Product Management Unpacked

JUNE 21, 2021

“I’m actually a pretty avid DIY-er,” confides Pranita Ramakrishnan, MS of Product Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2019. “I When Home Depot came to the Carnegie Mellon campus to interview Product Management intern candidates, Pranita’s interest was piqued. Internship Opportunities Come Knocking. And vice versa. “I

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

What is each flavour of product manager responsible for? In my previous post, I introduced the four different flavours of product manager, depicted by the PM quadrants matrix. What are the four flavours of product manager? In this post, I’ll go into the responsibilities for each of the four ‘flavours’ of product manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2024

Challenging an emerging myth that Agile is dead, and providing insight on key principles & tactics to finding success with Agile-based product teams. Nowadays it seems to have an opinion of Agile product methods like Scrum. Technology development is wrought with inefficiencies, blockers, and hiccups.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 11, 2020

A UK-based consultant, Joe Leech has built a reputation for managing change (for both users and stakeholders) and as the guy to call when a product launch has gone wrong. Joe gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks at Mind the Product in London 2018, so we followed [.]. Just call him Mr Joe. The Kano model.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 25, 2021

User persona templates are a shortcut to creating a user persona from scratch for your SaaS business. Contrary to conventional wisdom, for B2B SaaS, you don’t need to fill in every little detail about your user like their favorite food or where they went to school to create a user persona – it’s not a dating profile.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 3, 2019

A UK-based consultant, Joe Leech has built a reputation for managing change (for both users and stakeholders) and as the guy to call when a product launch has gone wrong. Troubleshooting a poor product launch. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Just call him Mr Joe.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2022

Few years back, I had an interview opportunity with Mckinsey for the role of a Product Management consultant. Case Category: Market sizing & Estimation, Goals & Measures Case Type: Investor pitch by a startup planning to launch smartwatches in India ?? Interviewer: Yes, I’m okay with them!

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

With so many SaaS options out there and new ones rolling out every day, it’s important to consider that customers may be likely to feel bombarded with that much information (head-exploding territory at times). When they give you user feedback, take it seriously! What distinguishes one app or software from another?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this guide, we explain how you can turn ABM into a win for your business – by putting the right team, tools, and processes in place. A survey from ITSMA and ABM Leadership Alliance found that 45% of marketers report seeing at least double the ROI compared to traditional marketing. What is account-based marketing (ABM)?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Wondering what the best product conferences of 2021 are? We’ve collected the best events for product folks that you can attend online or in-person. February Product Conferences. Product World. Product Marketing Rendezvous. Source: Product Marketing Alliance. Table of contents. Source: Productworld.co.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Who are the best product managers? Check out the ultimate list of famous product managers you must follow to get the latest product news and inspiration. In fact, sometimes it seems that the latest, most popular solution; suddenly grows old. 29 Product Leaders You Must Follow Julie Zhuo is Product Design VP at Facebook.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 12, 2021

So we did some research to help you find the right eCommerce web design company to work with. We are honored to rank among the top product design companies according to Clutch Global Award. Agencies with specific eCommerce platforms in focus and full-stack eCommerce design companies.

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Usersnap

JULY 22, 2019

Who doesn’t like to use a product that looks pretty? Yet as a software company owner or product manager, you hesitate to put time and budget into UI/UX design? The questions lingering in your mind may be: How important is design to product success? This ultimately helps increase the number of people using your product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 6, 2020

Product marketing is one of the newest and most impactful roles within an organization. As a product marketing manager (PMM), you influence most areas of the organization including product, design, sales, support, and, of course, marketing. What skills do I need as a product marketing manager? Should I get an MBA?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. Itamar has over 20 years of product management experience working with industry leaders such as Google and Microsoft. He’s now a consultant, speaker and writer. Three Types of Launch.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Digital consultancy Red Badger designed and built ShareThyme, a platform to connect generations through cooking, at speed. It got us thinking; how fast could we go from an impactful idea to a live product? We considered a number of hot topics, trends, technology and life certainties, and generated 150 ideas. Limit scope.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Richard Reiner , Executive Chairman at dfuse , takes us through various case studies and lessons learned from his experience building and marketing products in the cybersecurity space. Between 2002 and 2006, cybersecurity technologies for networks were now entering into a period of maturity.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

There’s a lot of variation in how companies document product requirements. Some are moving away from detailed, written product requirements documents (PRDs), while others are using shorter write-ups, user stories, or jobs-to-be-done formats. Figure 1: FRAMEWORK OF METHODS TO CAPTURE AND DEFINE PRODUCT FEATURES.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To truly excel in product management, you need to have a respect for design, an understanding of countless processes, a passion for problem-solving, excellent communication skills—the list goes on and on. Books for Product Managers. Blogs for Product Managers. Slack Groups for Product Managers. Books for Product Managers.

