Mind the Product
APRIL 23, 2024
7 lessons learnt from trialling the Shape Up product development methodology Read more » The post 7 lessons from trialling Basecamp’s ‘Shape Up’ methodology appeared first on Mind the Product.
The Product Coalition
APRIL 8, 2024
Product management is an attractive career path, and getting into the field is harder than ever. Does a tech support agent even have a shot? Why is product management an attractive career? For starters, product Managers generally have attractive salaries. Built In lists the average Product Manager salary at $128,820. An article on Product School’s blog claims it may be slightly less than that, but it’s still a significant increase for many technical roles, especially support roles.
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Nir Eyal
APRIL 22, 2024
Forget prestige and corner offices, forget gentle parenting—the real power of effective leaders and parents is their behavior. It’s no secret that our behavior influences those around us. It gives us the power to make a difference—to influence the behavior of others and shape environments. The post Referent Power: The Ultimate Form of Influence appeared first on Nir and Far.
The Product Cafe
APRIL 14, 2024
Hello, all you product-loving folks! 💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ The Next Step You have landed your dream job. You are managing products well and pushing out successful products, and your customers are happy, too. Life is good!
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In an increasingly mobile-first world, successful mobile apps have become a key driver for business growth. However, many companies still struggle to find success in the highly competitive mobile market. While there are many factors that determine the success of a mobile app, one of the most important and often overlooked is app performance and its effect on the user experience.
Mind the Product
APRIL 2, 2024
In this article, Dave Martin, Product Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of Right to Left, shares his take on the state of product management in wake of bold claims made by Marty Cagan in his latest book, Transformed. Read more » The post The truth hurts, but in many companies, product management is broken appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Agile Velocity
APRIL 1, 2024
In the dynamic world of business, leaders and teams face evolving challenges that demand innovative, flexible, and efficient solutions. Agile training and transformation offer a beacon of hope, guiding organizations through these turbulent times with practices that enhance adaptability, customer satisfaction, and team morale. Here’s a look at the top 10 challenges business leaders and teams face today and how Agile principles can address them. 1.
People-First Product Leadership
APRIL 5, 2024
I’m co-facilitating a circle for Women in Product. The focus is career clarity and development. I was reminded of a question I often receive while coaching - what do I need to do to be promoted? It’s a tricky question to answer as each organization and manager has different criteria, some written and some in their head. I recommend taking any career competencies framework as the starting point.
Product Bookshelf
APRIL 15, 2024
Playing to Win by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Strategy development requires imagination and creativity ; a good strategy is not the result of detailed analysis.
The Product Manager
APRIL 17, 2024
Is the juice worth the squeeze? A rigorous feasibility analysis can rescue you from investing resources into a product that shouldn't—or can't —be developed. Here's how to do it, step-by-step. The post How to Do a Feasibility Study: To Build, or Not To Build? appeared first on The Product Manager.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Ronke PM
APRIL 11, 2024
Table of Contents What is Customer Feedback? Why is Customer Feedback Important? Types of Customer Feedback Final Thoughts Customer feedback provides cross-functional teams with confirmation that they are on the right path, which leads to the development of products that bring value to customers. Products that impact their lives for the better. What makes a product great?
Lenny Rachitsky
APRIL 2, 2024
👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe now P.S. Check out my recruiting service (helping you hire Sr. PMs and VPs of Product), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!
ProductPlan
APRIL 17, 2024
As a product manager, attending conferences is not just a part of professional development but an invaluable source of inspiration and learning. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Product-Led Summit hosted by the Product-Led Alliance in New York. During the conference, I immersed myself in the world of product and attended various sessions that provided me with unique perspectives.
Split
APRIL 24, 2024
Managing numerous testing environments poses a significant hurdle in the complex sphere of software development. Each environment, while important, requires effort, precision, and resources to maintain effectively. Test environments are where code becomes a reality. They are the birthplace of features and the hunting ground for bugs. These environments provide a controlled space for testing and refinement before a product is released to end users.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Mind the Product
APRIL 17, 2024
Listen to our conversation with Ipsita Basu, Senior Group Product Manager at BILL, about rediscovering our passion for the product. In this episode, Ipsita shares practical advice for product managers looking to get out of a rut and build innovative products that customers love. Featured Links: Follow Ipsita on LinkedIn | Bill | Read Ipsita’s ‘Product managers, stop being jaded’ article at Read more » The post Product managers, stop being jaded – Ipsita Ba
Product Management University
APRIL 17, 2024
If you want to create a revenue plan with sales that gives you a more realistic chance of hitting your revenue targets, give some thought to a broader market strategy where each product plays a role versus a marketing plan for each product. If you’re in product marketing, you know all too well how this works. Sales signs up for a number and then everyone does whatever’s necessary to hit the number.
