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网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Jan 10, 2018 · Product Management

How Aligning User Research with Business Goals Boosted Product Success: 3 Real Cases

This article shares three real-world NetEase user‑research case studies—usability testing for new‑user onboarding, questionnaire‑driven redesign of a trading interface, and interviews plus surveys of high‑net‑worth customers—showing how focusing on core business problems leads to high adoption rates and measurable product improvements.

Case StudyUX designUser Research
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How Aligning User Research with Business Goals Boosted Product Success: 3 Real Cases
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Jan 4, 2018 · Product Management

What Drives Successful E‑Commerce Membership Systems? A Comparative Analysis

This report examines the latest membership systems of major e‑commerce platforms—including Amazon Prime, Alibaba APASS, JD Plus, and Kaola/Yanxuan—detailing their tier structures, scoring mechanisms, benefit designs, and the strategic considerations behind building effective loyalty programs.

User Segmentatione-commerceloyalty program
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What Drives Successful E‑Commerce Membership Systems? A Comparative Analysis
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Dec 25, 2017 · Product Management

Designing an Effective E‑Commerce Marketing Flow: From Concept to Multi‑Platform Implementation

This article examines the end‑to‑end design of NetEase Yanxuan's marketing flow, covering its conceptual definition, background challenges, step‑by‑step UI/UX enhancements across web and mobile, promotion tool integration, price‑tag strategies, and multi‑device adaptation to boost conversion and user experience.

UXe-commercemarketing design
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Designing an Effective E‑Commerce Marketing Flow: From Concept to Multi‑Platform Implementation
iQIYI Technical Product Team
iQIYI Technical Product Team
Dec 22, 2017 · Product Management

Apple App Store Review Guidelines, Common Rejection Cases, and Lessons Learned

The article outlines Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines across safety, performance, business, design, and legal categories, highlights frequent iPhone client rejections such as metadata errors, preview video ads, IAP icon duplication, and missing UGC reporting, and proposes training, risk reporting, and a knowledge base to prevent future violations.

App StoreAppleReview Guidelines
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Apple App Store Review Guidelines, Common Rejection Cases, and Lessons Learned
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Dec 6, 2017 · Product Management

Top Tips for Negotiating with Stakeholders

This article offers product managers practical negotiation techniques—including securing a home base, identifying true stakeholders, using vision as a tool, maintaining consistency, proving rationale, committing to agile practices, asking open‑ended questions, focusing, listening, and standing firm on decisions—to effectively influence and align stakeholder expectations.

AgileVisioncommunication
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Top Tips for Negotiating with Stakeholders
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Dec 4, 2017 · Product Management

How to Evaluate a Business Model Canvas with SWOT: A Practical Guide

This article explains how to assess a Business Model Canvas by defining four evaluation dimensions—value proposition, operating model, interface model, and profit model—and applying SWOT analysis to each, offering step‑by‑step guidance, examples, and templates for product managers and business leaders.

Business Model CanvasSWOT analysisbusiness strategy
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How to Evaluate a Business Model Canvas with SWOT: A Practical Guide
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Nov 28, 2017 · Product Management

Reconstructing Business Value and Productizing Design for an E‑commerce Backend Dashboard

This article presents a comprehensive case study on redesigning an e‑commerce backend workbench, detailing how designers redefined commercial value, conducted agile user research, set product goals for buyer and seller interfaces, and applied systematic interaction, visual, and motion design to create a productized solution.

UI/UXUser Researchbackend design
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Reconstructing Business Value and Productizing Design for an E‑commerce Backend Dashboard
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Nov 13, 2017 · R&D Management

How Coordinated Design Thinking Boosts Efficiency Across Teams

This article explains how systematic coordination of design tasks—from daily routines to user behavior, demand planning, production workflows, and quality checks—can transform serial and parallel processes into efficient, habit‑forming practices that boost individual and team productivity.

R&D ManagementWorkflow Optimizationdesign coordination
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How Coordinated Design Thinking Boosts Efficiency Across Teams
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Nov 1, 2017 · Product Management

Master Business Model Canvas and AARRR: A Practical Guide for Product Success

This article introduces core business model concepts, compares four major analysis frameworks—including the three‑dimensional, four‑component, transaction‑combination, and nine‑element models—then applies the Business Model Canvas and AARRR funnel to dissect a precious‑metal trading platform, offering practical steps for product designers and researchers.

AARRRBusiness Model CanvasUser Research
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Master Business Model Canvas and AARRR: A Practical Guide for Product Success
DevOps
DevOps
Oct 24, 2017 · Product Management

The Importance of User Stories and a Practical Template for Agile Development

User stories are essential for agile development and continuous delivery, and this article explains why they matter, contrasts them with traditional waterfall requirements, and provides a detailed, step‑by‑step template—including examples and acceptance criteria—to help teams transition smoothly from legacy requirement documents to effective, deliverable user stories.

BDDContinuous Deliveryproduct management
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The Importance of User Stories and a Practical Template for Agile Development
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Oct 11, 2017 · Product Management

How to Build a Trustworthy Brand Image with Mental Maps and Competitive Analysis

This article explains a systematic approach to creating a strong, differentiated brand image by defining target users, conducting competitive reference analysis, drawing mental maps of brand associations, and selecting memorable brand elements such as logos, colors, and slogans.

