The Business of Building Apps - App Product Management Course for Developers

Learn to turn your app solution into a reality. This course is for leaders, entrepreneurs and software developers. ✏️ Course developed by Shad Sluiter. Check out his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/shadsluiter ❤️ Try interactive Frontend courses we love, right in your browser: https://scrimba.com/freeCodeCamp-Frontend (Made possible by a grant from our friends at Scrimba) 0:00:00 Course Introduction 0:03:14 Unit 1 - Motivations for building an app 0:06:44 Unit 1.1 What is the value proposition of your app? 0:12:40 Do you need a web app or just a better website? 0:15:14 Categories of Apps – which app category is easiest to compete in? 0:34:24 Unit 1.2 Identify the problem you are trying to solve with your app. 0:36:19 Candy, vitamins or addictive painkiller? 0:41:59 Fulfillment, recognition, security 0:42:54 The Five Whys 0:49:58 Unit 1.3 How to discover a niche in the marketplace 0:52:59 Follow popular trend 0:56:39 Add a twist 0:58:21 Your own expertise 0:59:44 Problems in existing competition 1:04:34 Unit 1.4 Listening to users 1:11:44 Users that exist in the market 1:14:39 Get user feedback 1:24:54 Idea 2.0 1:28:17 Homework (Airbnb and Lyft, App Annie and Sensor Tower, Write an application plan) 1:48:44 Unit 2 UI, UX, MVP design 1:56:34 How to create user stories 2:02:14 Planning for an MVP 2:05:24 Unit 2.2 Designing an effective UI user interface 2:07:04 On boarding new users 2:09:44 The Google UI Case Study 2:10:14 The Photoshop Adobe UI negative Case Study 2:14:19 Effective UI elements 2:17:20 Don’t Make Me Thing Steve Krug 2:19:34 UI design templates 2:20:34 Design for your target audience 2:22:39 Unit 2.3 How to design an effective UX User Experience 2:23:24 UX is where Design strategy and Technology intersect 2:27:14 Application Flow 2:29:34 Measuring Conversion Rates 2:30:14 UX outside of the app 2:31:04 The User Empathy Map 2:35:39 Six principles for a positive UX 2:37:34 Unit 2.4 The MVP 2:38:54 The Lean Startup MVP concept by Eric