Build Better Products: A Modern Approach to Building Successful User-Centered Products

It took almost a month to deliver the product, I was almost going to cancel the product when it arrived and let me tell you it's worth the wait. The content in this book is unparalleled. It talks about all the important topics in detail. a practical approach to building great products.Even the condition of the book is great. All in all really happy to get it finally!!

What made Sprint by Jake Knapp et al so valuable was presenting a validated sequence of design exercises to let a team research customer needs, then conceive, create, and validate a prototype. Laura Klein’s Build Better Products does the same for product management: It presents a sequence of steps in the life cycle of a product, and design exercises for how to accomplish goals for each step. With little more than sticky notes and a whiteboard (or the virtual equivalent), teams can find the core of ideas, unearth risky assumptions, and more. While building and improving products takes more than the week that a design sprint does, Build Better Products explains when and how to do the exercises.I couldn’t put this book down and was taking notes on how to apply the exercises to products I work on. Whether you’re coming up with an idea for a new product or improving an established one, this book gives you simple and incisive hands-on ways to…build better products. Plus it’s a funny read!Bonus: Even if you don’t build products, but do work on a cross-functional team and want a better model for collaborating, check out the last chapter, “Build a Better Team”, for the heist team (Oceans 11) model.

Laura Klein is my UX spirit animal. She doesn't show you stuff that works great in theory but aren't possible to do in real contexts.I bought her first book UX for Lean Startups and this one Build Better Products and I can tell you: this is years of experience knowledge speaking through the pages. She breathes UX and isn't afraid to speak up against unuseful practices in some contexts. You get amazing insights and knowledge to even push the tools yourself.I love her approach to UX and how she cares as much for business goals & users. I work in a startup as a - I do everything designer - and I can tell you whenever I am caught in the action of the moment and I feel I can do better in a particular situation this book is a great reminder for stepping back and taking the right tool to get in the right direction.

I bought this book after reading the sample. I really liked the interactive activities to encourage collaborative engagement from colleagues and align everyone to collective product visions and processes.

This is by far the best book I have read about building a product. It focuses on every aspect of product design outside of the visual design itself. It's a great tool for all aspiring and existing product designers. It includes comments from several industry-leaders, as well as numerous exercises you can use internally or with clients to build something great.I have recommended this book to everyone at work and peers in the industry.

Another must read!