Remove 2018 Remove Development Remove Strategy Remove Weak Development Team
article thumbnail

How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

article thumbnail

What we Learned at #mtpcon London 2018

Mind the Product

Here’s what we heard: Martin Eriksson at #mtpcon London 2018. We work with developers, user researchers, data scientists and a host of other experts every day – so it’s only natural that we feel like the dumbest people in the room. Kim Goodwin at #mtpcon London 2018. Keep Your Strategy in Balance.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Developing a Thorough Understanding of Atomic Roadmapping Habits

ProductPlan

James Clear’s 2018 book Atomic Habits explains that our atomic habits are created as a coping mechanism. And for product managers, it’s important to develop your own atomic roadmapping habits. . Learn how to set up your roadmap for success: Building New Habits and Breaking Bad Ones. This is hard, uncomfortable work.

article thumbnail

2018 on Inside Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Intercom, the product, continued to develop at a fast pace with hundreds of new features big and small – from an entirely reimagined Messenger to a thriving Intercom App Store to next generation chatbots, Custom Bots and Answer Bot. Here is our collection of the Inside Intercom highlights from 2018. Lessons learned from scaling a team.

article thumbnail

What is Good Product Strategy?

Melissa Perri

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. This didn’t sit well with the CTO because in reality he didn’t want a strategy, he wanted a plan. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan.

article thumbnail

Designing High-Performing Teams | Alison Coward, Bracket | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

Making that talented team work together well, now that’s even harder. In this talk from BoS Europe 2018 Alison Coward gave some great advice on how you can design the way a team communicates and works together to ensure you get the most out of everyone on the team. Hiring a group of talented people is difficult.

article thumbnail

Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Moving forward in your career, avoid the trap of doing work that feels high-impact, but it’s actually not , or work that makes you look good at the expense of the project and the team. How do people move into staff engineering roles?