Competitive Analysisbrand positioningbrand strategy
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How to Build a Trustworthy Brand Image with Mental Maps and Competitive Analysis
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 30, 2017 · Product Management

Startup Strategy Secrets: Lessons from Tencent’s Early Growth

In this talk, a Tencent founder shares practical insights on startup strategy, from identifying user pain points and delivering exceptional user experience to leveraging cross‑industry opportunities, adapting to market shifts, aligning management with strategy, restructuring organizations, prioritizing core areas, and building a trusted founding team.

cross‑industry innovationorganizational designproduct management
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Startup Strategy Secrets: Lessons from Tencent’s Early Growth
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 28, 2017 · R&D Management

An Overview of SAFe: Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises

This article explains the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), detailing its three‑level structure, key roles, planning events, and practical implementation tips for large organizations seeking to coordinate multiple agile teams and deliver value consistently.

Agile FrameworkEnterprise ScrumProgram Increment
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An Overview of SAFe: Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Sep 27, 2017 · Product Management

Twelve Effective Interview Techniques for User Research

These twelve interview techniques guide designers on reducing participant tension, framing sessions as casual chats, asking progressive questions, avoiding leading language, preventing overly open queries, keeping users speaking for themselves, observing micro‑expressions, steering clear of design suggestions, avoiding answer cues, encouraging storytelling, and effectively analyzing collected insights.

UX designUser Researchdesign methods
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Twelve Effective Interview Techniques for User Research
BiCaiJia Technology Team
BiCaiJia Technology Team
Sep 25, 2017 · Product Management

Choosing the Right Requirement‑Analysis Strategy for Complex IT Systems

This article explores how product managers can decide between business‑oriented and technology‑oriented requirement‑analysis approaches for large‑scale IT systems, highlighting the trade‑offs, impact on user experience, and practical tips for combining both methods to build robust, user‑friendly solutions.

System Designbusiness vs technicalproduct management
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Choosing the Right Requirement‑Analysis Strategy for Complex IT Systems
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Sep 20, 2017 · Product Management

Designing an Effective B2B Procurement Website: Insights from NetEase Yanxuan

This article examines how enterprise procurement sites differ from consumer e‑commerce platforms, outlines user research, defines clear design goals, and presents navigation, information architecture, and conversion tactics that make NetEase Yanxuan’s B2B portal efficient and brand‑consistent.

B2B designUI/UXconversion optimization
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Designing an Effective B2B Procurement Website: Insights from NetEase Yanxuan
JD Retail Technology
JD Retail Technology
Sep 18, 2017 · Product Management

Innovation in Product Management: Insights from JD POP Platform Senior Technical Product Manager Zhou Yinhua

In this interview, JD POP senior technical product manager Zhou Yinhua shares her experiences on driving innovation within product management, detailing the importance of innovative thinking, the challenges faced, the development of the POP merchant consulting platform, and how these practices have strengthened JD’s e‑commerce operations.

Case StudyConsulting PlatformJD POP
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Innovation in Product Management: Insights from JD POP Platform Senior Technical Product Manager Zhou Yinhua
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Sep 18, 2017 · Product Management

How to Master B2B Interaction Design: 6 Proven Strategies for Success

This article shares practical guidance for interaction designers transitioning to B2B products, covering user immersion, business understanding, clear product philosophy, addressing weak points, flexible solutions, and unified component libraries to create effective enterprise experiences.

B2B designUX strategyUser Research
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How to Master B2B Interaction Design: 6 Proven Strategies for Success
iQIYI Technical Product Team
iQIYI Technical Product Team
Sep 15, 2017 · Product Management

What Core Skills Make a Great Product Manager? A Deep Dive

This article offers a systematic analysis of product manager core competencies—including product design, requirement documentation, accessibility, reliability, globalization, positioning, and user feedback—while sharing practical insights drawn from the author's ten‑year industry experience and a recent forced break for reflection.

Reliabilityaccessibilitycore competencies
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What Core Skills Make a Great Product Manager? A Deep Dive
BiCaiJia Technology Team
BiCaiJia Technology Team
Sep 9, 2017 · Product Management

Essential Skills and Daily Practices Every Product Manager Needs

This article breaks down the realistic role of product managers, highlighting core competencies such as communication, independent thinking, and project management, and offers practical guidance on handling diverse requirements and ensuring product plans smoothly transition into development.

PRDRequirements Gatheringcommunication
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Essential Skills and Daily Practices Every Product Manager Needs
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Sep 6, 2017 · Product Management

Understanding User Satisfaction Models and How to Build Them

The article explains what a user satisfaction model is, why it matters for product evaluation, and outlines a step‑by‑step methodology—including defining dimensions, collecting questionnaire data, applying statistical techniques, creating a two‑dimensional evaluation matrix, and deriving actionable improvement plans—to quantitatively assess and enhance user experience.

