be as good as your understanding of the problem you’re addressing. And yet, most teams fly through the problem definition part [ ] 5 min read managing a problem, not only its solution via Intercom — A customer problem statement is a short description of the issues that need to be addressed by a problem solving team and should be created before trying to solve the problem [ ] 3 min read via Ivan Schneiders — When you’re trying to build a product you can’t have it all. This is why people build (MVP). MVP’s maximise validated learning but do so at the expense of lower quality. Minimum Loveable Products on the other hand, maximise love from early with the least effort [ ] 12 min read Minimum Viable Products tribe members via Laurence McCahill — Designing products for impact inevitably entails dealing with risk. When taking a high risk product bet, focus the team’s attention on learning, rather than success or failure [ ] 5 min read via Ameet Ranadive — Learning can be like doing nothing, it’s difficult to know when you’re done. To become a learning machine, we have to overload ourselves with information. Mental models are frameworks can simplify learning, and help us make sense of the [ ] 10 min read via Hiten Shah Digital Strategy and Trends 🔀 Source: McKinsey Insights — Customer choice has never been greater, so terrific design is essential for outstanding products and services — and to build lasting customer relationships [ ] 10 min read via McKinsey Insights — are a set of activities that turn an idea into something that has a greater chance of seeing the light of day and succeeding in the marketplace [ ] 15 min read Concept Sprints via McKinsey Insights Must-listen Podcasts 🎧 — How do morals and meaning fit into entrepreneurship? Focusing only on the technical problems sometimes misses the humanity at the centre of why we’re building a new product in the first place [ ] 25 min listen via a16z Podcast Interesting Reads 🤓 — Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process. Although not easy, being creative is something that can be learnt. Following a process can help demystify the creative process and lead to the path of more innovative thinking [ ] 10 min read via James Clear Before you go, please consider: or this if you found it useful. It gives me 🔋 to write knowing that people find value in it Recommend share If you don’t want to miss out on upcoming editions Subscribe here The article appeared first on . How To Design Products that Solve Real Customer Problems Enric Durany

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