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Carbon Neutral Roadmaps – Chris Adams on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

One of the rare people who’s seen our world from all sides – Chris has been a developer, designer, researcher and product manager – he came on the show to share practical and implementable advice on how to move from intentions to actions. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

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When to Declare Backlog Bankruptcy

ProductPlan

A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). The product backlog I managed grew daily. That’s typically enough for any product manager. Feature request?

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How to build a world-class product team

Mixpanel

Hi, I’m Mike and I’m a product manager. The product I manage? Product managers. As Director of Product Management at Mixpanel, an important part of my role is hiring and developing a world-class team of product managers and ensuring that we’re empowering those people to be the best product managers they can be.

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Best-in-Class Product Management Framework: The Product Management Life Cycle Model

Sequent Learning

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. Post-Launch Performance Management.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

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. In this talk, Anne Steiner and David Laribee will delve into the interconnectedness of Developer Experience and Product Manager Experience.

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Joe Leech: A Scientific Approach to Product

Mind the Product

Such challenges arise because the management structure has failed to keep pace with the speed at which tech has moved. He works with startups who can build and ship products every two weeks and with larger organisations who want to do this but are hindered by complicated management structures and long-winded approval processes.

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Why you should work at a StartUp: Clarifying all Reasons

The Product Coalition

There is a lot of uncertainty within these companies: how to build new tech, which product functionality should be developed, how to operationalize the business model, monetize it and so on. If the company can’t deal with all this it can die quickly?—?around It means you have the freedom to explore a lot more and build your own path.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Discover how the symbiotic relationship between product managers, UX/UI designers, and developers can transform pitfalls into opportunities, propelling your product outcomes to unprecedented heights.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance. Managing Delete Heavy Workloads. The topics covered include: Using Cassandra as if it were a Relational Database. Running Unoptimized Queries. Neglecting Anti-Entropy Repairs.

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LLMs in Production: Tooling, Process, and Team Structure

Speaker: Dr. Greg Loughnane and Chris Alexiuk

Technology professionals developing generative AI applications are finding that there are big leaps from POCs and MVPs to production-ready applications. However, during development – and even more so once deployed to production – best practices for operating and improving generative AI applications are less understood.

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Driving Business Impact for PMs

Speaker: Jon Harmer, Product Manager for Google Cloud

This session will provide you with a comprehensive set of tools to help you develop impactful products by shifting from output-based thinking to outcome-based thinking. Grow your user empathy skills: Better understand users and the problem space they are working in through Journey Maps that are customized for Product Managers.

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The Data Metaverse: Unpacking the Roles, Use Cases, and Tech Trends in Data and AI

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Sr. Staff Product Manager of Data & AI at BILL (Previously PM Lead at Twitter/X)

Delve into the distinctive roles and responsibilities of a Platform PM compared to other Product Managers. 📅 March 21, 2024 at 11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm GMT Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! Anticipated future use cases as we project into 2024 and beyond.

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The Product Corner: Maximizing Impact, Reducing Hours, and Accelerating Roadmaps with Data

Speaker: Edie Kirkman - VP, Digital at Focus Brands

By tapping into the wealth of customer and application data, product professionals can identify underutilized features, prioritize improvements, and streamline development efforts in partnership with the development team.

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The Key to Agile Team Motivation

Speaker: Robert Webber, Author and Innovation Leader

The Agile community was confident that management would recognize the benefits of Agile and adopt its servant-leadership style. Management was never taught how to establish the positive and supportive environment necessary to motivate self-directed teams, resulting in disappointing Agile transitions.

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The 3 Principles that Lead to Better Collaboration Between Design and Product Management Teams

Speaker: Felix Watson Jr., Product Manager at Google, and Terrell Cobb, Designer at Microsoft

As more product teams adopt agile working styles, poor collaboration between Design and Product Management can harm a team’s ability to create consumer and business value. In this webinar they will teach you: 3 principles that allow Design and Product Management to work together more effectively.

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The Future of Product Management

Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of The Product School

While product teams are continuing to excel in these unprecedented times, many people are asking: Where is Product Management headed? From expectations to technology, tools, and leadership, the CEO of the Product School, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, will detail the trends that are shaping the future of Product Management.

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Epic Alignment

How can you drive the thinking on what to develop, why and how to do it — leveraging the insights from both team and stakeholders — all the way from idea to deploy? Epic alignment" describes four broad approaches that help Product Managers excel.

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The Value of a User Experience Platform For Product Managers

This white paper will go through each step of the product management process and explain how a UX platform can make you more efficient, thoughtful and effective through each stage of development. We will show you how a UX research platform can help you un

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How to Achieve Product-Market Fit

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

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. Come learn how to turn product management into more of a science than an art to improve your odds of success. But most products fail to do so.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Strong and Effective Value Proposition

Speaker: Robin Zaragoza, Product Coach and CEO of The Product Refinery

Every product manager has heard, “Keep the customer at the heart of everything you do". But what strategy do managers use to keep the customer and their key problems at the center of the product development process? How do product managers instill this knowledge of the customer across the rest of the organization?

