So often I get requests like “I need this metric.” or “When can we have this report?” Part of the job is enablement and facilitation but there is also the…
UX: Why is Amazon so bad at user experience?
Chances are, you have used Amazon.com, purchased many things, or watched Prime movies over the last few years. The amazon.com site has changed over the years, but the user experience…
User Experience: Creating Stakeholder Maps
When it comes to user experience, a product manager should always understand who the stakeholders are for their product. It is very common to do stakeholder interviews and get detailed…
Product Management Mistakes: Often Missed Details
When you think of product management, or product in general, it is pretty common to focus on the primary goals of ideation, getting to market, establishing your user base and…
Analytics: Failure to plan is planning to fail
At the core of every successful analytics report, dashboard or any web app that collects analytics is planning that understands the current and future needs of the audience. Every analyst…
What is business intelligence? Ambiguous interpretations.
So many of our business goals are driven by data. In the digital world, we have a seemingly unending supply of people, tools and services dedicated to “business intelligence”. So,…
Trends in 2016: What keeps developers happy in their job? Survey & Results.
So I decided to run a survey to see what people think are the most important aspects of their job and what keeps them happy. I sent the survey out…
Top 5 things you should know about Aaron Strout
If you don’t know Mr. Strout, it is unfortunate. A masterful surgeon of words who creates a powerful message for companies that need it. Taking his advice… .@nscalice my top…
Analytic Dashboards: User Experience and Cues
A great dashboard creates more questions than it answers. It pushes business decisions into new directions and helps to validate previous work. So, what makes a good user experience when…
Analytic Dashboards: When to use a scatterplot.
I get many questions about how and when to use certain types of visualizations. Scatterplots are a unique and powerful tool to visualize data and when used correctly, can identify…