article thumbnail

Transitioning to Product from a Functional Role

Mind the Product

Robyn is as a product manager for the Government of Canada with 20 years of experience.“At At the moment, I work on software products used by inspectors in Canada’s transportation sector, but I’ve also worked on products related to travel and online services for Canada’s registered charities.”. Develop a product mindset.

article thumbnail

Make New Product Features Stick

The Product Guy

If a persona says no to both questions, users like her won’t care about this feature, even if you consider it your magnum opus or your product’s big differentiator. His client list for UX projects includes large global companies, county governments, and organizations in hospitality and tourism. Sad but true.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The many paths of a product manager

The Product Coalition

We analyzed dozens of job descriptions from leading companies (Airbnb, Amazon, Booking, eBay, Expedia, Instagram, Intercom, LinkedIn, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify, among others) and we were able to differentiate hundreds of distinct skills and responsibilities. Agile : Product owner role, software development, team cadence, delivery.

article thumbnail

Digital Accessibility – a Guide for Product Managers

Mind the Product

For many organisations, this could provide a key differential for millions of loyal customers. The UK government website suggests that one in five people in the UK have a long-term illness or some form of impairment, which is a considerable size of the population. What’s more, building for accessibility: Enhances your brand.

article thumbnail

Method Implementation for Cross-Functional Teams (Pragmatic Live Transcripts)

Pragmatic Marketing

So my journey really started some 20 plus years back, kind of as I kind of went out in software development started developing code on see BMS machines on DCM language, and from there I was fortunate enough to be able to rotate and flip between different product oriented roles across software companies. How you doing?

article thumbnail

Method Implementation for Cross-Functional Teams (Pragmatic Live Transcripts)

Pragmatic Marketing

So my journey really started some 20 plus years back, kind of as I kind of went out in software development started developing code on see BMS machines on DCM language, and from there I was fortunate enough to be able to rotate and flip between different product oriented roles across software companies. How you doing?

article thumbnail

The Great Silence

The Product Coalition

If someone asked me to compete with most organisations today, I wouldn’t fuss with innovation so much or think of competitive differentiators, I’d just solve the problem of how time is spent organisation wide, and try and build a company that does the same thing, with less distractions.