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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

With Scrum came the POs, and with the new POs, came the interest for real Product Management. -- 2013: "My ppl are not allowed to talk to customers. Executives realized the importance of being close to their customers in order to build great products. -- 2013: "We don't do experiments here, Melissa. It is too risky. We will get sued.

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Why So Many Products Fail to Create Value

The Product Guy

We had no clue about what “Lean” or “Agile” or even “Startup” essentially meant, but we spent most of our time out in the streets talking to our customers. Let’s go Agile! In the attempt to reduce waste and maximize the chances of success, many companies embrace Agile, at least on the surface. Enter Lean Customer Development.

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Scrum: A Simple Guide to Agile Product Development

The Product Coalition

Scrum is an Agile methodology that can help teams work together more efficiently to develop products. It can be used by product managers to develop products in a more agile and collaborative way. By understanding the basics of Scrum and how it works in practice, you can get started on your own Agile journey as a product manager.

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Agile Movers & Shakers (7): Ryan Ripley

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Ryan Ripley Today’s guest is Ryan Ripley. He hosts the Agile for Humans podcast and most recently co-wrote Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions for Common Scrum Problems with Todd Miller for PragProg. If so, you can subscribe here and join 26k agile peers. Todd Miller.”

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TEI 290: What product managers must know about Customer Development and Lean Startup – with Steve Blank

Product Innovation Educators

My student Eric Ries became the first adopter of Customer Development and recognized that in the 21st century, people were starting to adopt Agile Engineering, where you build products incrementally and iteratively. Customer Development, Agile Engineering, and the Business Model Canvas became the Lean Startup.

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7 Years of Amazing Product Talks

Mind the Product

Owning Agile by Jeff Patton. Indistractable: How to Master the Skill of the Century by Nir Eyal. Quantifying Qualitative Research by Leisa Reichelt. Cognitive Biases & The Questions you Shouldn’t be Asking by Cindy Alvarez. Democratising Online Controlled Experiments by Lukas Vermeer. Don’t Join the Cult by Paul Adams.

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The Latest Product Management Mentors

The Product Guy

Since it’s very lean MVP kick-off in 2013, The Product Mentor has grown to 20+ countries and over 800 mentees in our backlog. 12PM ET Strategy in an Agile Environment with Chris Butler The team makes progress sprint-over-sprint, but how do they know if you are always headed the right direction? Sign up to be a Mentor today!