EvaluationUX Researchmodeling
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Understanding User Satisfaction Models and How to Build Them
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 2, 2017 · Product Management

From Ops Engineer to Product Manager: My 6‑Month Journey and Lessons Learned

This article shares the author’s six‑month transition from a Tencent operations engineer to a product manager, outlining the fundamentals of product management, essential skills, team roles, requirement handling, and practical advice for both newcomers and experienced B2B product professionals.

B2Bcareer transitionproduct management
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From Ops Engineer to Product Manager: My 6‑Month Journey and Lessons Learned
Hujiang Design Center
Hujiang Design Center
Aug 28, 2017 · Product Management

Mastering the Art of Saying “No” to Bad Ideas

Saying “no” to poor ideas is essential for product success; this article explains when and how to refuse proposals constructively, grounding each refusal in clear goals, data, and respectful communication to keep teams focused on high‑impact work.

Leadershipdecision makingproduct management
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Mastering the Art of Saying “No” to Bad Ideas
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Aug 16, 2017 · Product Management

How Behavior Design Shapes User Actions: From Fogg’s Model to Practical Product Strategies

This article explores the evolution of human‑computer interaction across PC, mobile, and AI eras, explains B.J. Fogg’s B=MAT behavior model, and offers practical design tactics—such as motivation hooks, cost reduction, and conditioned reminders—to influence user behavior in modern digital products.

B.J. Foggbehavior designinteraction design
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How Behavior Design Shapes User Actions: From Fogg’s Model to Practical Product Strategies
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Jul 18, 2017 · Product Management

How Google Built a Design‑Centric Culture: Insights from Mike Buzzard

In this interview, Google design leader Mike Buzzard explains how he created a detailed designer competency framework, diversified hiring, and established influence‑based evaluation standards to turn Google into a design‑focused company, while offering practical advice for designers to demonstrate impact and grow.

Googledesign culturedesign impact
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How Google Built a Design‑Centric Culture: Insights from Mike Buzzard
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jul 17, 2017 · Product Management

How a Smart Lock Startup Won Huawei’s Contest and Scaled IoT Solutions

Duoling Intelligent Technology recounts how its award‑winning smart‑lock solution leveraged IoT standards, Huawei’s OceanConnect platform, and innovative rental models to transform traditional hardware into a cloud‑connected security product, while offering practical advice for future Huawei Developer Contest participants.

Huawei CloudIoTIoT Standards
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How a Smart Lock Startup Won Huawei’s Contest and Scaled IoT Solutions
DevOps
DevOps
Jul 3, 2017 · R&D Management

Scrum Development Experience Sharing: Insights, Roles, and Practices

This article shares practical Scrum experiences, covering the current development challenges, Scrum fundamentals, team composition, role responsibilities, daily rituals, product management tools, versioning rules, backlog handling, and key takeaways for adapting agile processes in modern software projects.

devopsproduct managementteam management
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Scrum Development Experience Sharing: Insights, Roles, and Practices
Hujiang Design Center
Hujiang Design Center
Jun 26, 2017 · Product Management

Designing Effective Live‑Stream Reward Systems: A Practical Guide

This article explores the concept, value, and design considerations of tipping features in knowledge‑payment and live‑stream platforms, analyzes competitor implementations, and presents a detailed case study of CCtalk's reward system to help product teams create engaging and profitable tipping experiences.

Live Streamingproduct managementreward design
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Designing Effective Live‑Stream Reward Systems: A Practical Guide
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 22, 2017 · Product Management

What Drives Ma Huateng’s Product Management Philosophy? Lessons from Tencent’s Founder

This article explores Ma Huateng’s evolution from a hands‑on programmer to a visionary product manager, highlighting his email‑driven leadership, early coding contributions, the founding challenges of Tencent, and his three core product principles that shape the company’s relentless innovation.

Ma HuatengTencentinnovation
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What Drives Ma Huateng’s Product Management Philosophy? Lessons from Tencent’s Founder
Hujiang Design Center
Hujiang Design Center
May 26, 2017 · Product Management

How Google Leverages the HEART Framework to Boost User Experience

This article explains Google’s HEART framework—Happiness, Engagement, Adoption, Retention, and Task Success—detailing how each metric is measured and improved through surveys, analytics, cross‑platform prompts, onboarding flows, and targeted UI tweaks to enhance overall product experience.

GoogleHEART frameworkUX Metrics
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How Google Leverages the HEART Framework to Boost User Experience
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
May 11, 2017 · Product Management

How a Design Sprint Transformed NetEase Yidun’s Image Filtering Experience

This article details how a five‑day Design Sprint, adapted for a B2B security product, helped the NetEase Yidun team quickly identify user problems, prototype three interface concepts, validate the chosen solution with real users, and significantly improve the image‑filtering workflow.

PrototypeUser Researchdesign sprint
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How a Design Sprint Transformed NetEase Yidun’s Image Filtering Experience
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
May 8, 2017 · Product Management

10 Best Practices for Improving Search Result Page User Experience

This article presents ten practical guidelines—ranging from preserving the original query to offering alternative suggestions for empty results—to help designers and product managers create more effective, user‑friendly search result pages that boost engagement and conversion.

