TEI 118: Tools for data-driven product management

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister,
PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation
and managing products become more successful, grow their careers,
and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: I call listeners
to this podcast Everyday Innovators. That means something. We are
wired in such a way that makes us curious about problems people
have, but we don’t stop there. Our real curiosity is how can we
develop a product, or enhance a product, that solves a problem and
creates value for customers. This is the world of product managers
and innovators. And, as an Everyday Innovator, you are part of this
world. Some Everyday Innovators have emailed me asking to discuss
tools for product managers. There are a lot of ways to think about
tools, such as the innovation tools Evan Shellshear talked about in
episode 113. A common request is software tools for product
managers and this is the episode for that topic. To help me, I
found a company that maintains a list of software tools they use in
their own work. They also add to the list other tools that could be
used. In all, the list contains 87 tools. To discuss what is on
this list, I spoke with Shah Ahmed, a project manager at the
company, which is Indicative, a behavioral data analytics company.
Shaw works on developing products and manages implementations of
their platform.  Previously, he was a management consultant
for Deloitte, focusing on large-scale technology changes for
Fortune 500 companies.  His interest in building product
started when he worked at a startup incubator at Cornell University
during his undergrad. If you have been wanting to hear about
product management software tools, now is the time.