PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. Because the direction of agile projects may change throughout their execution, a big-picture vision must be clear for all stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

I’m simplifying a bit here, but it let’s go with it for a moment: The builder is a key person in the construction process. They’ve got the big vision for a grand building. They have a big vision about the software product (or products) they are building. Where they want the kitchen, where they want the bedrooms, etc.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. Development teams should manage their own work (using a sprint backlog or Kanban board). But recognise that software development can be challenging and that human beings make mistakes. Assume that the team members want to do their best. Be honest and open.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

For example, is our engineering sprints solving the problems that align with our Orbis product vision and release goals? The proto-strategy is meant to be lightweight and simple to construct, but the process of getting there invokes many tough questions and therefore prepared me upfront. About Eric Wang.

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Bain Public

MAY 21, 2018

Does that mean it’s time to embrace the mathematical techniques that enable the building of intelligent software applications using the family of techniques known as deep learning? There’s no doubt that delegating parts of the software development process to machine learning models is going to be mandatory. Absolutely!

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

But most teams do a poor job of constructing hypotheses, or laying out their expectations of what the product release is meant to get them. Anchored to your solution, iterating from product release to product release, hoping to discover the missing piece that will make your vision come alive.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 8, 2024

From aviation’s decade-spanning aircraft design challenges to construction projects exceeding budgets and deadlines—the common thread is the struggle with unforeseen variables in the real-world. Image Credits: Dall·E 3 ( link to high-res image ) However, this challenge extends well beyond the aerospace industry. Design is how it works.”

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

, among other things: a dysfunctional organization, a dysfunctional Scrum Team, an inadequate Product Backlog, a Sprint Planning session gone wrong, low-quality user stories, or a missing product vision. It is the development team’s prerogative to decide on the best way of handling their Daily Scrum event. Learn more on Retrospectives.)

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The product development equivalent is looking for data where it’s easiest to find because you’re already recording it, rather than thinking carefully about what you should be measuring. A lack of rigor in how we construct experiments creates many measurement problems. We aren’t honest as with ourselves as we could be.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

If you are finding that many of these decisions requires external input, then your team might not have the right skillset for the job and/or may not be constructed correctly. There are higher order constraints such as Mission and Vision, which define what the company is about and why it exists.

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

You know, I’m going to talk about that, why that change happened, but basically what I do as of today is I help our clients to explore new ways to grow new product strategies, formulate product goals and product vision, and I also help shape the scope of the product. So there’s that element of strategic thinking in there.

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