UI designproduct managementsearch UX
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10 Best Practices for Improving Search Result Page User Experience
网易UEDC
网易UEDC
Apr 7, 2017 · Product Management

How Can Designers Evolve Into Product Leaders? A 5‑Stage Career Blueprint

This guide maps five distinct career stages for designers—from early‑career PMD roles and emerging‑tech pivots to architecture, service, innovative, and DEO leadership—offering concrete actions to grow professional influence and transition into higher‑impact positions.

UX designcareer developmentdesign leadership
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How Can Designers Evolve Into Product Leaders? A 5‑Stage Career Blueprint
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 28, 2017 · Product Management

When to Follow or Trim Scrum: Guard, Break, and Depart

The article uses a bicycle analogy to explain why teams should first faithfully follow Scrum, then experiment with modifications only after sufficient practice, recommending a 100‑hour disciplined trial before deciding to trim the framework.

process improvementproduct managementscrum
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When to Follow or Trim Scrum: Guard, Break, and Depart
Suning Technology
Suning Technology
Mar 28, 2017 · Product Management

Key Takeaways from Suning's 2017 Internet Product Manager Forum

The 2017 Suning Internet Product Manager Forum gathered over 500 professionals to share data‑driven product, marketing, and O2O strategies, offering practical insights from leading e‑commerce and tech companies on growth hacking, precise targeting, and innovative retail solutions.

Growth HackingMarketingO2O
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Key Takeaways from Suning's 2017 Internet Product Manager Forum
Hujiang Design Center
Hujiang Design Center
Mar 28, 2017 · Product Management

How to Give Your Product a Soul: Design Principles for Emotional Connection

This article explains why merely meeting product metrics isn’t enough, advocates adding emotional connection and “soul” to designs through purposeful principles, fun elements, the KANO model, and persuasive communication with stakeholders, offering concrete examples and actionable guidelines for product designers and managers.

design principlesemotional connectionproduct design
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How to Give Your Product a Soul: Design Principles for Emotional Connection
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Feb 23, 2017 · Product Management

Applying AB Testing in Ctrip Flight Booking: Process, Data Flow, and Analysis

The article explains how Ctrip’s flight‑booking team uses AB testing—from definition and experimental design to data collection, traffic allocation, orthogonal experiments, and result analysis—to drive conversion‑rate and revenue improvements across multiple platforms.

AB testingconversion ratedata analysis
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Applying AB Testing in Ctrip Flight Booking: Process, Data Flow, and Analysis
DevOps
DevOps
Jan 11, 2017 · Product Management

How to Build and Use a User Story Map

The article explains how to construct a user story map, organize activities and tasks, prioritize features using a spine-and-rib metaphor, and leverage the map for planning, testing, and communication throughout product development, offering practical guidance for agile teams and product managers.

Backlogprioritizationproduct management
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How to Build and Use a User Story Map
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jan 11, 2017 · R&D Management

How Taobao’s Beehive Platform Powers Content‑Driven Shopping During Double 11

The article explains how Taobao’s content‑centric strategy, embodied in the Beehive platform, builds an end‑to‑end content chain—from creator tools and health scoring to personalized distribution and commerce mechanisms—enabling massive, efficient content production and monetization during the Double 11 shopping festival.

Big DataTaobaocontent platform
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How Taobao’s Beehive Platform Powers Content‑Driven Shopping During Double 11
Hujiang Design Center
Hujiang Design Center
Dec 5, 2016 · Product Management

10 Insightful Questions to Reveal What Clients Really Want

This article presents ten carefully crafted questions that help product teams uncover the true motivations behind a client’s request to reference or emulate another product, guiding deeper understanding of user needs, design relevance, and strategic fit.

UX discoveryUser Researchclient interview
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10 Insightful Questions to Reveal What Clients Really Want
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Oct 8, 2016 · Product Management

Data-Driven Product Design: Ctrip Hotel and Homestay Case Studies

This article explores how Ctrip integrates data analysis with product design, presenting two detailed case studies— the evolution of the homestay channel and the optimization of the Guesthouse app order detail page— to illustrate the role of data, user research, and A/B testing in driving user‑centered product improvements.

A/B testingCase StudyCtrip
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Data-Driven Product Design: Ctrip Hotel and Homestay Case Studies
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Aug 30, 2016 · Product Management

Design Thinking: A Manual for Innovation

Design thinking is a human‑centered, iterative process—empathy, define, ideate, prototype, test—used by Adobe’s product team to create innovative, feasible, and valuable experiences like Adobe XD, emphasizing rapid learning, cross‑functional collaboration, and continuous user feedback.

Design thinkingUXUser Research
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Design Thinking: A Manual for Innovation
Liulishuo Tech Team
Liulishuo Tech Team
Aug 6, 2016 · Product Management

Structuring and Managing Data Collection Requirements with JSON and Git

By defining data collection (event tracking) requirements in a structured JSON format and storing them in Git with a web interface that abstracts version control, teams can standardize identifiers, validate data formats automatically, track changes via commit logs, and streamline collaboration between product managers, developers, and testers.

