It’s crucial to keep an eye on your competitors but avoid panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competitor surveillance and analysis are integral parts of the Product Manager’s role. However, this task is often marred by a high degree of competitor paranoia. When competitors make successful announcements, stakeholders may enter panic mode, insisting on blindly copying their strategies to mitigate their fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acting out of panic is never a sound strategy. Therefore, thorough analysis of competitors’ movements is essential. It’s important to remember that competitors are just companies staffed by people like yourself. Their decisions, despite what their marketing may suggest, can also be flawed. Blindly copying them means inheriting their mistakes and constantly playing catch-up without differentiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My approach to competitor analysis is to use their actions to better understand the problems we are all trying to solve. Even if competitors make mistakes, there’s valuable insight behind their decisions. Each new feature or product they introduce reflects a perceived need or problem. This informs our understanding of the target user and the problems we’re addressing, contributing significantly to our product discovery process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When done correctly, competitor analysis continually enhances our understanding of the target market. Ideally, this leads to superior solutions that intelligently address user needs compared to our competitors. Occasionally, these insights lead to “aha moments” and innovative solutions that not only solve existing problems but eliminate them entirely \u2013 the pinnacle of product innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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