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Executive Perspectives on Strategic Product Management and Three Common Gaps

bpma ProductHub

by John Mansour – For as long as I have been training product managers (since 2001), senior executives have been telling me that they want their product management function to be more strategic. Understanding the market better than all…

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The Definition of Product Management Is Shrinking. It’s Not Good!

Product Management University

Strengthen your upstream practices around market and customer knowledge (not to be confused with user knowledge), customer discovery (not to be confused with user and product discovery) and create strategic product roadmaps (not to be confused with feature delivery schedules). An d it doesn’t matter how well the product specs are written.

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How to be a great product manager during a recession

Product Management Unpacked

The 9/11 Recession: (March 2001 – November 2001). .” There have been as many as 47 recessions in the history of the United States. n my career alone, I have witnessed and been professionally involved in five, including the current economic crisis. The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982).

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Paying It Forward

Mironov Consulting

I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  Especially 2001.  I  I quit my third startup on Sept 1st, 2001, in a very hot tech moment.  9/11 came around less than two weeks later, which crushed financial markets and VC funding.  

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High Performing Teams: Super Goals & Super Identity

The Product Coalition

Sethi, Smith, & Park, Cross Functional Product Development Teams, Creativity, and the Innovativeness of New Consumer Products , Journal of Marketing Research , 2001.

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Is It Time For Mailchimp To Give Up The Throne: Who Are The Other Promising Contenders In The…

The Product Coalition

Is It Time For Mailchimp To Give Up The Throne: Who Are The Other Promising Contenders In The Market? Source: Unsplash For years, Mailchimp has been the go-to for email marketing needs. Founded in 2001, Mailchimp has grown its user base to more than 11 million. featuring powerful email and SMS marketing automation.

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When 2 Become 1: The Roles of Product Manager and Product Owner

bpma ProductHub

On January 23rd, Pragmatic Marketing hosted a webinar entitled “Six Ways Product Management’s Role Will Change in 2018.” Since the Agile Manifesto first distinguished the roles in 2001, the same person has often been expected to serve as both PM and PO. Engages in market-sensing activities to determine the future of the product.