Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve been busy at SiriusDecisions with a lot of new research and resources for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers: The ABCs of Product Management Technologies. In my first post for the new SiriusDecisions Marketplace, I cover The ABCs of Product Management Technologies.

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Good Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Here are a few of my tweets that have generated the most interest recently; to get these in real-time, follow me at @jefflash : Product manager vs. product owner: one person or two? Read my take & download our decision framework [link] #prodmgmt #agile. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) August 17, 2015.

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Good Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Here are a few of my tweets that have generated the most interest recently; to get these in real-time, follow me at @jefflash : Product manager vs. product owner: one person or two? Read my take & download our decision framework [link] #prodmgmt #agile. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) August 17, 2015.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

Product Manager and Product Owner: One Person or Two? As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Cultural homogeneity in product teams is dead, welcome cultural diversity. Product managers who work with cross-cultural teams are in the crossfire. It simply doesn’t work.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 17, 2017

Product Management teams need to pivot from asking “What do we want to build?” You can also link the product roadmap to your objectives. Product managers are uniquely placed to tie these pieces together, and best practices follow a process that results in strategic linkage between strategy, objectives, and roadmap.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. Sherif Mansour, Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian. He is currently a Distinguished Product Manager for Atlassian.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

Product Manager and Product Owner: One Person or Two? As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 1, 2024

My involvement spanned research, implementation, user research, collaboration with the product manager for feature scoping, design concept creation, prototyping, and user testing ( skills ) for a hybrid mobile app (relevant experience). Understanding of Design, Process, and Challenges: What are the differences between UI and UX?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 30, 2018

For the past 7 years Mind the Product has run #mtpcon in London and San Francisco and #mtpengage in Hamburg – the biggest and best product management conferences in the world. Owning Agile by Jeff Patton. 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes by Dave Wascha. Grounding Product by Scott Belsky.

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Bain Public

APRIL 13, 2020

According to Alpha’s 2020 Product Management Insights Report , product management has entered the c-suite. As product management influences more high-level decisions and business strategies, partner alignment/collaboration becomes key. I hate product managers who come with a long list of prepared questions.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

shot by me ~2015 The problem with “Solutioning” Myopia I am sure you have been through this, as I have been many times in our careers. The need to quickly put out a fire or be time-constrained to deliver a product or feature swiftly. Your product is now in prison! Downton Chicago, as seen from the Museum campus?—?shot

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

2015 – Launch as JustGiving Crowdfunding. The fundraising “interstitial”, where you could choose how to raise money, in 2015. JustGiving Crowdfunding launched in April 2015, and volumes increased so much that our customer success team was overwhelmed. JustGiving Crowdfunding homepage, 2015.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In this talk at Product Tank NYC, I describe how a class project turned into my first major product build. As head of product management at UncommonGoods, I have used the wish list redesign and its success to demonstrate the value of customer feedback, data analysis, and iterative development.

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DISQO

JANUARY 18, 2019

While product management executives are the innovation-focused advocates for the user in many organizations, we have found that they are often roadblocked and under-resourced. Since 2015, Alpha has conducted an annual survey of product management leaders in the U.S.,

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 17, 2017

Their advice is to focus on the right technology, agile processes and great people to create the culture and operation you need. In 2015 they had a team of 6 people – they are now at 80. Digital Growth of Traditional Publishers is Possible. Make Friends With Your Procurement Team.

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DISQO

JANUARY 18, 2019

While product management executives are the innovation-focused advocates for the user in many organizations, we have found that they are often roadblocked and under-resourced. Since 2015, Alpha has conducted an annual survey of product management leaders in the U.S.,

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DISQO

JANUARY 18, 2019

While product management executives are the innovation-focused advocates for the user in many organizations, we have found that they are often roadblocked and under-resourced. Since 2015, Alpha has conducted an annual survey of product management leaders in the U.S.,

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Tyner Blain

MARCH 30, 2016

There’s always a gap between strategy and execution – and product owners are ideally positioned to help fill that gap. What we need is a survival guide – a set of principles, tools, and techniques; learned and applied in a two-day “camp” with industry-leading experts in agile product management and product ownership.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

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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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2018