The Product Coalition
APRIL 24, 2024
Product management is one of those rare disciplines that entails huge fulfillment, but not without the stress and pressure that comes with… Continue reading on Product Coalition »
Lenny Rachitsky
APRIL 28, 2024
Brought to you by: • Enterpret —Transform customer feedback into product growth • OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster • Heap —Cross-platform product analytics that convert, engage, and retain customers — Kayvon Beykpour was the longest-serving head of product at Twitter and was GM of Twitter’s consumer division until the platform was acquired by Elon Musk.
Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science
Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.
Product Innovation Educators
APRIL 15, 2024
The habits that set apart transformational product leaders Today we are talking about why organizations are increasingly facing the need to transform and how to navigate those changes. If you have experienced a big change, you already know firsthand how challenging it is. All of us need to know the principles that make transformations successful, and that is what we’ll takeaway from this discussion.
UX Planet
APRIL 7, 2024
Background With 19k Twitch followers, 8k+ Instagram followers, and partnerships with countless high-profile brands, DJ Lani Love is a prolific DJ with a vast following across the world. Lani came to me looking for a website refresh to match her rising success. Discovery First, I conducted a discovery call to learn about her goals. I learned that she wanted to attract more deals with luxury brands, particularly in fashion.
Mind the Product
APRIL 29, 2024
Discover how to find the perfect coach for your product leadership journey, ensuring expertise, trust, and alignment with your needs.Learn what to expect from the relationship and maximize its impact with actionable tips for effective engagement. Read more » The post What (and what not) to expect from a product mentor? appeared first on Mind the Product.
Product Management University
APRIL 8, 2024
There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. Everyone knows what they are, so there’s no need to rehash them. A simple ChatGPT inquiry will give you everything you need.
Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee
As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.
freshtrax
APRIL 18, 2024
At our recent event, SF Pitch Night 2024, Taylor Marcus and Gustavo Trigos were guest speakers on the discussion panel, “Building Tomorrow: A Global Vision for Change” moderated by HULT International Business School ‘s very own Paula Cevallos. The conversation ventured into the depths of innovation, global expansion, and the impact of entrepreneurship on societal transformation.
Lenny Rachitsky
APRIL 9, 2024
👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe now P.S. Check out my PM recruiting service (helping you hire Sr. PMs and VPs), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!).
Product Innovation Educators
APRIL 22, 2024
The essential knowledge areas that give product managers more influence and success Today we’re talking about the seven knowledge areas for product mastery. These are the knowledge areas that make us successful as product masters who know how to create new value for our customers. They also lead to more influence in our organizations. This is the beginning of a series where we’ll dive into each of the seven knowledge areas.
Ronke PM
APRIL 22, 2024
Our customers are like us. We have to understand that they want bonuses, pay raises, and promotions just as we do. As product managers, it’s our mission to position them as heroes within their organizations by providing products, solutions, and services that solve their unique problems effectively. We’ve entered the age of the customer, where traditional sales strategies have become obsolete.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Mind the Product
APRIL 28, 2024
This week’s Sunday Rewind is an ask-me anything interview from 2022 with product coach Ken Norton. In it, he answers questions on the importance of soft skills, dealing with imposter syndrome and more besides. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: The art of product management with Ken Norton appeared first on Mind the Product.
UX Planet
APRIL 29, 2024
I’m done talking about MVP, let's talk about real products The concept of MVP is so ambiguous it leads to confusion in product design conversations. When you hear “MVP,” what comes to mind? If you’re a regular person, you’ll probably think about the Most Valuable Player in some sporting match. However, if you’re reading this, you’re likely thinking about the famous (or infamous?
The Product Coalition
APRIL 3, 2024
Theodore Levitt’s ‘ Marketing Imagination ’ is a significant example of how to inspire innovation with a customer-centric mindset. In my last post I shared the visual notes from “Marketing Myopia” by Theodore Levitt. Since then, my wife and I have moved back to Utah and got hold of our possessions, of which a few hundred books represented a major part.
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