Product Talk

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Engineers are often reluctant to participate in discovery. This is only natural: Through years of bad habits, many of us have shown engineers that we only value them for the code they can write. But there are many reasons why engineers are one of the essential members of the product trio. And this is a good thing.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“ Assume you have new feature requests from business, but your technical team wants to fix the technical debts first, what do you do?”. The conflict between launching new features versus improving the code quality is real and never ending. these are the debts created because of the mistakes the product team makes.

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Amplitude

JANUARY 23, 2018

As VP of Product at Amplitude, I get the opportunity to work with hundreds of different products teams every year?—?ranging ranging from startups with only a handful of engineers to large enterprises with thousands of PMs. Good product team, bad product team Click To Tweet. PM, Design and Engineering?—?are

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

What do you do when your team is working their socks off and yet they are getting little credit for the work being done, mainly because the team isn’t able to set concrete expectations with the stakeholder? This obviously reflected as a failure to deliver on part of the engineering team. THE CHALLENGE. THE CAUSE.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

Engineers are always looking for ways to differentiate themselves. As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. Spearhead a slick analytics implementation. You’d be celebrated.

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Modus Create

MAY 3, 2023

Common misconceptions with UX and product development UX is a powerful and valuable tool, but misconceptions abound about what UX can do and how long it can take to reap the benefits. In engineering-driven organizations, product management can be very feature-focused. Not so fast. Testing means different things to different people.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 6, 2022

Whether we're talking about its world-famous search engine, YouTube, or one of its many cloud-based apps, millions of people use Google products every day. The software engineers at Google work on some of the most influential products in the world. In this guide, you’ll learn about Google’s Coding Interview Rubric.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. Let’s call it the software development deli counter problem.

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Atlassian

JANUARY 13, 2022

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. They wanted to speed up long-distance calls, leading them to release a complex software upgrade. Just one line of poorly written code can drive an enterprise into the ground, meaning that your projects can also come to an end because of them.

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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. Yes, the Computer Science curriculum had several required Hardware Engineering classes. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 6, 2020

Whether it be software engineers, data scientists, IT specialists, it now seems standard for companies to have open positions that can't be filled. Source: [link] As such, computer science and coding bootcamps have emerged as a popular choice for those seeking to enter the tech industry and obtain one of these open positions.

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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.    Probably only 10 lines of code.   Now.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As noted in my last post , Sales and Marketing often wonder whether Engineering is sufficiently motivated and engaged. Motivation and engagement look different on the tech side of the room: the outbound team often can’t tell whether Engineering is emotionally engaged. Some Engineering teams are unmotivated, though.

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

Little would my professor know that three years later I’d build and publish an iOS application on the App Store and would be interning as a Front End Engineer at Modus Create. Joining the Modus Create Team. In other words, making big decisions and not knowing how technology works is bad for business. My College Experience.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

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). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Modus Create

JUNE 1, 2020

The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery. Due diligence comes first but has its origins in other engagements Modus has conducted over the years.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2022

Chris’s team worked for a logistics service that tracked the ocean containers coming in and out of the ports. Their team set up the infrastructure and prepared the environment waiting for prospective accounts, which never came. That is how EveryPig evolved to an AI-based solution and became a vet tech software product.

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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. So does that mean there’s already localization software on the market that uses machine translation?

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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. Unfortunately, engineering manager interviews can often be quite opaque - EM interview questions can range a wide spectrum, and it's usually unclear what good preparation looks like. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We had just hired a new VP of Product who was radically (and rapidly) changing our product development process, and our engineers – based remotely, in Argentina – were struggling to keep up. “To Well, before, product knew what was going on and engineering didn’t.” and one engineer in Iceland. And what can I do about it?

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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 Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Designers vs Developers The work culture in this large organization was unlike anything I’d ever experienced.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Software, to the average person, is pretty boring. How to Write Copy for Your Software Company 1. Search Amazon for customer reviews on industry-related products or books. To demonstrate this power of (un)predictability, Wiebe shared an example of when she and her team wrote test copy for a fashion website landing page.

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

These leaders understand that bringing effective products, solutions, and services to market requires consensus building and engaging cross-functional teams in the journey. After all, the partner teams build products, not the product manager alone. We just execute differently, and sometimes we have a bad day or week.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2018

As up and coming engineers in Silicon Valley, Jean Hsu and Edmond Lau long sought more influence and impact in their respective positions – but they couldn’t shake the feeling of being stuck. Many engineers feel like they must make a jump into management to lead. Jean: Especially with engineering teams.

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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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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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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2022

The fundamental issue remains not considering security while developing software. . This post aims to answer the eternal questions: Why do developers omit security? What can be done to increase security awareness while developing code? Silos in Development and Security. That is far from the truth.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. Provide Much Deeper Context than Traditional Software Projects, Especially Use Cases and Business Goals. We versus They.

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Userpilot

JUNE 22, 2021

To provide the best onboarding experience, you naturally need the best onboarding software for SaaS. In this post, we will very briefly discuss what to look for in the best onboarding software for SaaS for you, and then move on to analyzing the top 6 choices you may want to consider. Which is the best onboarding software for you?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. You can collect feedback from your customer base via in-app surveys, feedback widgets, interviews, and by monitoring social media mentions and reviews.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

In IT outsourcing, software service providers often introduce the role of Proxy Product Owner (PPO) to compensate for the lack of product leadership. It only seems natural to want to help the client to move forward with product development and keep the engineering busy implementing the defined requirements.

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Split

MARCH 19, 2024

A few dead flags in your code base are annoying and add unneeded complexity, but the more you have, the more this risk compounds. Secondly, it caused teams to start hoarding flags. Before this rule was added, occasionally, when a team or individual found themselves with some extra time, they would remove an easier-to-remove flag.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ethics: The discipline of dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation Miriam-Webster Dictionary. the professional realm, groups have been crafting their own ethical codes since the 5th century. Engineering has developed a strict code of ethics that they are expected to adhere to in practice.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Automated tests can help to speed up delivery, reduce errors, and save testing engineers time to run comprehensive and complex tests. Another thing that is very important in Agile development practices is exploratory testing. You should run automated tests all the time or as many times the team deems necessary.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

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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. Continuous Discovery (By Teresa Torres ) “Rather than defining your success by the code that you ship (your output), you define success as the value that code creates for your customers and your business (the outcomes).” “An

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