
How do you ensure your team, across all departments, is on the same page? A big part of a product manager or owner’s job is seeking to understand what their organization needs as a whole, and then curate solutions to their problems. Sometimes receiving information from the “middle man” and delivering that same information across marketing, design and development teams can quickly become a game of Telephone.
The requirements we get are often a small (and cloudy) view of what the highest level stakeholders – and sometimes users – actually want and need. This is one of the most common problems in any organization: communicating what needs to be done to the people who need to do it.
In this episode, we’re talking to Nicholas Petroski, co-founder of Promethean Research, and Carl Smith, CEO of Bureau of Digital, to discuss how you can better organize your information gathering to increase cost savings and save time across your company.
Topics Include:
- Broader perspective on requirement gathering for agencies and internal teams
- Tips to save time and money, and keep your team aligned
- Presenting a plan to stakeholders with clarity and confidence
- Investing in user research up front for vanity enhancement
- Measuring ROI of User Research
If you are leading a product team, organizing stakeholders, or considering your next product design project, this podcast from these UX leaders should not be missed.
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About the Guests
Nicholas Petroski
Since 2015, he's helped digital firms better understand their industry and chart more effective paths to success. Prior to co-founding Promethean, Nick worked as an equity analyst at a Wall St. firm where he covered the enterprise software and semiconductor industries. Before that, he spent a bit of time in corporate finance. When he's not in the office, you can find him backpacking around the Midwest or making fancy firewood in his woodshop.
Carl Smith
Many voices in the digital design industry are begging for their own opportunities to gather, share experiences, and lean on each other. That’s why Bureau of Digital was created. It’s an organization whose specialty is making the web as collaborative as possible through events, learning, and sharing. Our portfolio of events includes Owner Camp, Owner Summit, Digital PM Summit, Digital PM Workshops, Operations Camp, and Creative Director Camp.
How can we help your company use great design to achieve its business goals?
Whatever you’re building, our workshops and project engagements can help you do it better. Reach out to discuss your project or request a quote.