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Product Management is Culture Management

Mind the Product

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Our engineers and designers can come from anywhere, yet everything we learn about product management focuses on teams that consist mostly of white Westerners.

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The Six Essential Books that Every Product Manager Should Read

Mind the Product

I always tell the participants of my workshops that as a Product Manager you should be voraciously curious about what’s happening in the field. Here are some of the first books I read after getting into product management. I spent a few years working as a consulting Product Manager at Pivotal Labs. by Alan Cooper.

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Conducting User Research in Product Management

The Product Guy

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Bootstrapping To 10 Million – The Story Of Kovai.co

Userpilot

In his words, “I went to a manager at the time, and I told him I wanted to build this solution.” For instance, since 2004, Saravana had been writing about the Microsoft BizTalk technology on his blog. With five (5) successful products, it’s pretty interesting to learn how Saravana Kumar manages Kovai.

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Agile Movers & Shakers (6)

The Product Coalition

It resonated strongly with my beliefs about personal autonomy and all my prior training as a psychologist.” “ Barry : Failed software development projects. In 2010 I worked as a project manager for a web agency. I was responsible for managing software development projects. This wasn’t a success.

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Applying Product Management to Web Design in a Multiscreen Era

The Product Guy

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Top Product Design Companies to Work With in 2021

UX Studio: Product Management

Aplana is a privately held software development company that has been on the market for 20 years. With expertise in product management, strategic thinking, and agile transformation, we strive to be more than a design agency. Ustvo started as a small company founded by 2 best friends in the UK in 2004. Wandr studio.