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Power of the Platform: A PM's Path to a Winning Product Experience

Speaker: Marcus Andrews - Director of Product Marketing & Keren Wexler - Sr. Director of Product

Leveraging a single platform that combines product analytics, in-app guides, and feedback management solutions can be the most effective way to deliver digital experiences users love. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! This is an exclusive session you don't want to miss!

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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

Despite the importance of new product development, more than half of all product launches and innovations fail. Bob Webber, a thought leader in innovation, has developed a new model that explains why some organizations become innovative while others never do. This is an exclusive session that you won't want to miss!

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Building a Research Flywheel: A Helpful Guide for Product Managers & Their Teams

Speaker: Jessica Hall, Product Strategy & Design Leader and Co-Author of The Product Mindset

But no one tool or method can create a thriving research practice for product managers. By developing product- and customer-focused Flywheels, you can uncover new insights, make better products, and invest in more meaningful research. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours!

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Product Managers & UX Research: How Bridging the Experience Gap Can Propel Teams Forward

Speaker: Shakima Jackson-Martinez, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Kristin Zibell, Director of Research Products and Services

If a product is only as good as the team that makes it, then a product will only be as inclusive as the perspectives represented during product development. Careful considerations for designing and developing a product using Experience Gap research. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours!

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Social Collaborative Management: Harnessing the Power of the Many

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker & Author of The Lazy Project Manager

Social Collaborative Management is a non-traditional way of organising these endeavours and managing performance and progress. Social Collaborative Management aims at delivering, at the enterprise level, a common goal for the business while harnessing the performance advantages of a collaborative community.

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Shaping the Future: Product Strategy in the Age of Uncertainty

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Product Strategy Practice Lead, Kuroshio Consulting

Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! Attendance of this webinar will earn one PDH toward your NPDP certification for the Product Development and Management Association. A Cadence of Ceremonies. October 4th, 2022 at 12:30 pm PDT, 3:30 pm EDT, 8:30 pm BST.

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The 5 Product Discovery Secrets Every PM Should Know

Speaker: Jim Morris, Founder, Product Discovery Group

Developing multiple solutions to address your customers' major pain points. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! Why you should be involving engineers at every stage of the Cycle.

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The Product Symphony: Orchestrating Success with Storymapping

Speaker: Jamie Bernard - Senior Product Director at Launch by NTT Data

In today’s dynamic business landscape, successful product management hinges on a keen understanding of customer needs and market dynamics. It serves as a catalyst to better align your entire organization, setting the stage for impactful, customer-centric product management.

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Navigating the Product Tightrope: Balancing Innovation and Current User Demands

Speaker: Jason Brett - Founder & Chief Product Officer, Product Coffee

In today's rapidly evolving market, product managers face the challenge of driving innovation while also meeting the needs and expectations of their existing user base. This webinar aims to equip you with strategies and insights to successfully navigate this delicate balancing act.

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How ZoomInfo Enhances Your Database Management Strategy

It's quite a process for marketing teams to develop a long-term data management strategy. It involves finding a data management provider that can append contacts with correct information — in real-time. Not just that, but also ongoing data hygiene efforts to keep the incoming (and existing) information fresh.

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Cracking the Code to Product Team Success: Data, Empathy, and Extraordinary Communication

Speaker: Donna Shaw - Senior Product Manager & Eric Frierson - Director of Innovation for Public and School Libraries

Product management goes beyond product development; it involves nurturing a cohesive team. Nonetheless, by leveraging foresight and valuable insights, you can cultivate a thriving product management team that works together harmoniously to craft customer-centric products.

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Fuel the Engine of Product Growth with an Impeccable Framing Model

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst - President, Tyner Blain

Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! Attendance of this webinar will earn one PDH toward your NPDP certification for the Product Development and Management Association. The importance of retaining as well as acquiring customers to succeed in a product-led business.

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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Customer representation has always been a key reason for success in product development. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the best product managers. With quality assurance/control already embedded in our development process, what if we expand that role to champion usability and customer delight?

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Leading Under Uncertainty

Speaker: Greg Coticchia, CEO & Founder of ENTRA

In this session, we will discuss important tips for you as a Product Manager dealing with uncertainty. Product management is a team sport and trust amongst the team is even more essential. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours!

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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. Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! September 22, 2020 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm BST.

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Improve Retention & Recruitment Efforts Amidst Economic Uncertainty

280 Group went above and beyond to help us transform our product management teams, and we look forward to continuing to partner with them as we evolve our business for the 21st century.” “We found a real partnership – not just a vendor coming in and giving us a training class.

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How to Reach Peak Performance With the Product Management Organizational Health Checklist

Speaker: Rina Vernovskaya, CEO, 280 Group; and Roger Snyder, VP of Marketing, 280 Group

The degree of maturity of your product management organization can directly drive your ability to satisfy customers and become more profitable. Some product management teams are really young and still learning the ropes. Wherever your team is on this spectrum, our Product Management Organizational Health Checklist can help.

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Building a Culture of Experimentation: Using Continuous Development for Faster & Safer Product Releases

At the heart of these processes is the idea of continuous development, which encompasses continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment. This guide will walk you through: How continuous development has turned product managers into experimenters and has given them more control over the release process.