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DISQO

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For 18 months, This is Product Management has been a major resource for product teams across industries and company sizes. If you’re in the product management business, you need to be swinging for the fences. ” – Josh Wexler, Head of Product at Yieldmo. “It But at 75 episodes, it can be difficult to keep up.

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DISQO

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For 18 months, This is Product Management has been a major resource for product teams across industries and company sizes. If you’re in the product management business, you need to be swinging for the fences. ” – Josh Wexler, Head of Product at Yieldmo. “It But at 75 episodes, it can be difficult to keep up.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Transformation Labs is an advisory and consulting firm that helps enterprise and technology companies accelerate their path to product success. How did you break into product management? I started my career as a software developer, working on database applications. I graduated university in the 1980s.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

In April 2018, Brainmates hosted a Product Talks Sydney Meetup based on the “hypotheticals” format popularised by Geoffrey Robertson. A bright and brave cross functional team of panellists were on hand to tackle an imagined (but realistic) Product Management scenario. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates.

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DISQO

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For 18 months, This is Product Management has been a major resource for product teams across industries and company sizes. If you’re in the product management business, you need to be swinging for the fences. ” – Josh Wexler, Head of Product at Yieldmo. “It But at 75 episodes, it can be difficult to keep up.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Are you thinking of a career in product management and wondering what the product manager career path looks like? In particular, we look at: What the product manager’s role involves Their main responsibilities Common product management positions Tips on how to advance your PM career Let’s dive in.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

How product managers can master product innovation management Today we’re talking about product innovation management, one of the seven knowledge areas for product mastery. These are the knowledge areas that make us successful as product masters who know how to create new value for our customers.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Developer Productivity! Developing great product people Developing the team Displaying PDF files and Medieval History Doing the right thing Doom3 DXP Ecosystem Building Education Entering new markets Enterprise Data Enterprise Software (Higher Ed) F1 Forging stronger teams in a remote work place. Remote-first. What is next?

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2022

Ever wondered why product lifecycle marketing is that important for SaaS? Every product goes through a life cycle from the moment it enters the market until the end. The marketing plan must include strategies for every phase of a product’s lifecycle to be successful. What is a Product Life Cycle?

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Customer success has taken the business world by storm, and not just in tech and SaaS. Top research and analyst firms, including, HBR , Forrester , SiriusDecisions , and Gartner have recognized the practice and endorsed it as a revenue-generating business discipline. We can directly correlate an input with an output or vice.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

It is no secret that a product manager needs momentum in areas such as product development, product sales and customer adoption in order to succeed. As a product leader, you need momentum to gain executive buy-in as well as engineering and marketing resources so that you can create interest and awareness around your product.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Why these questions should be asked Feedback, performance, and competitor relations Feelings (pride or jealousy) about own company and others Relevance of important values and aspirations Exact choices: Extract the choices that your company makes as attributes What does the company do?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Transformation Labs is an advisory and consulting firm that helps enterprise and technology companies accelerate their path to product success. How did you break into product management? I started my career as a software developer, working on database applications. I graduated university in the 1980s.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 9, 2018

The SaaS industry has exploded in recent years due to relatively low barriers to entry, readily available venture capital funding and a deeper, more conscientious understanding of problems faced by internet businesses. In today’s market, there is no such thing as a software company that doesn’t have any competitors.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

Tools for planning and executing product projects Today we are talking about the skills product managers need to grow their careers. Before joining Google, Neha worked as a Management Consultant at Essex Product Consulting, where she helped organizations build products. At what cadence do you do that?

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 15, 2016

The area I most often get asked to help product managers on is preparing them for their upcoming product management interviews. Keep in mind that while these were common questions I personally asked product managers that I interviewed at LinkedIn, there is no standard set of questions nor interview template at LinkedIn.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

Jason Fried is co-founder of Basecamp, a private company based in Chicago that builds the best web tools possible with the least number of features necessary. The launch of Hey, Basecamp’s new email service, has become one of the most talked about product launches of 2020- not least because of the very public fight with the Apple store.

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