Data ValidationGitdata collection
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Structuring and Managing Data Collection Requirements with JSON and Git
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Jul 11, 2016 · Product Management

Growth Methodology for Mobile Apps: Acquisition, Retention, A/B Testing, and Deep Linking

The article presents a comprehensive overview of mobile growth methodology, covering the definition of growth, its rising importance in China, core AARRR metrics, experimental workflows, cross‑functional team structure, mobile‑specific challenges, user onboarding funnels, A/B testing architecture, deep‑linking techniques, and practical recommendations for incremental, cost‑effective implementation.

A/B testingGrowthdeep linking
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Growth Methodology for Mobile Apps: Acquisition, Retention, A/B Testing, and Deep Linking
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 9, 2016 · Product Management

Device Lifecycle Management and Stock Operation: Strategies for Sustainable IT Equipment Services

The article explores how IT storage vendors can extend the value of aging equipment through comprehensive lifecycle management and stock operation strategies, emphasizing product competitiveness, design considerations, customer‑centric migration paths, and coordinated team efforts to balance risk, cost, and service continuity.

Customer RetentionIT storagedevice lifecycle
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Device Lifecycle Management and Stock Operation: Strategies for Sustainable IT Equipment Services
58UXD
58UXD
May 18, 2016 · Product Management

Why Companies Doubt User Research—and How to Make It Truly Valuable

This article examines why many enterprises view user research as ineffective, outlines the four biggest challenges—defining clear goals, cultivating insight, building capable teams, and adopting the right mindset—and offers practical strategies for making research results actionable, integrating them into product development, and evolving the role of user researchers.

AgileBig DataUX
0 likes · 14 min read
Why Companies Doubt User Research—and How to Make It Truly Valuable
21CTO
21CTO
May 16, 2016 · Product Management

From Free Email to WeChat: How Zhang Xiaolong Built China’s Biggest Social App

This article chronicles Zhang Xiaolong’s journey from a modest engineering student and free‑email developer to the mastermind behind WeChat, highlighting his technical experiments, product pivots, and leadership decisions that reshaped China’s social‑media landscape.

Case StudyWeChatZhang Xiaolong
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From Free Email to WeChat: How Zhang Xiaolong Built China’s Biggest Social App
21CTO
21CTO
May 14, 2016 · Product Management

How Much Does a Small‑Scale Mobile App Really Cost? A Detailed Breakdown

This article walks through the full lifecycle of building a modest mobile app in Shenzhen, detailing team composition, office costs, development phases, and a month‑by‑month budget that totals roughly one million RMB for the first version.

App DevelopmentMobile Appbudget
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How Much Does a Small‑Scale Mobile App Really Cost? A Detailed Breakdown
58UXD
58UXD
Apr 20, 2016 · Product Management

Why Some Ad Platforms Hide Scheduling Options: Lessons for Product Design

The article compares how Chinese self‑service ad platforms expose scheduling features versus how Google and Baidu hide them, illustrating broader differences between commercial and user‑focused product design and the impact on user decision time and sales efficiency.

ad platformscommercial productproduct design
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Why Some Ad Platforms Hide Scheduling Options: Lessons for Product Design
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Apr 14, 2016 · Operations

Choosing and Analyzing Operational Metrics for Product Success

The article explains why operators should start from clear goals rather than events, defines meaningful metrics such as user retention and API call volume, shows how to break down and evaluate these metrics, and offers practical advice on data collection, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.

KPIsMetricsOperations
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Choosing and Analyzing Operational Metrics for Product Success
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Apr 12, 2016 · Product Management

User Feedback Analysis: Methods, Process, and Core Metrics

This article explains what user feedback is, why it should be analyzed, and provides a step‑by‑step methodology—including channel setup, data collection, coding, categorization, and statistical analysis—along with key performance indicators for monitoring feedback handling in product management.

Metricscategorizationdata collection
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User Feedback Analysis: Methods, Process, and Core Metrics
58UXD
58UXD
Apr 12, 2016 · Product Management

What Makes a Product Manager the CEO of Their Product? Lessons from Microsoft

This article examines the stark contrast between Microsoft’s view of product managers as small‑business CEOs responsible for strategy, design, and market success and the more limited, execution‑focused role seen in many Chinese tech firms, highlighting the traits of good versus bad product managers.

LeadershipMicrosoftgood vs bad PM
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What Makes a Product Manager the CEO of Their Product? Lessons from Microsoft
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Apr 1, 2016 · Product Management

Why Frequent Requirement Changes Frustrate Developers: A Restaurant Analogy

The article uses a vivid restaurant scenario to illustrate how repeated requirement changes cause developers to face rework, increased cost, schedule delays, and communication friction, explaining why programmers and designers dread constantly shifting product specifications.

communicationdeveloper frustrationproduct management
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Why Frequent Requirement Changes Frustrate Developers: A Restaurant Analogy
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 28, 2016 · Product Management

Design Thinking: Core Concepts, Principles, and Practical Exercises

This article outlines Stanford's Design Thinking methodology, describing its entrepreneurial pathways, defining design, highlighting key mindsets and six guiding principles, and providing practical exercises and tools while discussing its relationship with lean startup, agile development, and operational implementation.

