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In Scope for My Role?

Mironov Consulting

  Out of scope means they can advise, counsel, suggest, offer to help… but don’t own the decision/action.  Let’s imagine a Director of Product responsible for a portfolio, with 5 product manager direct reports matched to 5 stable maker teams.    Put it on your calendar. 

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How to be a Great Product Manager According to Experts at Dropbox, Stripe, and Concur

Alchemer Mobile

Here are some of the questions they’ll discuss: What’s the relationship between design, development, engineering, and product and your company? How deep does your understanding of the technology go as a PM? How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources?

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How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers

Department of Product

How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers Decide when to care about trends and when to sit back and watch what happens next Trends and the product lifecycle Imagine your product strategy stayed exactly the same for the next 10 years. What would happen? It’s impossible for one person to do.

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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. As a marketer, she was used to being brought in after a product was already built to market its benefits.

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Applying Proto-Strategy to Product Management

The Product Guy

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product. First Attempt.

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Product Analyst: Responsibilities, Skills, and Requirements

Userpilot

Product analysts research to find market trends, collect and analyze data, track and assess product performance , understand product requirements, and report insights to stakeholders. Workplace skills: Critical thinking, project management, and communication skills. What do product analysts do?

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“Build What Matters” Framework for Startups

The Product Coalition

The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. Defining strategy takes time and should be reviewed multiple times. Pro Tips: Invest a good time in brainstorming to get the vision done. What is S.M.A.R.T?

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