Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

While sales teams stereotypically rally around contests, talk sports and drink coffee (which is for closers)… development teams may sit silently side-by-side-side most of the day engaging in multiple Slack conversations, taking breaks for air hockey or exchanging giphys , and critiquing each other’s code indents.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

My journey to product management was not what you might expect , but then again, maybe you would. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder).

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s our story how we’re developing a product using machine learning and neural networks to boost translation and localization Artificial intelligence and its applications are one of the most sensational topics in the IT field. If so, what is the value of the solution you’re developing? Often people confuse it with automation.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

This series is about helping a team create a less brittle environment—more resilience. Brief description of the problem at a recent client: Person A checked in code that broke an “unrelated” part of the system. The managers didn't understand. Neither did the team. Neither did the developers.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Coping mechanisms that we use for the product systems we operate in. Clear’s advice proves useful for product managers to implement his philosophy into their own atomic roadmapping habits. We ignore the changes in the system and ourselves. . And that requires establishing a system that looks at who you want to become. .

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Why should you invest in MVP development? You can successfully prevent these problems by starting software development with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). First, the developers create a wheel.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 1, 2021

Most support teams have seen an influx of support queries since COVID-19 hit – and those issues are more complex than ever. According to recent research, however, many teams aren’t sufficiently equipped to meet these new challenges. Challenge #1: Limited team bandwidth, resources, and budget.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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TechEmpower - Product Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? This is where a technical review can be useful!)

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The Product Cafe

APRIL 14, 2024

💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. You are managing products well and pushing out successful products, and your customers are happy, too. You need to understand the strengths of your team members. Life is good!

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 18, 2022

For this reason, product teams need to develop a process for idea management. The two biggest challenges for idea management are efficiently and consistently recording and organizing ideas followed by actually making good use of them. Here are four good reasons to take idea management seriously. Ideas are fleeting.

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Usersnap

MARCH 19, 2019

As a product manager or a SaaS company owner, what is your main drive in building new products? Should the Voice of Customer influence product development? Why Voice of Customer Should be Included in Development Process. Let your customers make product development decisions for you! Do you consider customer feedback?

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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.    Now.   “ How hard could it be? 

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Over the past few years, many people in the development community have sounded off about “rating nags” and the “please rate me” dialogs that some apps show, with perhaps the most pointed critique coming from John Gruber , of Daring Fireball. The answer has to come from the app developers and publishers, not the app customers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Do you find being a product manager particularly challenging? Take a look at these nine indicators to determine if product management is the right career for you, or not. digital product management positions have never been more pervasive or idolized than they are right now. Product Managers are problem people.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

The important basis is the development of a strategy for short- and long-term digital transformation based on business results rather than technology. IT department They play a crucial role in selecting, implementing, and managing the technology solutions. Digital transformation (DX) is a wide business approach in its own right.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

My journey to product management was not what you might expect, but then again, maybe you would. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Challenges aside, I enjoyed the close-knit teams and easy access to upper management which enabled quick decision making.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

It also requires product managers to engage much more directly with data scientists about models, predictability, how products work in production, how/why users interact with our products, and how our end users measure success. (Hint: most users don’t understand or care about F1-scores ; they just want to get the right answer.).

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile implementation typically focuses on team-level adoption of Agile practices, emphasizing principles such as self-organization, cross-functional collaboration, and incremental delivery. Focus Only on Team Level Agile Transformation initiatives sometimes focus exclusively on individual teams, neglecting the broader organizational context.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Too many of these educated people had no idea how to work as a collaborative team. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 16, 2021

While customer acquisition, ratings and reviews, and social proof are the most externally visible success indicators for your brand, customer retention is an integral part of the health of your organization. People uninstall apps because they’re buggy, don’t work as expected, have poor design, or are missing features.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

They can contribute to every stage of the customer journey and uncover insights into customer relationship management. It may be reading articles on your blog, engaging with ads, leaving reviews, contacting the support team, and so on. Referral stage: Customers review your product and recommend it through word-of-mouth.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 29, 2018

I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” I’ve struggled to find many examples detailing how to bond product and sales teams ( Antonia Bozhkova offers a good perspective ). Your teams will realign and strengthen their partnership as they see the product through each other’s eyes.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This year I developed a new reading approach, in which I read several books in parallel, usually from different topics. Strategy is visible as coordinated action imposed on a system. It is an exercise in centralized power used to overcome the natural workings of a system. My all-time favorite book about management.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

Answering this question requires you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your business and the competition you face. Which management systems are required? The answer is simple in my mind: executive management. What capabilities must be in place? What do you need to be really good at?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

We’ll also learn to use in-product experiences to manage customer dissatisfaction and prevent them from putting a dent in your business. Customer dissatisfaction arises due to a shortcoming of your business concerning your product or customer service. Dissatisfaction due to the product value offered and the price asked for it.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Product manager motto?—?Dan

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you looking for crucial technical program management skills to become a successful technical program manager? Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 22, 2021

Engineering manager interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. Not only do you need to demonstrate your technical prowess and experience with designing complex systems, you also need to showcase your soft skills in people management. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team?

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As you can likely guess if you’ve been following this newsletter, I fall on the side of favoring collaboration as being a key area of focus for performance reviews. Performance is considered at a team, scrum or project level. Introversion or extroversion are irrelevant as its the work of the team that does the talking.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

What does it mean for us as product managers? What does it mean for us as product managers? Secondly, as great product managers are also great capacity builders for their teams, you should start looking for opportunities that AI can present for your product. Lesson 1: Understand the Problem You’re Trying to Solve with ML.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

How does it help modern product management organizations to scale effectively? It defines, communicates, supports, and improves important operations which can be standardized, such as communication, planning processes, team gatherings, and training. How it’s become a critical function for scaling effective product teams.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. But my employer had just paid for me to go through the training, and I was expected to help improve their development processes.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

2020 is only halfway done, but it already was a big year for Product Management. We all learned that Product Management is not just about managing products really. One of the most powerful things Product Managers rely on for growth in 2020,?—?when To serve content, Content Management System (CMS) is on the rise.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team. a product leader.

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