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Don’t Make Me Think (About My Job): Sincerity, Expertise, and B2B Product Design
Originally shared internally with the Alibaba.com  product team. All examples are based on public information, and any sensitive data has...

Anping Wang
Aug 165 min read
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Balancing Capability and Product Compromise in Light Customization
Context We are currently developing the Light Customization  project on Alibaba.com .Within the team, there are two major schools of thought: Full Transactionalization  —This view argues that we should require sellers to upload complete product and customization data onto Alibaba.com , building a more advanced and structured Editor .The goal is to enable users to place orders or complete customizations without any communication . Lightweight Entry  —This perspective suggests

Anping Wang
May 31, 20243 min read
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Product Methodology Systemization Playbook
What We Want We want every failure to be recorded so that we don't repeat it.We want every success to be summarized so that we can reproduce or replicate it when needed. Why? We need evidence to support our product decisions, especially when working with teams that have drastically different goals.We want to build new successes based on our past experiences—both successes and failures. What We Do Not Want We do not want our experience to disappear into thin air.We do not want

Anping Wang
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Alibaba.com Seller Ecosystem and Decision-Making Observation
Goals Observe seller e-commerce strategies and Alibaba.com strategies to summarize seller types and assess how seller behavior affects the foundational experience. Deeply analyze seller behavior to identify issues and potential directions that influence foundational experience strategy. About This Document The insights and summaries in this document are based on interviews with 12 sellers from Shenzhen and Yiwu. The sample includes both top and mid-tier sellers on Alibaba.co

Anping Wang
Dec 1, 20235 min read
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Product Discussions
Product Discussion Here, we discuss how to hold product strategy and design discussions — or, put more concretely, how to run a meeting . What Are We Actually Doing When We Discuss? The goal of discussion is to reach conclusions and make judgments .When making judgments, we should integrate facts and values .At ICBU, PDs responsible for product logic and interaction design should focus on factual judgment , and balance value judgments based on factual reasoning. What Is a Fa

Anping Wang
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Disruptive Technology Company User Research 101
The document was a small piece I wrote for junior designers in my team To readers: Use User Research 101 as part of your research...

Anping Wang
Jan 12, 20234 min read
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Forming Fast Product Problem-solving Iterations
Scope of the Article In this article, I am focusing on the decision-making process of an efficient product problem-solving cycle. Of...

Anping Wang
Jan 2, 20234 min read
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Product Management for Autonomous Driving Platform
In addition to defining Operational Design Domains (ODDs) for autonomous trucks, a significant portion of product management work at...

Anping Wang
Jul 1, 20226 min read
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Leaving Comments?
Look at the message input box, how elegant. I am able to take my time, relax, reflect on what I just experinced, take a coke from the...

Anping Wang
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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