The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. However, if a non-techy PM meets a non-businessy team lead, things can go sideways pretty quickly.

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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. Up until the mid-1980s, women comprised about 1/3 of the technical people I worked with. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 20, 2024

We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. TL;DR Userlane is a good choice for self service support and it comes with features such as in-app resource center, interactive walkthroughs, in-app announcements, and tooltips. Let’s get started!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. Teams with multiple functions are instrumental towards staying competitive and succeed. Conversely, to rely solely on a single-function team for brainstorming is a recipe for failure.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

They involve integrating digital technologies and processes into every aspect of your business, from operations to customer interactions. It’s not just about adopting the latest gadgets, but about using technology to drive meaningful change and achieve specific business goals. What is the importance of digital transformation?

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you looking for crucial technical program management skills to become a successful technical program manager? Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Can marketing resource management help streamline your product marketing processes and workflows? Sometimes, keeping track of all of these resources becomes a nightmare. Sometimes, keeping track of all of these resources becomes a nightmare. What is marketing resource management (MRM)?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 19, 2018

New product development is a risky business for companies – the failure rate for product launches hovers around 40%. Gate systems have long been a way to control that risk, and have been implemented successfully in many industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to software to manufacturing. What is a Gate System?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That  There’s something more systematic here.

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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. If so, what is the value of the solution you’re developing? After all, you’re translators, not tech wizzes.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 17, 2023

Others began with “it depends” as factors such as context, resources, skills, and timing typically influence the best path forward. In this week’s newsletter, I’m focusing on articles which will help you navigate through the product management fog and learn practices that help setup product teams for success.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 12, 2022

Have you been intrigued by the position of Technical Program Manager? But this doesn't mean you can't prepare for and ace your upcoming technical program manager interview. The best way to get ready is by reviewing some real TPM interview questions from some of the top tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and more.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

PMs prioritize product development and functionality, while PMMs focus on market adoption and product desirability. They develop go-to-market strategies, plan product launches, and equip revenue teams with narratives, insights, and collateral to help them close deals. Some common sources of friction are: 1.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Being one of the largest tech companies on the planet, it should come as no surprise that landing a job at Facebook is not necessarily a walk in the park. This is especially true if you're looking to join the technical program management team. The questions are both challenging and Facebook-specific. Feeling overwhelmed?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile implementation typically focuses on team-level adoption of Agile practices, emphasizing principles such as self-organization, cross-functional collaboration, and incremental delivery. Focus Only on Team Level Agile Transformation initiatives sometimes focus exclusively on individual teams, neglecting the broader organizational context.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

The types of trends that matter to product teams So if we agree that staying on top of trends matters, the question then is, what types of trends should we bother staying on top of? In each of these scenarios, some companies will quickly adapt to new trends and reconfigure their product offering to stay relevant. Others will fail.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

They focus all of their time and resources on building a great app. According to an InMobi survey , the number one challenge facing app developers today isn’t design or development. The bad news? You don’t need a big budget or a dedicated marketing team to market your app. It’s marketing. The good news?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Most of us have been through the results of poor management of bugs: hair-on-fire, last-minute late nights to madly scrambling to critical fix bugs blocking a release, or stopping a customer from using a product. Does your organisation provide you and your team with direct access to customers, or are there gatekeepers?

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2022

Userpilot is a product growth platform that allows product teams to build in-app experiences for e.g. user onboarding, engagement and product adoption without code, use sophisticated (and yet simple) product analytics and. Whatfix can help you create training content for third-party enterprise applications your team member are using.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

Security engineering interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. As a security engineer, your job is all about reducing risk for technical products by thwarting malicious behavior. Here's a list of questions we've seen most frequently asked at tech companies. Watch our answer here.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. What Outsourcing Really is: Types and Opportunities When we say “outsourcing”, what we often mean is different levels of involvement, commitment, technical expertise, and responsibility.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2022

Table of Contents The Story Begins in Iowa ; Joining the Family Business ; Creating the Solution ; Making the Product ; Technical Challenges ; Moving To the Market ; Founder Tips ; Conclusion. Chris’s team worked for a logistics service that tracked the ocean containers coming in and out of the ports.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

But for every success story, there’s a graveyard of failed products laid low by bad product strategies. A bad strategy is hard to overcome. You’re burning cash and daylight, building up a legacy of technical debt and features that aren’t moving you in the right direction. What Does a Bad Product Strategy Look Like?

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Apologizing in advance: I’m intentionally exaggerating the differences between two broad corporate groups: wildly oversimplified roles and attitudes and reward systems.  Each Enterprise Sales and Solutions Teams… Are paid/rewarded/promoted for working with individual prospects or customers one at a time.  Sales

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

There is a substantial amount of knowledge available on overcoming the technical hurdles?—?desirability, The systems, people and processes at play that make these enormous feats of achievement possible have a way of wrapping their tentacles around new product ventures then slowing them down, impairing them and, sometimes, killing them off.

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nulab

APRIL 8, 2020

It’d be a complete disaster: when the system’s down, people can’t work. Developers need to be able to update and maintain their company’s systems without bringing the whole organization to a standstill. And, as containers become ever-more popular, dev teams need more efficient ways to manage their systems.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

If you're interviewing for solutions architect roles, don't miss our Complete System Design Interview Course. Solutions architect roles are rapidly becoming more important and popular in the technology ecosystem. Typically you’ll interview for 3-5 hours total with a lunch break midway through.

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Split

AUGUST 28, 2020

Software development in 2020 is a rapidly changing environment. The CAB itself is a collection of representatives from various functions inside and outside of corporate IT, chartered with reviewing proposed changes and assisting the change manager in change assessment, prioritization and scheduling. But, who should be in charge?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Analyzing user sentiment is an essential step for all product developers and marketers to take. TL;DR Survey bias occurs when feedback deviates due to the influence of a surveyor or respondent leading to inaccurate feedback collection. Different types of survey bias Survey responses may become biased due to various reasons.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. In-house resources were enough to develop and support these services. We execute.

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eG Innovations

JULY 19, 2022

Grafana is developed by Grafana Labs with a free version of Grafana available on GitHub under a GNU AGPLv3 license. Nagios is a free, open-source monitoring system for computer systems. Nagios can proactively probe systems and resources and raise alerts if problems are detected. Other Information: What is Zabbix?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

Many worked from home on tasks ranging from organising team activities via Slack, analysing data and collaborating on documents via Google Docs, to discussing strategies via Microsoft Teams and coaching clients via Zoom. There are plenty of resources that discuss this topic. What happens when we don’t make services accessibile?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. In some jobs, you can get by with just Competence, but in the unkempt, fuzzy, team-oriented domain of Product Management, you need both. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? and others feel that.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 17, 2023

Some companies will retreat and cut their spending by cutting bolder long-term innovations, and we saw in the recession around 2010 that was a bad strategy. On the other hand, there are all kinds of new technologies like AI, biosciences, and new opportunities in the medical field. You can create a computer simulation or animation.

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