Design thinkingcreative processinnovation
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Design Thinking: Core Concepts, Principles, and Practical Exercises
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Mar 15, 2016 · Operations

Establishing an Operations Evaluation Model: Steps, Metrics, and Key Considerations

This article explains how to build an operations evaluation model within a quality competitiveness framework, detailing a three‑step process for defining metrics, evaluation methods, and quantification, and highlighting essential evaluation points, attention areas, and data collection practices for product operations.

MetricsOperationsevaluation model
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Establishing an Operations Evaluation Model: Steps, Metrics, and Key Considerations
21CTO
21CTO
Mar 5, 2016 · Product Management

What Drives a Serial Tech Founder? Lessons from Meituan CEO Wang Xing’s Journey

The article chronicles Meituan CEO Wang Xing’s entrepreneurial path—from early failures and campus social networks to the rise of Meituan—highlighting his iterative product strategy, relentless trial‑and‑error, and the leadership traits that turned repeated setbacks into lasting success.

Case StudyEntrepreneurshipMeituan
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What Drives a Serial Tech Founder? Lessons from Meituan CEO Wang Xing’s Journey
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Feb 3, 2016 · Product Management

Product Quality Competitiveness Model: Evaluation Framework and Metrics

The article introduces a product quality competitiveness model that assesses market feedback and product quality across four dimensions—resource, basic, experience, and operation quality—detailing evaluation criteria, weighting methods, quantification techniques, and visual result presentation formats for comprehensive product assessment.

competitiveness modelmarket feedbackproduct management
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Product Quality Competitiveness Model: Evaluation Framework and Metrics
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 28, 2016 · R&D Management

Why Strategy Beats Execution: A CEO’s Blueprint for Winning in the Tech Age

The article argues that a CEO’s strategic thinking—forecasting trends, identifying breakthrough points, and committing all resources—outweighs sheer execution, illustrating the concept with examples from Chinese tech firms and offering a three‑step framework for sustainable growth.

EntrepreneurshipLeadershipR&D Management
0 likes · 20 min read
Why Strategy Beats Execution: A CEO’s Blueprint for Winning in the Tech Age
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 25, 2016 · Product Management

Mastering Requirement Communication: From Bad Habits to SMART Success

This guide explains why product managers often face friction when issuing requirements, outlines three key points for effective requests—including understanding human factors, choosing the right communication channels, and applying the SMART principle—and offers practical comparisons of common mistakes versus best practices for technical, design, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Design CollaborationSMARTcommunication
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Mastering Requirement Communication: From Bad Habits to SMART Success
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 23, 2016 · Product Management

Why Early Developer Involvement Is the Key to Successful Product Management

The article argues that involving developers, designers, and operations from the start of product planning improves communication, catches design flaws early, and prevents costly delays, while urging product managers to question every feature, maintain logical rigor, and lead by example to earn engineers' respect.

cross‑functional collaborationfeature prioritizationproduct management
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Why Early Developer Involvement Is the Key to Successful Product Management
Meiyou UED
Meiyou UED
Jan 20, 2016 · Product Management

Unlocking User Delight: How the KANO Model Guides Product Requirement Decisions

Learn how the KANO model, a Japanese product‑quality framework, categorizes features into must‑be, one‑dimensional, attractive and other types, and discover practical steps—questionnaires, Better‑Worse metrics, and analysis techniques—to prioritize and improve user satisfaction in product development.

Better-Worse metricproduct managementrequirement analysis
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Unlocking User Delight: How the KANO Model Guides Product Requirement Decisions
ITPUB
ITPUB
Dec 22, 2015 · User Experience Design

How to Build a Great Developer Experience (DX) for Your APIs

This article explains why developer experience matters for API products, defines DX, outlines empathy‑driven principles, and provides concrete guidelines—clear documentation, easy onboarding, robust debugging tools, supportive channels, and community‑focused practices—to help API designers create more appealing and competitive services.

API designDeveloper ExperienceDeveloper Relations
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How to Build a Great Developer Experience (DX) for Your APIs
DevOps
DevOps
Dec 20, 2015 · Fundamentals

Understanding Quality: Definitions, Perspectives, and Discussion

The article examines various viewpoints on product quality, critiques common misconceptions about warranties and consumer expectations, presents formal definitions from Wikipedia and business dictionaries, and reflects on how quality management integrates meeting requirements, standards, and continuous improvement in both software and broader industries.

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Understanding Quality: Definitions, Perspectives, and Discussion
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 16, 2015 · Product Management

How Tencent Mobile Manager Reached 100M Daily Users: Product Management Secrets

The article recounts former 21CTO product director Zeng Xing’s 11‑year journey at Tencent Mobile Manager, detailing how relentless user research, data‑driven insights, micro‑innovation, and crowd‑sourced features transformed the app from a modest 1.0 release into a billion‑user security platform with daily active users exceeding 100 million.

