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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

We started seeing the need for product leadership, even at the largest of companies. -- 2011: "What is a user story?" We still haven't quite gotten down "outcomes over outputs" yet, but it's moving in a better direction. -- 2013: "What is this Agile thing? 2019: "How do I write a good user stories that can get into Jira correctly?"

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To MRD or not to MRD.

The Product Bistro

In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents. The leadership team asked for a formal Market Requirements Document to help their decision process. It had last been touched in 2016. That is the question. Oh, there were some challenges.

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Understanding and Prioritizing Customer Needs for Innovation; Product Leadership Exchange; Recent Product Management Interviews

Good Product Manager

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit. I’m pleased to announce that for the first time the Summit will feature a Product Leadership Exchange. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) March 1, 2016. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) February 25, 2016. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) February 13, 2016. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) February 13, 2016.

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Agile roadmaps – and other innovation insights for product managers July 22, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

10 tips for creating an agile roadmap. (1) Read this perspective in HBR for more information https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-your-innovation-team-needs-a-lawyer. create a path to executive leadership. 1) Focus on Goals and Benefits. (2) 2) Do the Necessary Prep Work. (3) 3) Tell a Coherent Story. (4) 4) Keep it Simple. (5)

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Understanding and Prioritizing Customer Needs for Innovation; Product Leadership Exchange; Recent Product Management Interviews

Good Product Manager

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit. I’m pleased to announce that for the first time the Summit will feature a Product Leadership Exchange. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) March 1, 2016. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) February 25, 2016. Jeff Lash (@jefflash) February 13, 2016. Agile teams should be self-organizing, not self-directed.

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Apply “How Little” Thinking to Agile Management Control

Johanna Rothman

As their organizations move to agile approaches, these managers have problems: their organization (managers above them) wants to measure them by the old rules which demand control. The people doing the work want less control and more servant leadership. Sometimes, agile teams are supposed to produce Gantt charts.).

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The 10th Annual Product Management Awards Winners

The Product Guy

In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. Drew is the Director of Strategy at Modus Create, a digital transformation agency that focuses on product strategy, CX, cloud, and agile development.