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Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Product Management was a new discipline within the organization two years ago. As a result of the training with Pragmatic Institute, I’ve been able to demonstrate the importance of this team on sales and relationship management to the executive leadership.

Loreen Brown, SVP, AmerisourceBergen Corporation

Pragmatic Institute Customer Statistic

Build the Right Products & Features

66% of surveyed organizations realized a 25% or greater improvement in product/feature usage since taking Pragmatic Institute training.

25%

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Clear Roles & Responsibilities

83% of surveyed organizations have been able to gain a better understanding of product roles within their organization by taking Pragmatic Institute courses.

83%

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Align Teams

61% of surveyed organizations have been able to better align with internal teams by taking Pragmatic Institute courses.

61%

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Improve Roadmaps

55% of surveyed organizations have been able to increase confidence in their roadmap by taking Pragmatic Institute courses.

55%

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

After taking Pragmatic Institute training, I am much better able to speak to the problems that employers and health plans have in our market.

Product Manager, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

I refer back to the Pragmatic Institute templates whenever I’m asked to do something for the first time.

Product Manager, S&P 500 Computer Services Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute training gave us a common vocabulary for discussing product definition and execution.

Sales Representative, Fortune 500 Computer Hardware Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

We now have a common language for discussing product and market issues, and a shared basis for making product and market decisions.

Larry Lumsden, Vice President of Products, TECSYS

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute training provided me with a better understanding of how things could work more efficiently at my company.

Marketing Professional, Medium Enterprise Telecommunications Equipment Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Satisfaction Rating

A Director of Product at a medium enterprise telecommunications equipment company would be likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

Pragmatic Institute training provides a good overview of a solid product management process.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute training taught me the basics and the foundation of product management. I was able to grasp the role and my responsibilities as a newer product manager in the field.

Ryan Strait, Product Manager, CivicPlus

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Having the product management team and some of the executive team trained on the Pragmatic Institute principles makes the conversation around outside-in decision making far easier. It reduces noise around less than verifiable enhancements or new product requests.

Christine Blazynski, Senior Executive, Informa Pharma Intelligence

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

The training helped me to better understand my role in the organization and has allowed me to focus more on delivering functionality that solves customer/market problems.

Jennifer Stead, Product Owner, Kronos Incorporated

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute training encouraged me to focus more on the strategic part of my job. Now I can weigh in on strategic decisions and take the lead on product pricing and support winning strategies for new deals.

Business Analyst, Small Business Energy & Utilities Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

As a result of Pragmatic Institute training, I completely reworked our pricing framework around key value propositions for specific market segments.

Business Analyst, Small Business Energy & Utilities Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Satisfaction Rating

A Product Manager at a small business energy & utilities company would be very likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

Pragmatic Institute does a great job of explaining what it means to own and drive a product, including the things you should and shouldn’t be focusing on.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Satisfaction Rating

Julian Martin, a Vice President Product Marketing at Mimecast Service Limited, would be very likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

Pragmatic Institute’s training has provided me with very relevant content for my function: product marketing.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute has allowed me to think about products from the perspective of what problems they solve, allowing me to develop, launch and market more efficiently and effectively.

Josh Redman, Product Specialist, D'Addario & Company, Inc.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

The courses at Pragmatic Institute have enabled me to use methods for going to our users, not the decision makers, which as a result, has helped the product roadmaps align with what is truly needed instead of what was thought to be needed.

Business Director, Global 500 Health Care Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute’s training provides a focus on what is important in developing a product and deciding on which feature/benefit sets to move forward with.

Product Manager, Large Enterprise Consumer Products Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Satisfaction Rating

A Developer/Engineer at the Federal Government would be very likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

The courses highlight the questions that need to be asked and areas of ownership for the product lifecycle that are often missed, forgotten or ignored.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Pragmatic Institute has enabled me to clearly articulate roles and responsibilities, and my needs.

Developer / Engineer, Fortune 500 Computer Hardware Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Satisfaction Rating

A Sales Representative at a large enterprise industrial manufacturing company would be very likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

I’ve had great success with the Pragmatic Institute Framework.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

The Pragmatic Institute Framework has helped to define roles, allowing those in strategy and execution to work together without stepping on each others’ toes.

Director of Product, Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

Our product development process was very inside-out. We did little research and relied on too many strong internal opinions to make important business decisions about product specifications and what to build. Additionally, our process for preparing products for launch was inconsistent and often incomplete, requiring substantial amounts of rework and market/customer confusion. Pragmatic Institute has helped us build an aligned, strategic approach to problem-solving products, creating appropriate product features, having a disciplined method for launching products and aligning our high-level goals with the right product initiatives.

Director of Product, Medium Enterprise Consumer Products Company

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

I took this training before starting day 1 of my job, which was very helpful. I came in with an understanding of how to properly identify market problems and organize my product backlog, which has really helped my work.

Product Manager, Large Enterprise Energy & Utilities Company

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Tim Martin, a Marketing Professional at Paradox Digital Marketing, would be very likely to recommend Pragmatic Institute for this reason:

Pragmatic offers excellent marketing training specifically targeted to Product Managers/Marketers. Of course, it is great for marketing generalists as well.

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

I now know how to align my product with client needs in order to deliver more value for their marketing dollar. I also understand who is not a good fit for my services and take that opportunity to direct those individuals to someone who is better suited to serve them.

Tim Martin, Marketing Professional, Paradox Digital Marketing

Pragmatic Institute Customer Testimonial

The Pragmatic Institute training allowed us to establish a common language, understanding of roles and responsibilities, and a culture that will allow us to make the organization changes necessary to create an excellent product management organization. We learned a framework and disciplines for effective product management, including what tools and artifacts to use.

Vice President, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company




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