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What Design decisions should Product have the final say in? How do you bring clarity to this?

Jacqueline Porter

IBM Product Management • 6mo

Product is often responsible for the market and commercial success of a product capability while design is focused on designing with standards and usability. A case where...

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What’s your approach to involving design early in product decisions?

Jacqueline Porter

IBM Product Management • 6mo

A value I hold is that more voices early on ensures you are optimizing for a high fidelity product or result without needing to build new context or change gears because ...

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What shared metrics help align product and design goals?

Jacqueline Porter

IBM Product Management • 6mo

Some of my favorite tangible metrics that can be shared across Product and Design:Time to value - time it takes to complete the action in product Retained users - number ...

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How do you push for design quality when speed is the top priority since you’re in a startup?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

First, recognize that while speed matters, design is a powerful growth lever. Early in my career at Slideshare, I learned to connect design decisions directly to metrics ...

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What are ways for Product Managers to build trust and rapport with their designers?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

Show that you value designers’ craft and input by involving them early and frequently. When I joined LinkedIn, and later worked on products at Zoom, I made it a point to ...

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How do you balance shipping an MVP with having a great user experience?

Jacqueline Porter

IBM Product Management • 6mo

MVPs are really only as good as the user problem they are trying to solve. Design is a critical piece in defining that how to solve the user problem in the least friction...

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How do you prioritize design improvements that aren’t directly tied to short-term business goals but would really improve user experience?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

Focus on the user and customer behavior and longer-term growth impact. Even if it doesn’t immediately boost revenue, better navigation or improved accessibility can incre...

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What’s the best way to show the impact of design to stakeholders who focus on metrics like revenue and churn?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

Link the design changes directly to measurable behavior and growth outcomes. At LinkedIn, I learned to test design tweaks and measure their impact on engagement, retentio...

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How do you drive alignment between Design and Engineering when the ideal user experience is technically complex or not possible?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

Start by involving engineering in the design process and focus on the problem first. At Zoom, we collaborate as a core triad, product, design, engineering, and review met...

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How do you keep alignment between product and design in a scaling company as both teams are growing?

Arun Janakiraman

Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

Open, consistent communication and clarity. As the team scales, alignment can drift unless you build a muscle for structured, ongoing communication. At Zoom, our triad of...

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