Not as a coincidence, this is the trigger that made me relate the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Product Management. Product Management to embrace the revolution I can bet that if you are a product manager, you are now working with a platform product or at least thinking about it.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Working as a product manager can be a busy, unpredictable and octopus-like existence. Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If you’re a mobile app product manager there’s a whole additional layer of complexity to add to that cake.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 25, 2017

Why do we focus so much time and effort on digital transformation, agile transformation, and innovation? All of their current management practices optimise against anything new ever being successful. What is the point of innovation? Simply put it’s because large organisations need to grow – and can’t.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

IDEO partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation to reduce food waste, Toronto Pearson Airport to develop an agility mindset and deliver exceptional services at Canada’s busiest airport, and the Gates Foundation to develop better classroom technologies. According to the report “ Parts Without a Whole? –

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Innovative product design agency based in Stuttgart, Germany. PDlab was established by a design expert, Özkan Isik, in 2015. . It’s a relatively small web design company in Germany with up to ten product design experts. . At the same time, over 15 German-based clients rated collaboration with the company as 4.3 out of 5. .

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DISQO

JANUARY 8, 2018

“We’re a 160 year old company whose bread and butter was life insurance and risk products – but for the last 10-15 years we’ve been transforming into a holistic financial planning company.”. In March 2015, Northwestern Mutual acquired LearnVest, a fast-growing New York-based startup with a personal finance tracking suite.

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DISQO

JANUARY 8, 2018

“We’re a 160 year old company whose bread and butter was life insurance and risk products – but for the last 10-15 years we’ve been transforming into a holistic financial planning company.”. In March 2015, Northwestern Mutual acquired LearnVest, a fast-growing New York-based startup with a personal finance tracking suite.

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DISQO

JANUARY 8, 2018

“We’re a 160 year old company whose bread and butter was life insurance and risk products – but for the last 10-15 years we’ve been transforming into a holistic financial planning company.”. In March 2015, Northwestern Mutual acquired LearnVest, a fast-growing New York-based startup with a personal finance tracking suite.

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Good Product Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Upcoming Product Management Webcasts. I’m excited to announce a new series of SiriusDecisions product management webcasts I’ll be hosting along with my colleague Lisa Singer. These complimentary webcasts are focused on best practices for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers.

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Good Product Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Upcoming Product Management Webcasts. I’m excited to announce a new series of SiriusDecisions product management webcasts I’ll be hosting along with my colleague Lisa Singer. These complimentary webcasts are focused on best practices for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Product Management Journey?—?Developer Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I received a lot of questions recently on how to transition into a Product Manager role. in Computer Science) in 2008.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

Guest Post by: Liel Aharon (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Felix Sargent]. At the end of 2015 I was in the worst nightmare of any Product Manager. I had a strong roadmap, clear goals and a vision for the product. We had good production standards. We were doing Agile.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2020

As I maintained good relationships with my former colleagues, I knew Elium was a very promising product and that the team was full of very talented people. I joined this highly motivated group of fifteen people in September 2015. Despite all the positive energy and the company’s great product, we were not reaching our target.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Mikey Trafton: How To Manage Your Badass Team. Bethany Pagels-Minor: The Many Flavors Of Agile – What’s The Right One For Your Team? Peter Coppinger: From Happy Consultant Developer to Unhappy Product CEO. Talks from BoS USA 2015. Talks from BoS EU 2015. Bill Janeway: Productive Bubbles.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 2, 2016

billion, and in 2015 sales were $5.2 My approach, for the last decade at least, has been to shift away from waterfall and agile methodologies and say we now build software that is connected to our customers.” In 2010 Lego was profitable with sales of $2.3 This is why it’s important to listen to customers,” says Cancel. No excuses.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Prof Rita McGrath spoke at BoS USA 2013 about her belief that things were about to change dramatically, that markets were about to get a whole lot more agile and dynamic and that this would produce enormous opportunities for entrepreneurs. This Year: Launching A New Breakout Product. This Year: Hiring A Head Of Product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Some of the most common are: Blockchain Developer Cybersecurity Analysts Financial Analysts Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning Scientists Product Manager Quantitative Analysts & Data Scientist Risk & Compliance Managers In many ways, these two companies are very similar.

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