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2015 Year In Review – Hardcore Product Management

The Secret PM Handbook

Looking back over 2015 on this blog, I see quite a lot of meaty content! The key word is “systems.”). The post 2015 Year In Review – Hardcore Product Management appeared first on Hardcore Product Management. The topics have been hardcore product management-related.

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520: The future of AI in product management – with Mike Todasco

Product Innovation Educators

Building Innovation Culture: Lessons from PayPal’s Innovation Lab In our discussion, Mike shares insights from his experience building PayPal’s Innovation Lab following the company’s separation from eBay in 2015.

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The Worst Nightmare of Any Product Manager

The Product Guy

At the end of 2015 I was in the worst nightmare of any Product Manager. As we were getting closer to the end of the year, my senior vice president called me in, to review our progress against our goals. Guest Post by: Liel Aharon (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Felix Sargent].

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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

However, this is a naïve analysis that overlooks lost market share due to poor strategic thinking, or the demoralizing effect on engineers having to repeatedly rewrite code because of poor product-market fit. What systems/metrics/processes do we need to measure and track winning? Where do we play? And where do we not play?

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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. What is Systems Thinking? Interrelationship: all parts affect each other within a system.

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Why your IT Project is Doomed to Fail – David Kullmann (ProductTank NYC)

Mind the Product

In 2015, the worldwide spending in IT was 3.4 trillion dollars that was spent worldwide in 2015, about 2.4 Long-term concerns can develop early on, but action isn’t taken due to short-term focus. IT Project Failures – The Statistics. In 1995, IT spending amounted to around 250 billion dollars in the US alone. trillion dollars.

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2016 – More Hardcore Product Management Ahead

The Secret PM Handbook

In my last post I reviewed the topics we covered in 2015. But instead of focusing on that goal this year, I’m going to focus on a system for being a better product manager. The idea is the system is what gets you to the goal. You still have the goal (maybe), but you pay attention to the system. Deliberate practice.