Data-DrivenUser Researchiteration
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How Tencent Mobile Manager Reached 100M Daily Users: Product Management Secrets
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 4, 2015 · R&D Management

Inside Facebook’s Growth Team: How Engineering Drives User Explosion

The article reveals the inner workings of Facebook’s Growth Team, detailing its data‑driven culture, organizational structure, key leaders, and engineering‑focused strategies that have propelled the platform to billions of active users, offering a rare behind‑the‑scenes look.

Growthdata analysisengineering
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Inside Facebook’s Growth Team: How Engineering Drives User Explosion
ITPUB
ITPUB
Dec 2, 2015 · Product Management

Bridging the Gap: Practical Strategies for Product Managers and Developers to Collaborate Effectively

This article shares seasoned product‑manager insights on preventing and resolving friction with developers by preparing for requirement changes, improving code reusability, allocating buffer time, understanding requirements, communicating with data, and providing clear, detailed specifications.

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Bridging the Gap: Practical Strategies for Product Managers and Developers to Collaborate Effectively
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 29, 2015 · Product Management

How Ma Huateng Turns Core Capabilities into Legendary Product Reputation

In this speech, Ma Huateng shares practical insights on product design, emphasizing extreme focus on core capabilities, building reputation through high‑end user experience, and adopting a sensitive, operation‑driven management style to continuously refine and differentiate products.

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How Ma Huateng Turns Core Capabilities into Legendary Product Reputation
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 20, 2015 · Operations

How Meituan Scaled Its Supply‑Chain Platform from Manual to Multi‑Business Automation

This article details Meituan's supply‑chain system evolution—from its early manual processes to a highly automated, multi‑business platform—highlighting architectural redesign, dynamic forms, and product‑center structures that enabled rapid scaling and diversified service support.

AutomationOperationsPlatform Engineering
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How Meituan Scaled Its Supply‑Chain Platform from Manual to Multi‑Business Automation
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Nov 16, 2015 · Operations

Internet Operations Framework: Acquisition, Retention, Conversion, and Activation

This article outlines a comprehensive internet operations framework that covers the four essential stages—acquisition, retention, conversion, and activation—detailing practical strategies for attracting users, keeping them engaged, encouraging purchases, and fostering ongoing activity through various marketing channels and user‑experience improvements.

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Internet Operations Framework: Acquisition, Retention, Conversion, and Activation
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 7, 2015 · Product Management

10 Proven Growth Lessons from the Fastest‑Scaling Unicorn Startups

This article distills ten common growth principles uncovered from interviews and research on fast‑growing tech unicorns such as Uber, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Evernote, offering actionable insights on product focus, continuous scaling, data‑driven decisions, niche targeting, and cross‑functional teamwork for startups.

Growth Hackingproduct managementstartup scaling
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10 Proven Growth Lessons from the Fastest‑Scaling Unicorn Startups
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 1, 2015 · Product Management

What Makes an Error Dialog Truly Helpful? Lessons from Apple and Windows

This article examines why many error dialogs frustrate users, outlines Apple’s human‑interface guidelines for clear notifications, critiques real‑world examples from Windows Phone, Google Chrome and Twitter, and distills three essential principles for designing useful, user‑friendly error messages.

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What Makes an Error Dialog Truly Helpful? Lessons from Apple and Windows
21CTO
21CTO
Oct 30, 2015 · Product Management

Who Will Become the Next BAT? Analyzing the Rise of China’s New Internet Giants

The article examines the surge in mentions of a "next BAT" in Chinese internet discussions, outlines three analytical indicators—resource flow, trend alignment, and competitive scale—and evaluates mobile, big‑data, and millennial trends to identify emerging companies poised to dominate the market.

Chinese techartificial-intelligenceinternet market analysis
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Who Will Become the Next BAT? Analyzing the Rise of China’s New Internet Giants
21CTO
21CTO
Oct 29, 2015 · Product Management

What Are Facebook’s 4 Core Principles for Building Powerful B2B Tools?

This article shares Facebook’s four design principles for B2B products—helping users grow, balancing efficiency with effectiveness, turning complexity into simplicity, and delivering precise predictions—illustrated with real‑world examples, A/B test results, and the evolution of their advertising platform.

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What Are Facebook’s 4 Core Principles for Building Powerful B2B Tools?
21CTO
21CTO
Oct 23, 2015 · Product Management

How to Overcome Product Manager Career Anxiety and Accelerate Growth

This article explores the root causes of career anxiety for product managers, analyzes surface and deep factors, and offers practical strategies, mindset shifts, and a competency model to help professionals navigate industry pressures, improve skills, and achieve sustainable career development.

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How to Overcome Product Manager Career Anxiety and Accelerate Growth
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Sep 9, 2015 · R&D Management

Improving Communication Between Engineers and Product Managers: Insights from Nicholas C. Zakas

The article examines why software engineers are often seen as hard to communicate with, shares Nicholas C. Zakas' experiences and analogies, and offers practical advice such as involving engineers early, minimizing interruptions, granting creative space, and providing timely appreciation to foster better collaboration.

