The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

What do you do when your team is working their socks off and yet they are getting little credit for the work being done, mainly because the team isn’t able to set concrete expectations with the stakeholder? This obviously reflected as a failure to deliver on part of the engineering team. THE CHALLENGE. THE CAUSE.

Weak Development Team 149

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

This series is about helping a team create a less brittle environment—more resilience. Neither did the team. In this case, the project team had no automated tests. The team called the product people “product owners.” These product people executed manual tests. Neither did the developers.

Product Research 88

Product Research Feedback Loop Software Review User Testing 88

Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

Agile 103

Agile Weak Development Team User Testing Software Review 103

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often people stumble into the Product Management career without any Technology background. I never had to deal with developers on a day to day basis?—?the the only ‘Technical’ person I spoke to was my content Producer. I had no idea what I was doing and how I could lead a dev team. Get to know your Tech Lead well.

Technical Review 60

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Automated tests can help to speed up delivery, reduce errors, and save testing engineers time to run comprehensive and complex tests. However, before automating all test cases, it is necessary to make a rigorous assessment of what can be automated, when, how, and what cost and effort is required to achieve the goal.

User Testing 98

User Testing Software Review Product Research Testing 98

Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

Your team says they use Scrum in two-week iterations. And, in order to “finish” everything inside the timebox, you don't do any of these things: Refactor to simplify the code or the tests. Create automated tests. You create another backlog of “technical debt” to address later. What can you do?

Agile 91

Agile Technical Review Software Review Systems Review 91

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development. And I don't want to return to the bad old days—I much prefer where we are now.

Product Research 83

Product Research Software Review Feedback Software Feedback Loop 83

Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

Agile 78

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. This is not agile.

Agile 78

Agile Weak Development Team User Testing Software Review 78

Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    Lately, I’m calling this permission to stay focused.

Reporting Tools 105

Reporting Tools Software Review Technical Review Weak Development Team 105

Ask Benny

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

Agile 78

Agile Weak Development Team User Testing Software Review 78

The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

We manage everything from product launch, forecasting, planning to product marketing and sales and when things change drastically Product Managers are expected to be agile and stay on top of technology tools to save the day. Therefore, it is crucial for every product team to manage and deliver quality content in order to remain alive.

Customer Communications 78

Customer Communications Feedback Software Reporting Tools Technical Review 78

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Picture this: you develop an app, then launch it worldwide. Yeah, we know, it sounds pretty much like a developer’s worst nightmare. And that’s why localization testing exists: to prevent these very situations. Localization testing is usually not the first thing that development companies consider.

User Testing 111

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

Agile 61

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As product managers, it’s our job to develop solutions that solve real problems for our customers and create value for the business. Chances are, it might have been because the team wasn’t using the hypothesis-driven approach correctly. This will help to ensure that the results of the test are reliable and interpretable.

User Testing 140

User Testing Feedback Software Product Research Research Software 140

Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Inspired by Marty Cagan contains a little about everything in product management and is based on how the most successful tech companies in the world build products.

Books 98

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. Passengers are also able to view hotel information and use the devices to speak to the sales team of the hotel. Feasibility risk impacts the capacity of the team to build the product given time, skills and technology constraints.

User Testing 167

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. How To Talk To Your Executives About Agile. The Best Way To Understand Agile. Good Metaphors Improve the Usability Instincts of Your Developers.

Framework 170

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

It’s all too tempting to fall back onto less skilful habits and become impatient, tense and stressed, say something we regret afterwards, or pass on the pressure to the development team. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. Who could disagree with that?

Leadership 165

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

Banking 90

Banking Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 90

The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Not only are there more technology companies than ever, and all these companies want and need product managers, but there is still so much mystique surrounding the role. Cold email your users to set up interviews, review survey data, listen in on sales calls, do product demos. Let’s be real for a second?—?digital

User Testing 143

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

The speed at which the economic landscape shifts has been increasing since the industrial revolution and the emergence of consumer technology. From the point of view of technology, manufacturing, and/or the ability to deliver a service, what is possible? I’ll review four methodologies: waterfall, Lean, design, and Agile.

