The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

A Product Framework from Concept to Delivery: Part 1 Why “FE²AR” As a technology executive, I have seen my share of successful and not-as-successful products. The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. How frustrating would that be?

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Split

MARCH 20, 2024

Without dependable deployment processes, teams face greater technical debt, production issues and risk of downtime, and delays in unlocking business value from code. With established release review procedures, code progresses to staging and production only after passing predefined quality checks and acceptance tests.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Step 2: Become a Certified Technical Product Manager Many companies have their own internal training programs and certification processes. However, anyone pursuing a job as a project manager or a startup product manager will find it helpful to get certified in technical product management.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 9, 2019

In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. For example, an internal product like a platform is likely to require in-depth technical skills—unlike an end-user facing offering, which is likely to require a thorough understanding of the market and business model, for example.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 9, 2019

In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. For example, an internal product like a platform is likely to require in-depth technical skills—unlike an end-user facing offering, which is likely to require a thorough understanding of the market and business model, for example.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects. Soft skills, such as communication, conflict management, and leadership, play a more vital role than hard, technical skills.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2024

However, successfully implementing agility into your company can provide 20%-30% financial gains according to research by McKinsey & Company, and increased parallel process and employee experiences have a direct causal impact on revenue by more than 50% according to Harvard Business Review. Technology development is cognitive work.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Respect their UX/UI and technology decisions and their right to determine how much work can be done. Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. Developing a successful digital product requires more than technical knowledge. This will not only lead to better technical decisions and a better product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 16, 2021

It's no secret that a lot goes into the modern tech interview. Superb technical skills on their own are not enough - most top tech firms prioritize culture fit when they are recruiting. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

That’s how budgets were constructed up until this year. Our commitment was firm, leadership backed the change, and it was underway. Increase the number of positive customer reviews by 20%. This alignment is crucial for product managers who often sit at the intersection of business, technology, and user needs.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The only constructive byproduct is a learning experience worth communicating to save other products from succumbing to the same mistakes. Lack of vision can also easily erode any technology investment or hope of return, adding to the misery of the engineers at the end of the product delivery. Prioritization: Keep it in Order.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This is a mistake, particularly if you are new to leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

For context, enterprise tech companies tend to have a small number of large deals each quarter that really matter. ( Each promise eventually creates its own bit of chaos: escalations, account reviews, executive interventions, demands for quick fixes to hard problems. B2B is lumpier than B2C.). We build and maintain trust.)

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

They are drowning, with no time for the underlying research and analysis that drive good product outcomes (first-person problem validation, matching end user value to technical features, pricing/packaging, market economics, testable positioning, win/loss and competitive analysis, internal alignment. See Melissa Perri’s product kata ).

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

Or at your performance review, you might wonder what you should start doing to get a promotion, what is blocking you and what you are currently doing that works well. In the background though, you will need to stop doing something less measurable, like leadership, that can impact your career.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This is a mistake, particularly if you are new to leadership.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 29, 2018

Or at your performance review, you might wonder what you should start doing to get a promotion, what is blocking you and what you are currently doing that works well. In the background though, you will need to stop doing something less measurable, like leadership, that can impact your career.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

These discussions often get very technical or theoretical: treating roadmapping as a purely intellectual exercise, where our secret ambition is for the world to admire our brilliant algorithms and decision criteria. So I assume that roadmap reviews will surface deeper concerns like…. “Why aren’t we getting more done?”

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ProductPlan

MARCH 28, 2019

When a product manager exits, it can derail major aspects of your product strategy due to their integral role and unique perspective on things. There are many technology jobs where you can throw on your headphones and block out the rest of the world for large chunks of your day, but product management isn’t one of them.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

There are many peer-reviewed studies compiled by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) that illustrates about half of all product development projects fail; this failure rate is especially much higher in smaller and startup companies. Create the User Interface Design (UI) on top of reviewed and green-lit wireframes.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Here are the 3 roles Product Managers must perform to achieve roadmap leadership: The Diplomat It’s not our role to dictate through authority where the product should go. How big is our technical debt? We hold quarterly high-level prioritization meetings to help the company’s leadership define the roadmap priorities.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 4, 2016

Spectacular & Dangerous Road on Earth- Tianmen Mountain Road, Zhangjiajie, China ( [link] ) When we talk about product management in tech, usually we don’t explicitly distinguish between B2C and B2B. this is why a critical skill of product owner is leadership without authority. Everyday’s tasks are different.

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Mind the Product

MAY 16, 2018

Recently I worked with a product manager who was in a very dry, technical position in an aggressive organisational culture that he was very unhappy in. He selected creativity as a key value, but was working in a very dry, technical position in an aggressive organisation that restricted creativity. Ask the right questions.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

If you work in a product team or in a digital business, you’ve probably heard a lot about this topic, or might even have lost some sleeping nights due to the lack of it in your daily basis. Product Managers are the ones to understand about UX, Tech and Business, but not being a specialist in none of them, though.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A lot to ask for, especially if we’re not in a salary review cycle. Yet most tech companies struggle with diversity around gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, schools, and liberal arts vs. STEM. 2] “I need a 20% raise or I’m quitting.”. We’ll want to understand what’s really going on. Can we figure out what’s happening?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

THE SQUAD MODEL Spotify is know for creating this style of Product Team construction, and they have since racked up a lot of attention with this method. In addition, valuing autonomy allows for optimal collaboration due to the fact that it is motivating, fast, and eliminates factors that may slow productivity. Have any comments?

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How deep does your understanding of the technology go as a PM? And how much do you try to be, like, a subject matter expert from a technological standpoint compared to your engineering team? How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? So that’s me. Christy : Awesome.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2018

The First Industrial Revolution happened between 1760 and 1840, being marked by the construction of railroads, invention of steam engine and eventually making mechanical production possible. Another thing that Klaus Schwab points out in his book is the concern about public and private leadership. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (p.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They work at the intersection of the User Experience, Business, and Technical teams, and have the opportunity to tap into the collective knowledge of these teams, in addition to their own interactions with the market. Product managers have a unique view on what’s happening across the business, provided the relationships are working well.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 17, 2023

“To get better at [leadership and] management you have to get better at understanding people” The article highlights five lessons from the author’s own experience, and guidance of mentors, which helped him to develop as a leader and manager. Similar to tech debt, there will be undesired consequences later on.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

CHROs finds great talent and creates useful review processes. CEO-level interventions are not ideal for wide-ranging, open-ended conversations — where we explore unmet needs, competitive offerings, deep dives into technical alternatives, quantifiable value or trade-offs among roadmap items. Legal keeps us out of jail.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Leadership Skills Roadmaps are not the ultimate solution for all problems. Working with cross-functional teams involves huge team leadership and responsibilities. Leadership abilities come into play when creating products and satisfying deadlines. Here is an example of a roadmap. A/B testing is useful in this situation.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2021

Do you want to represent a big idea concisely to your customers or your leadership? The Concept Map Target Audience: Product Teams and Leadership Intent: Sharing Vision and presenting the concept for acceptance The concept map helps you illustrate and present, well, a concept. Good things come in small boxes.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 12, 2021

Jaime DeLanghe’s secrets to bring cross-functional teams together for optimal performance Before my career in tech, I worked in food service. Restaurants showed me the ropes of what it takes for cross-functional teams to succeed, and I still draw on the same strategies as a product manager in tech.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership?—?or or “true leadership”?—?and Read more: Technical Debt & Scrum: Who Is Responsible ?) which is a process, not a destination.

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