R&D Managementcommunicationproduct management
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Improving Communication Between Engineers and Product Managers: Insights from Nicholas C. Zakas
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 8, 2015 · Product Management

How Zhang Xiaolong Turned WeChat into a Product Empire – Lessons from the Lonely Artist

The article chronicles Zhang Xiaolong’s evolution from a solitary programmer behind Foxmail to the visionary product leader who shaped WeChat, highlighting his artistic mindset, relentless focus on user experience, and the delicate balance between product purity and commercial pressures.

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How Zhang Xiaolong Turned WeChat into a Product Empire – Lessons from the Lonely Artist
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 4, 2015 · Product Management

How Airbnb Turned Three Struggling Renters into a $25.5B Sharing Economy Giant

This article chronicles how three financially strapped friends transformed a simple room‑rental idea into Airbnb, a $25.5 billion global platform, detailing their early challenges, Y Combinator acceleration, rapid growth strategies, and the broader impact on the sharing economy.

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How Airbnb Turned Three Struggling Renters into a $25.5B Sharing Economy Giant
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Jul 24, 2015 · Product Management

Evaluating the Business Value of APIs: Practical and Usable API Strategies

This article examines how APIs create commercial opportunities by assessing data applicability, accuracy, and accessibility, illustrating the concepts with case studies from Amazon, Twilio, and other industries, and provides a practical guide for building useful and usable APIs that drive business growth.

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Evaluating the Business Value of APIs: Practical and Usable API Strategies
Architect
Architect
Jul 12, 2015 · Backend Development

Evolution and Architecture of Meituan's Supply Chain System

The article describes Meituan's supply chain platform evolution from a manual, low‑volume system to a highly automated, multi‑business supporting architecture, detailing its stages, modular product center design, and the platform‑plus‑differentiation approach that enables rapid scaling across various services.

Backend DevelopmentMeituanproduct management
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Evolution and Architecture of Meituan's Supply Chain System
JD.com Experience Design Center
JD.com Experience Design Center
May 6, 2015 · Product Management

How to Pinpoint Target Users Throughout a Product’s Lifecycle

This article explains how to combine backend analytics and user research techniques—such as questionnaires and deep‑interview simulations—to identify and refine target user groups at every stage of a product’s lifecycle, providing practical metrics and actionable insights.

Product LifecycleUser Researchdata analytics
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How to Pinpoint Target Users Throughout a Product’s Lifecycle
Baidu Tech Salon
Baidu Tech Salon
Dec 26, 2014 · Industry Insights

Bug or Feature? Rethinking the Bug‑vs‑Feature Request Debate

The article examines why distinguishing bugs from feature requests is often futile, using a Visual Studio default‑font issue as a case study, and argues for focusing on constructive feedback rather than semantic arguments in software development.

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Bug or Feature? Rethinking the Bug‑vs‑Feature Request Debate
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Dec 15, 2014 · Product Management

Essential UI Design Best Practices for Enhancing User Experience

This article compiles a comprehensive list of practical UI design guidelines—ranging from full‑width layouts and clear benefit statements to consistent interactive states, progressive onboarding, and performance optimizations—aimed at improving conversion rates, usability, and overall user satisfaction.

Design Tipsproduct managementuser experience
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Essential UI Design Best Practices for Enhancing User Experience
Suning Design
Suning Design
Nov 26, 2014 · Product Management

How to Create Effective Product Design Documentation: A Practical Guide

This article outlines why product documentation matters beyond maintenance, presents a stage‑by‑stage overview of design deliverables, and offers actionable principles and methods—such as design sprints, stakeholder interviews, and roadmap prioritization—to keep documentation aligned with user‑centric product development.

UX designdesign processdesign sprint
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How to Create Effective Product Design Documentation: A Practical Guide
We-Design
We-Design
Nov 3, 2014 · Frontend Development

How We Revamped the WeChat Open Platform’s Visual Design for Better Developer Experience

This article details the visual redesign of the WeChat Open Platform, explaining the problems of over‑layered navigation and inconsistent branding, the design decisions made to simplify hierarchy, unify style with other WeChat sites, improve typography, and the ongoing work needed for responsiveness and retina support.

Open PlatformUI/UXVisual Redesign
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How We Revamped the WeChat Open Platform’s Visual Design for Better Developer Experience
Suning Design
Suning Design
Oct 31, 2014 · Product Management

Soft vs. Hard: Uncovering the Hidden Thresholds of User Demand Analysis

This article explores how product managers split into "soft" and "hard" schools of user demand analysis, outlines the three progressive skill thresholds for each approach, and argues that mastering both sides is essential for truly understanding and meeting user needs.

User Researchdemand analysishard skills
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Soft vs. Hard: Uncovering the Hidden Thresholds of User Demand Analysis
Suning Design
Suning Design
Jul 16, 2014 · Product Management

How Qiongyou Built a Decade-Long Travel Community and Mobile Powerhouse

Over ten years, Qiongyou evolved from a modest travel forum into China's most influential outbound travel community, leveraging user‑generated content, structured guide products, mobile app integration, and strategic partnerships to create a data‑driven ecosystem that fuels both user engagement and revenue.

Data-DrivenMobile AppPartnership
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How Qiongyou Built a Decade-Long Travel Community and Mobile Powerhouse