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Top 10 Product Insights You Should Have Read in 2017

Mind the Product

WTF is Strategy? Strategic thinking is critical to being a successful product manager, but strategy is often an abstract and confusing concept. Dear Product Roadmap, I’m Breaking Up with You. Heath Umbach goes through the top product roadmap challenges according to product leaders, and what you can do to overcome them.

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What is Good Product Strategy?

Melissa Perri

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” This didn’t sit well with the CTO because in reality he didn’t want a strategy, he wanted a plan. This is the way we were taught to think about Product Strategy. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan. He was on edge. It’s not his fault though.

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7 Standout Moments From Mind the Product SF 2017

Product Talk

Janna argues your roadmap is a prototype for your strategy. I hate that roadmaps typically present a certain view of the future. So I loved this framing of roadmaps as strategy prototypes by Janna Bastow , CEO & Co-Founder of ProdPad. Your roadmap is a prototype for your strategy.” – Tweet This.

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Top 40 Product Management Influencers 2017 [Highlights]

The Product Guy

I’m completely psyched to have made this year’s list of Top 40 Product Management Influencers of 2017 for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR! Chris Butler // Philosophie NYC Chris is the Director of Product Strategy at Philosophie where he helps organizations like Google and PwC with product strategy and management.

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How to Create a Strategic Portfolio Roadmap

Product Management University

Atlanta, GA March 28, 2017: $795 per person. Strategic Portfolio Roadmapping Workshop. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to develop a strategic portfolio roadmap that drives new growth by shifting your inside-out product vision to an outside-in customer vision. Wealth made simple: news and articles from IRC Wealth.

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Product Roadmap Success: BWP Hosts Lively Roundtable Discussion

bpma ProductHub

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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More Awesome Speakers for #mtpcon SF 2017

Mind the Product

UPDATED Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with double the number of workshops , more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Josh led Greylock’s investment in SmartThings (acquired by Samsung in 2014) and Jelly (acquired by Pinterest in 2017).