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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

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." 2019: "How do I hire a Chief Product Officer?

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Sustainable Pace in Product Management

Roman Pichler

I find that many product people are so busy with urgent tactical work, such as refining user stories, working with the development team, or answering a support request, that they neglect important strategic tasks like regularly assessing if the product strategy is still working. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work.

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Moving upmarket as a product manager: What changes and what stays the same?

Intercom, Inc.

This is a natural evolution for many SaaS tools as they move towards a healthier economic model, as captured in Christoph Janz’s seminal 2014 blog. The challenge for product managers is ensuring that your product evolves to meet the needs of your new customers without leaving long-term, smaller customers behind.

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Product Management Tools; Three Questions to Improve Product Management; Happy Holidays 2014

Good Product Manager

Three Questions to Ask to Improve Product Management. ” It outlines three questions that product management leaders can ask themselves to help clarify product strategy, drive their portfolio strategy and improve their ability to achieve growth objectives. Happy Holidays.

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How Minimum Viable Products & Features Helped Me Write My New Book

Roman Pichler

At the same time, I wanted to test that the product would create enough value for its readers before writing the actual book. My first MVP had little resemblance with the finished product: I used my product strategy and roadmap workshop as the initial minimum viable product. Minimum Viable Product #2.

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

As Intercom’s customer base moved upmarket, it became increasingly obvious to us in Sales that what worked well in our product for early-stage startups didn’t for larger companies. To fix it, we had to change how we worked with our product team. Where does sales fit in at a company driven by product strategy?

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7 Years of Amazing Product Talks

Mind the Product

The Root Causes of Product Failure by Marty Cagan. 5 Psychological Principles of Persuasive Product Design by Nathalie Nahai. A Girl’s Guide to Product Management by Amanda Richardson. Building a Winning Product Strategy from the Kano Model by Jared Spool. Managing Conflict in Product by Rochelle King.