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Personal experience: test task to search for a junior product manager vacancy

Mind the Product

In this article, Hermann Antonov, Head of Product at CSI, shares his approach to creating an effective test case for hiring Junior Product Managers, offering insights on the desired candidate qualities, search outcomes, and feedback from candidates.

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Balancing budget for user testing in product management: three case studies

Mind the Product

Katarzyna Malecka shares user testing strategies for all budgets, including 3 case studies and key insights to improve product development. Read more » The post Balancing budget for user testing in product management: three case studies appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management Outcomes – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Product Management University

It’s refreshing to see so many discussions and articles themed around product management outcomes. After all, it’s the reason we product managers do what we do, right? Here’s a look at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to product management outcomes. But not all outcomes are created equal.

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Product in Practice: Testing Assumptions Was Tricky But the Convo Team Didn’t Give Up

Product Talk

Identifying and testing assumptions is a critical part of continuous discovery. But what happens when your assumption tests don’t go as planned? Tweet This Today’s Product in Practice is a lesson in perseverance. Tweet This Today’s Product in Practice is a lesson in perseverance. Jason Ruzicka is a product designer.

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Using Continuous Customer Testing for Pandemic-Proof Product Success

Speaker: Luke Freiler, CEO and co-founder of Centercode

COVID-era product management is fraught with challenges as companies scramble to adapt their approach to make the most out of the current economic climate. A lucky few companies are ramping up to meet skyrocketing demand for distance-friendly products and services. September 22, 2020 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm BST.

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Trusting the Process is Product Management

Ronke PM

Our products, solutions, and services are imperfect because any endeavor involving human beings is inherently flawed. Embracing Imperfection There is no perfect product; all products have defects. We employ extensive testing to uncover errors and flaws that need repair or improvement.

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Product Management 101: Running User Testing Sessions

Userpilot

The term “user testing” is one I’ve seen make the rounds quite a bit in the product management world. But did you know that “user testing” isn’t actually the correct term? When thinking of user testing, many people actually mean usability testing. What does user testing do? Let’s do this!

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Product Management & The 3 E’s: Experiments, Experiences, and Efficiencies

Speaker: Nicole Munson, Senior Product Manager at American Express

Every product manager labors over creating the perfect customer experience. Whether that’s an ineffective design, a confusingly placed button, or how difficult it is to log into your favorite site, mastering the obstacles to creating a frictionless product is a science. At the heart of this science is experimentation.

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When Life Gives You Lemons Make PM Lemonade: Surviving Product Management During Crisis

Speaker: Vivek Bedi, Keynote Speaker, Author & Entrepreneur

In fact, the entire way product managers work has completely changed. The work/life balance of PMs is being tested; managing a product team and various roadmaps virtually adds to the list of current challenges. Meanwhile many professionals are exploring if pivoting into product management is a career path for them.

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Why Product Managers Must Relearn Their Customers

Speaker: Janelle Estes, CIO, User Testing

The impact on businesses cannot be understated, and product managers have felt the brunt of it. So how do you adapt your product development process knowing that your customer's behaviors and expectations have completely changed over the past year? We are living in unprecedented times that have changed the way we live and work.

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3 Templates for Uncomplicating Your Product Management Process

In this workbook, you’ll find a comprehensive set of templates product development and cross-functional teams can adopt to better leverage your existing skills and your data to: Identify the problem to solve. Test and review your hypotheses. Design a solution. Iterate and improve.

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The Science of High-Impact Experimentation

Speaker: Holly Hester-Reilly, Founder and Product Management Coach, H2R Product Science

Experimentation allows product managers to make decisions based on data rather than mere intuition. But too many teams don't know what to test, which leads to poorly designed experiments and unclear results. How can a product manager be certain they’re making effective decisions when it comes to experimentation?

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Process, Product, and Profitability: Everything You Need to Know

Speaker: Michael Cardy - Red Hat Chief Strategist, Jason Tanner - CEO of Applied Frameworks, and Mike Mace - VP of Market Strategy at UserTesting

Companies have accomplished this through usability testing and real-time qualitative feedback from customers. However, most businesses struggle with formidable user testing and feedback processes. Empowering product managers to drive decisions. Multi-channel experiences and product growth. Increasing profitability.

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How To Build Data-Informed Products

Speaker: Tim Herbig, Director, iridion

As a product manager, you probably know specific ways to gather data to inform your product decisions, like the ever-popular A/B test. What about the times when it doesn't make sense to A/B test, because you have too small a sample size? How to create a product culture which is data-informed , not data-driven.

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How to Achieve Product-Market Fit

Speaker: Dan Olsen - Product Management Trainer and Consultant, Author, and Speaker

Everyone working on a product is trying to achieve the same goal: product-market fit. But most products fail to do so. In this webinar, product management expert Dan Olsen will share his simple but effective framework for achieving product-market fit from his book The Lean Product Playbook.