Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2017, Melissa Perri.
In the Now
> What are some items that great product managers do every day?
To me, the difference between a good Product Manager and a great Product Manager is a shift from an output to an outcome mindset. Great Product Managers focus on the end goal and challenge their assumptions every day. They seek ideas and inspiration from everyone around them. They hone in on the problem, and keep their eye set on the vision. They break down complex problems into smaller, digestible chunks, and rally their team to tackle them. This is not just a one time practice or output, like building a prototype or running an A/B test. Those are useful tools, but this is a mindset. Every day, great Product Managers question, learn, and then execute. To me, that’s the most important part of the job.
Watch now and see why she is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management.
More to Come
The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
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The Product Guy
About ‘The Best Product Person’
The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy (http://tpgblog.com) and The Product Group (http://meetup.com/theproductgroup).
TBPP Recognizes 1 person each year, invites them to speak and share their knowledge and experience with the larger product community. The nominations can be submitted by anyone. Over the course of the year, the various nominees are interviewed and the finalists narrowed down to: The Best Product Person of the year . The finalists are interviewed and evaluated for excellence in Product along the following lines… Becoming a Product Person, Your Product, Advice to Product People, and Future & Trends.
TBPP is both (1) the way the Product community gets together to recognize excellence amongst our ranks as well as (2) provide, to a large audience, insights into that excellence in a manner we can all learn from and leverage in our own Product journeys.
For more information about The Best Product Person award and past winners visit https://tpgblog.com/tbpp
About ‘The Product Group’
The Product Group is an opportunity for Product Managers, etc. to come together to meet, interact, and network. It’s an awesome way to meet fellow Product People in a laid-back, conversational environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a peer-to-peer basis. The NYC chapter of The Product Group meets the first Thursday of each month. If you are interested in a establishing chapter near you, please contact The Product Guy or The Product Group for more information. (https://tpgblog.com/theproductgroup/ )
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