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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy."

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How Duolingo uses AI to enhance its user experience

Mind the Product

Digital learning app Duolingo has been on a hypergrowth journey since it was founded in 2011, and now over 20 million active users worldwide. We caught up with Edwin Bodge, Principal Product Manager at Duolingo, to learn more about its product strategy, how AI has helped, and where the product is heading next.

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) We can't get something for nothing, and agility requires that managers change the culture. When managers do not change the culture, they cannot reap all the benefits of agility.

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Product management, fast and slow

Intercom, Inc.

The range of work we do as product managers is so broad that we inevitably end up finding inspiration from all sorts of sources, whether it’s books on business strategy or essays on design. Thinking, fast and slow, in product management. What, you might wonder, does this have to do with product management? Why does it matter?

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Lean Product Development: A Breakdown for Aspiring Product Managers

The Product Coalition

Source: The Lean Startup, Eric Ries, 2011 Takeaways from the Book “The Lean Startup” Validate your ideas through rapid experimentation. Established management strategy relies on creating a plan, setting milestones, and delegating tasks. Those that can learn the fastest directly from users will win.

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Developing Product Management Confidence

bpma ProductHub

These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction. With her background in product management and marketing, the lessons, stories and tips she has to convey will be very relevant to you.

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How Can Product Managers Reduce Cognitive Load To Increase Feature Adoption?

Mind the Product

How do friction costs and Hick’s Law affect the adoption rates of product features, and how can product managers reduce a user’s cognitive load? Product managers should leverage common layouts and familiar iconography to help reduce cognitive load. Product managers have to make important information or key actions visually distinctive.