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Do You Have Thick Skin? Are You Strong Enough To Be a Product Manager?

The Product Coalition

Only you carry the vision and belief of what your product can become. More often than not, the real problems in the process of building a product come from people and communication (or lack of thereof) or power, entitlement, internal politics, people holding information, fear of being bypassed, ignorance, lack of vision, etc.

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Your Product Manager Super Power: Not Knowing Everything

Mind the Product

During planning workshops the engineers were mentioning a lot of tools, methods, processes and concepts that were unfamiliar to her. Asking questions about the value of the components (rather than their function) allows you to build a picture of how they will help you move towards your product’s vision.

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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. At Benchmark, Sarah invests in consumer businesses and the consumerization of IT.

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How do you solve your product problems?

Business of Software Conference

Bruce founded Product Culture to help communicate the key principles underlying consistently successful product-focused organizations and helps companies like Vistaprint, Localytics, Huawei, Nuance, and Zipcar achieve their product visions through workshops, mentoring, and team coaching. appeared first on Business of Software USA.

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Oh the Drama! What Product Managers can Learn From Actors

Mind the Product

Sailesh Panchal, CTO at digital payments firm Orwell Group, is an unusual soul. He’s earned the gravitas he emanates from decades in software architecture and technology leadership. Like a theatre director, product managers need to ensure that everyone, from designers to marketers, is committed to the vision early.

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. They determine the vision and build a roadmap that will lead their team on a path to achieving goals. In fact, 83.9% MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec.

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UX Case Study: Search Engine Redesign for RV Rental

UX Studio

We worked closely with the CTO, the Head of Product, and an in-house designer. User tests and numbers helped us convince our client and form their vision. Our kick-off meeting usually contains a persona workshop where we create assumptive personas. As mentioned, the client had a clear vision about the expected outcomes.

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