The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. That’s why we’ve listed 12 tools that the best product managers use to do their jobs better? and not the best product management tools. Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 4, 2021

If you're a software engineer interested in joining the booming fintech industry, you have undoubtedly heard of two of the current fintech giants: Coinbase and Robinhood. Both companies are actively hiring new engineers at the moment, but which should you choose? Let's get to it! What is Coinbase?

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue.  Or What do I mean by software product vs software services ?  A billable).  Building

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2021

Quality assurance supports software companies to meet their client demands and expectations. And also is a way of preventing errors and defect bugs in the software development process. This testing phase is critical that allows the software development company to move on to the next lifecycle stages.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Having to write progress reports may seem like a nuisance with all the other things you have to do, but they’re essential to ensure smooth project delivery. TL;DR Progress reports provide information about the status of the project: the work completed, work still to be done, and potential challenges.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See Services companies (aka custom development, agencies, outsourcing/nearshoring, contract engineering, consultancies, any work-for-hire) primarily market/sell the time and expertise of their people.  Work

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. Unblock bottlenecks?

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 20, 2024

It consists of four sections: Background: Provides context for the project, including why the company is pursuing it, the scope, the project team’s role, and any constraints or key technologies involved. Focus Arena: Identifies the target market, key technologies, marketing aspects, and competitors’ strengths and weaknesses.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

While the product manager’s role may differ from one organization to the next, they will still work with dedicated product owners, engineering and design teams, data analysts, and product marketing managers. Engineering teams write the code and build the product from the bottom up.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Before founding Viable, he held senior leadership roles in engineering, technology, and product. That report goes to the top-level leadership. Over time, we have gotten more sophisticated tools to identify different topics. ” These tools are much more helpful in analyzing large amounts of text.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

Generative AI has the potential to create economic impact within sales, marketing, software engineering & IT, customer operations, and R&D functions across various verticals. If your AI journey has already been successful, then it’s time to harness the power of new tools for an even broader impact. Why Accelerate Now?

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If If software is leading the world, then product managers are the modern-day businessmen and women,” says Brian Crofts, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Pendo. However, Pendo’s platform of tools isn’t exactly what Crofts considers his primary product. “If

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Userpilot

JANUARY 8, 2024

As you read on, you will learn: The power of search engines, content marketing, and existing user testimonials and how to leverage them to win new users. Leverage search engine optimization (SEO) in your marketing strategy Identify relevant keywords related to your product or service and optimize your website content accordingly.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 3, 2017

From the simple: an app on your smartphone to approve purchase requisitions, to the complex: integration of the CRM, the Marketing systems, and the ERP system to provide deep insight into the function and flow of business, and much more were realized every day. Business model shift.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Guest post by Angus McDonald, Senior Product Manager at Terem Technologies, and Kayla Li, Delivery Manager at Terem Technologies Word from Scott: Over the years we’ve helped many different teams uplift in different ways. David Marquet’s book ‘ Leadership is Language ‘ is a great source of ideas for helping promote the right mindsets.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 11, 2022

I love hearing stories of a product’s journey and enjoy sharing one occasionally on this podcast because, regardless of you role in product management, leadership, or innovation, there are important lessons to be learned. . I decided on information technology because of the salary and kept graphic design as a hobby.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

How to Support Women in Technology?—?And And Fuel Your Business, Recruitment and Culture By Shanti Kurupati, Director of Engineering, YML One weekend morning I was eating a lovely breakfast with close friends who recently had a baby. especially in technology?—?is While this is a start, it is not the solution.

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UX Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

Regardless of your industry, fostering a great design culture will play a pivotal role in reshaping your product or service into something truly delightful as well as propelling you ahead of the competition in many ways. In the past, it was common practice for engineering-led teams to start products without dedicated designers.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

They started to see the value. -- 2011: "Product reports to the VP of Engineering." 2019: "Product reports to the CPO." We started seeing the need for product leadership, even at the largest of companies. -- 2011: "What is a user story?" How do we run it in B2B" Managers are less afraid of experimentation.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

A degree in business, marketing, computer science, engineering, and data science can give you the foundation for a typical career path in product management. The Vice-President of Product is a part of the senior leadership team and they are responsible for the overall product strategy and vision across the entire business.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If so, you might thrive as an engineering manager. We've spoken to many EM candidates, current engineering managers, and even directors/VPs of engineering about what EM interviews entail and we can assure you – practice a few key question categories, and you will be able to ace this interview. All of this is exciting.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 19, 2022

A cloud architect is technically a subset of a solutions architect roles responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions to an organization's business problems. Cloud architects, however, are responsible for using cloud computing technologies to engineer these solutions.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 6, 2020

But that sort of transformation doesn’t just happen on its own – it is the culmination of the tireless work and effort of millions of engineers and developers, building new things and overwriting old tools. Then ultimately when I came to the US for college, I studied computer engineering. Prashanth: Thank you, Jordan.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I asked who was involved in choosing outcomes and was surprised to see that such a large percentage of teams said both their team and leadership were involved. In an ideal world, outcomes should be set by both the product team and executive leadership. It’s not a solution or feature request. said their team was involved.

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Mixpanel

MAY 21, 2024

Marketing data stays with the marketing team, product data is confined to product teams, and leadership is focused on revenue and growth metrics. Business analytics are tools and processes that allow companies to track and measure events across product data, marketing data, and revenue data, pulling everything into a single place.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

As artificial intelligence technologies continue to evolve and become more mainstream, so too does the demand for machine learning product managers grow among startups and Fortune 500 companies alike. According to insight from Refinitiv , 40% of firms expect to increase their investment in AI solutions moving forward.

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Usersnap

JUNE 17, 2019

72% of customers blame poor customer service as the reason for having to explain their issue multiple times. But, as a customer service agent or the feedback receiver, you know customers are sometimes just as guilty. Top 4 Struggles for Customer Service Teams. But, pointing fingers at the customer service agents is no solution.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It’s about gathering together professionals from different functions such as engineering, business, design, marketing, legal, and others. This exposure to different cultures, generations, and belief systems has shaped my understanding of what true cross-functional collaboration looks like.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Today, numerous studies echo this sentiment: a recent report from Forrester found that brands with a superior customer experience bring in 5.7 According to Nate Brown , the companies that move from reactive customer service to a more holistic, proactive customer experience (CX) approach will be the ones that ultimately survive and thrive.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2022

is a question my engineers have genuinely asked me more than once so far in my career. This is justified with the idea that PMs aren’t just “PMs” in such smaller teams — they’re a bit of everything (even software development if the skills are there). “What value do you folks even bring?”

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sales execs want more sales-y Heads of Product; development execs want more engineering-ish Heads of Product; marketing teams want a marketer in product clothing… no candidate passes muster with all groups. If you’re overseeing 52 developers and 4 product managers, your attention is mostly on engineering issues rather than product issues.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2017

Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. Because of this, look through product management job descriptions and you’ll find many that mention third-party software integration, APIs, strategic partnerships, and so on. Almost never worth it. Grace Hu-Morley.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

 Yet somehow we don’t see this waste, or mis-attribute it to engineering process problems. I’ve written a lot about the organizational and conceptual gap between product/engineering teams and the “go-to-market” or sales/marketing side of tech companies.  (See Horribly wasteful and frustrating!  At

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 26, 2022

Most of our tools and processes around product/feature prioritization are heads-down analytical: RICE, opportunity trees, Kano, weighted 16-column spreadsheets, WSJF, Eisenhower, whatever.  Our At least in the B2B software product world, I haven't found that to be true.  Engineering/Product lack urgency."

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