Product Management University

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

After countless conversations, articles, webinars and conference sessions, I started to feel like the profession of product management had been reduced to…. Convincing stakeholders the above supports company goals (product strategy). My favorite part as a lifelong product manager? Finding user problems.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2022

This is especially true for product strategy. It’s impossible to create a winning product strategy without asking basic questions.?—?why, why, what, how, when, and who- and the more complex questions, for example, “What’s the user acquisition strategy?”. Ensure you understand the company’s strategy and objectives.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company.

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ProductBoard

JUNE 28, 2023

Product marketing and product management are two critical and distinct roles in a business, each with unique goals and approaches. Understanding the differences between these two functions is crucial for optimizing product strategies.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. In fact, the biggest advantage that you can leverage from a startup perspective is Lean product management (‘Lean’ or ‘LPM’). This is why it is important to follow a set of principles that can help you manage your product’s lifecycle better.

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bpma ProductHub

MAY 20, 2018

By Ellen Gottesdiener Part 1: Confusion Abounds With the maturing of the software industry and with an overwhelming acceptance of agility, I am still surprised at the inconsistency and overall confusion between what product managers and product owners do.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If so, you should definitely watch the talk that Jason Knight , a product consultant and advisor, gave at this year’s Product Drive hosted by Userpilot. In his talk, Jason talked about how product managers can upskill to meet the challenges in their daily work and how to make sure that their organizations value their work.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

What exactly is the product manager role? And the role of a product manager can vary drastically depending on the type of product manager. That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive post on everything you need to know about the product manager role, including: Responsibilities of a product manager.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Curious to know how to advance your career as a long-term product manager as either s group product manager or principal product manager? Product managers are responsible for establishing a product’s vision and long-term business strategy while ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of said strategy.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As IT departments change the way they operate, the role of product management for information technology is becoming much more common inside those areas of companies. Product management in IT can be very similar to product management in other settings, but there are some key differences as well.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Do you follow any product manager blogs? Would you like to discover new ones that will give you valuable insights into product management ? In our article, we introduce 20 of our favorite product manager blogs that every product pro should follow, regardless of their experience.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Many people think technical knowledge is the most important quality in a product management team. That’s what I thought when I came to product management with a background in engineering. In the five years I’ve spent at Amplitude, I’ve worked with hundreds of product development teams.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 30, 2017

These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction. Here is a recap of some of her most useful lessons: PM Lesson #1: Successful communication is the bedrock of Product Management.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this series, I look at what I wish I had known when I started as Head of Product… Summary Understanding strategy allows you to effectively delegate, motivate and align so you can move from a nice boss to an effective leader. There’s no separate ‘product strategy’ from company strategy?—?strategy

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 3, 2018

But with effort, resilience, and patience, as well as the guidance from others, I have managed to become a reasonably skilled writer. This leads to a fixed mindset , where people see themselves as good or bad at something—be it writing, singing, drawing, or product management—and they believe that there is not much they can do about it.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The importance of an organizational game plan for product managers. I started a new series to explore the Product Development and Management Body of Knowledge. While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 9, 2017

While the Amazon Echo Show is an impressive addition to the repertoire of voice and video monitoring systems in this growing market, it’s not the product features that are drawing attention. Rather, it is Amazon’s smart home product strategy. Have an integration strategy. Most of these technologies are evolving every day.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. No choices = no product strategy. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy.

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BrainMates

JULY 31, 2023

Innovation Is Just Good Product Management By ADRIENNE TAN Innovation has become a buzzword in countless organisations. CEOs want it, strategists write about it, marketers talk about it, and product managers strive to deliver it. Organisations with poor product management practices have misguided expectations.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Being a product manager requires a balance of assertiveness and diplomacy, particularly in stakeholder management. The art of saying “no” is a critical skill that, when done respectfully and decisively, can significantly contribute to the success of your product and your career. Sound familiar?

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bpma ProductHub

JANUARY 25, 2018

Retrospectives: The Product Perspective. Join the Agile Product Open community on Tuesday, February 6th at Slalom in Boston for an interactive evening focused on the product perspective for retrospectives. Retro’ing about the product itself. Utilizing product data in retrospectives. Register.

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ProductCraft

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Product management is “thinky” work. As a product person, you need to bring about organizational alignment through product strategy while also keeping things running smoothly with product operations. I don’t need to tell you this is a delicate balance.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2020

It’s common in product management that product managers work on components, features, or functions that are part of a product. Lack of a big picture or a high-level perspective would make product management fragmented?—?we and Zhihu (??). This sharing was conducted in Mandarin?—?feel

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 20, 2019

If there is one blanket statement that can apply across the entire field of product management?—?it it is that the PM role and its expectation differs at every company, for every product, and for every team. In my five years in product management, I think I’ve come up with one. Full Stack” Product Manager.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 21, 2020

Product Managers are a multidisciplinary bunch, with interests and specialities ranging from leadership to design, tech to marketing. Blogs are another great medium for getting bite-sized chunks of information, and upping your product management skills. Check out: What is Product Design?

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Ronke PM

MAY 26, 2023

The exchanges and assessments during QBRs help product management teams and their leaders discern their customer’s business objectives and goals. During QBRs, product managers can review usage metrics, discuss feature requests, and solicit feedback on the product roadmap.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 31, 2021

How to align your organization and product management team with the voice of your customer. In this discussion we address what it means to properly incorporate UX (user experience) into your product work. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:37] This is not merely making things look right.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Product management is certainly no exception. Product managers and leaders need to find ways to keep learning and growing in an ever-evolving product environment. There’s an abundance of books, podcasts, as well as events at your disposal that cover various product management topics.

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Sequent Learning

JANUARY 21, 2020

The first and second editions of The Product Manager’s Desk Reference has been a faithful companion to tens of thousands of product managers around the world. In that new edition, I’m introducing an update to the Product Management Life Cycle Model. Product Strategy Formulation.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. So, how does a product manager take ownership of more than just backlog management? Product Vision.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There’s a significant difference between learning product management skills and going through a product management training course. That same philosophy applies when it comes to learning and developing skills for product management, marketing and sales. Here’s why. Here’s a simple test.

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Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

Smart candidates know they need to prepare thoroughly for their product management interviews. Do not go into a product management interview without preparing questions for your interviewer. Winging it or asking generic questions here can kill your chances at landing a product management job.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Mindfulness provides a number of well-known benefits, such as, improved creativity, productivity, and wellbeing, and it has become popular at companies like Apple, Google, and Nike. I find that mindfulness is particularly helpful for product managers and product owners. But in reality, it reduces our productivity.

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