User Testing 59

User Testing Customer Experience Technical Review Customer Feedback 59

The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. How To Talk To Your Executives About Agile. The Best Way To Understand Agile. Good Metaphors Improve the Usability Instincts of Your Developers.

Framework 150

Framework Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team 150

The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. How To Talk To Your Executives About Agile. The Best Way To Understand Agile. Good Metaphors Improve the Usability Instincts of Your Developers.

Framework 150

Framework Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team 150

BrainStation Product Management

JULY 20, 2018

As the name suggests, a Product Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing product development from conception to completion, and beyond. In terms of digital product management, PMs are the glue that holds together the user experience, the technical requirements, and the business requirements of a product. Erikkson, 2011. Management.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review User Testing Product Management Product Manager 68

UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As a Product Designer working in a high-performing software team, I am tasked and responsible for championing user value, ensuring that the end user's needs are met when using the product. It was a valuable growth for me to be deeply involved in assessing business values and technical feasibility with my team.

Feedback Software 87

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

Data Visualization 105

Data Visualization Weak Development Team Technical Review Software Review 105

ProductPlan

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the past 20 years, we have seen Digital and Agile Transformation Programs grow and swell to $1.3 It’s a word that isn’t commonly favoured by the Product community because Transformation Programs rarely allow Product Teams to autonomously decide how they’ll achieve their mission. Some of which are; Harvard Business Review states, $1.3

Weak Development Team 97

Weak Development Team Agile Technical Review Product Research 97

BrainStation Product Management

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the name suggests, a Product Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing product development from conception to completion. In terms of digital product management, PMs are the glue that holds together the user experience, the technical requirements, and the business requirements of a product. Communication. Collaboration. Management.

Technical Review 55

Technical Review User Testing Analytic Tools Product Research 55

The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. Review any existing feedback you have as well as additional direct channels such as chat bots, surveys, focus groups, and interviews. Understanding your users better will also help to determine your app’s ideal technological specifications.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Research Software Data Visualization 60

Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

Breakthrough, disruptive or radical innovation are all more dramatic and often involve challenging the existing business model or introducing completely new technology. As a result, it helps you develop only the features that they need and avoid falling into the feature fallacy trap and creating the consumption gap.

Feedback Software 98

Feedback Software Analytic Tools Research Software Product Research 98

Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a product leader, you are the product manager for a leadership team, and the tricks you learned in product teams remain valuable, they just need a little tweak. Myths that an organisation tells itself can act as a reality distortion field that masks failing products and poor return on investment. Develop new opportunities.

Reporting Tools 143

Reporting Tools User Testing Research Software Product Research 143

ProductPlan

JUNE 11, 2019

While this can occasionally be blamed on poor execution, it is often simply a result of poor goal setting. But why do product teams have such a hard time creating the right goals to achieve our objectives? No matter how smart you are, how much experience you have, and how much subject matter expertise your team possesses.

Roadmap 85

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Mind the Product

MAY 9, 2019

In March last year, my colleague and Mind the Product’s Director of Training, Rosemary King, wrote about how the company departments working alongside a product team could better work together to meet their common goals and to improve working practices. Test Everything. All product managers love a good test.

Product Research 156

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The developers will handle it. Most often, it won’t matter if it’s not intentional or was initiated by a bad actor from outside the company, If things go sideways, it could even result in a permanent shutdown. Full, thorough code reviews rarely occur anymore. Security is someone else’s problem. It’s up to IT. Cybercrime.

Roadmap 40

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 4, 2024

How would you approach working with new team members in a different country, specifically to grow empathy and connection, due to cultural differences? Starting a community of practice I joined Pearson to create the Future Technologies team. As part of my work, I built the Future Technologies Champions community.

User Testing 59

User Testing Feedback Software Technical Review Product Research 59

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Bachelor’s in Marketing, an MBA, or a technical degree depending on which company you’re targeting.) From initial design and development through launch, upgrades, maturation, and eventually end-of-life, PMs are found wrangling other departments with competing priorities. Technical expertise. Leading a diverse team.

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