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Planning and Execution in a Time of Change

The Product Coalition

Google, still just a scale-up in 2001, managed to come out stronger from the dot com bust and made a successful IPO in 2004. We ask you to keep calm and to follow the plans you are given diligently. If you’ve been reading my articles in the past you know the system I’m alluding to?—? The GIST Framework ?—?Goals,

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Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy

Intercom, Inc.

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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Why Scrum? A Product Owner’s Guide to Agile Success

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Agile is like the operating system on your smartphone. If Agile is the operating system, Scrum is the app you use to get things done. Scrum provides a framework for managing and completing complex projects. It’s a step towards the final product. It’s the underlying principle that guides how you work.

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Forget Methodologies, Focus on Customers

Modus Create

I’ll review four methodologies: waterfall, Lean, design, and Agile. Due to the level of planning and documentation, it can be relatively easy for new team members, investors, and other stakeholders to get up to speed. The term Agile was officially coined in 2001 as a result of a document called Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Product Management for Financial Services

ProductPlan

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

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Idea Validation?—?Much More Than Just A/B Experiments

The Product Coalition

It’s a core principle of Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and other modern product development methods, and the default mode of operation for many successful tech companies today. In product management circles the term “Product Discovery” has become most synonymous with evidence-driven product development.

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Is it Time for a Licence to Practise Product Management?

Mind the Product

Mike got me thinking; should product managers also require a licence do their job? After all, we’re a sizeable professional community and having a product management certification or licence in place would ensure that all product managers comply with the same standards. Why I’m not Convinced.