The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2020

It’s common in product management that product managers work on components, features, or functions that are part of a product. Lack of a big picture or a high-level perspective would make product management fragmented?—?we and Zhihu (??). This sharing was conducted in Mandarin?—?feel

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Mind the Product

JULY 22, 2020

In this first, Breakout Session release from #mtpcon Digital 2020, you can delve into four of the event’s deep-dive sessions focusing on product strategy and skill development. The post Product Strategy and Skill Development: Learnings from the #mtpcon Session Speakers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

For years now loyal readers have been asking me to package up my learnings on product management into a cohesive course on the subject. So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2023

If so, chances are you were working without the benefit of a concrete product strategy. Product strategy helps with feeling overwhelmed because it Helps your product team see how your product contributes to your company’s goals. Guides your product decisions. Their product strategy is reactive.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 25, 2020

So that leads us back to the purpose of this post: Redefining the role of mobile product managers. What are mobile product management responsibilities? The last time we wrote about defining mobile product management, it was still a relatively new category. What qualifications do mobile product managers need?

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Mixpanel

MAY 14, 2020

Sophisticated product teams that are able to merge business needs, user feedback and business objectives—all while proving ROI— are a rare find. Here’s what we learned from these passionate product teams, and what the future may hold as they navigate a new world brought on by COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Here’s my selection of the most inspiring Brainmates posts of 2020 – the year where we said unprecedented way too often. In fact her post on “ mission-driven products ” suggested that Product Managers include “sustainable social benefits” in their Product Success Criteria.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

When everything around you is changing, what’s a Product Manager to do? In a Q&A a couple of months ago, someone in the (virtual) audience asked if they should be working on their strategy now, or if they should wait until things calmed down again. Product Managers are not solo artists – we’re a part of the band.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The year 2020 shifted the world in fundamental ways. In fact, 2020 brought us so many shocks and surprises that it made identifying top trends in product management more challenging than ever. My team at ProductPlan has worked with hundreds of product professionals this year.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 16, 2020

At our first-ever Pulse for Product event, we got inspired by this idea of video games, the nostalgia of 8-bit classics, the 90s (or really any year excluding 2020 – the bar is low), and leveling up (which ultimately became our theme for the event). B2B product management has always been strategic.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Here’s my selection of the most inspiring Brainmates posts of 2020 – the year where we said unprecedented way too often. In fact her post on “ mission-driven products ” suggested that Product Managers include “sustainable social benefits” in their Product Success Criteria.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

When everything around you is changing, what’s a Product Manager to do? In a Q&A a couple of months ago, someone in the (virtual) audience asked if they should be working on their strategy now, or if they should wait until things calmed down again. Product Managers are not solo artists – we’re a part of the band.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Your product strategy is already bulletproof — just make sure you’re not making any of these mistakes. Learn 5 examples from my career where strategy went haywire and my tips on how to avoid these situations. I’m Sándor, a product lead and former product designer with 5 years under my belt.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

While some may say that a Product Manager is ‘the CEO of the product’, that’s not entirely true. As a Product Manager, you have very little authority. While the buck stops with you when it comes to product decision making, the overall health of the company doesn’t rest on your shoulders.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

More and more, success and product teams are uniting to create in-product experiences that make both their lives easier. . Recently, we talked to Kevin Meeks of Splunk, Chiara Menesatti, Director of Product Management at Lifesize , and Neil James, COO of ReviewPro , to ask, “How is that bond going?”.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2020

Since releasing both a webinar and book on the impact of feature-less roadmaps on your product strategy recently, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about why we’re so hostile to including features on product roadmaps. Features have long been the basic unit of measurement that product development teams track. Of course not.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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Mixpanel

MAY 14, 2020

Sophisticated product teams that are able to merge business needs, user feedback and business objectives—all while proving ROI— are a rare find. Here’s what we learned from these passionate product teams, and what the future may hold as they navigate a new world brought on by COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 31, 2019

At the end of this, the candidate put together something that looked like the following: When I saw this, I immediately told the CEO, “this is not your VP of Product.” “They helped us get some order into a very messy situation. You need this person to not just prioritize, but make a product strategy. We really need the help.”

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. What does product management include?

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There are so many changes happening in product management as I write this, and the evolution only seems to be accelerating. With your support, we dove into the most result-driven strategies, popular frameworks, and groundbreaking leaders who changed the product management landscape.

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ProductPlan

JULY 1, 2020

Unless your product management stack includes a crystal ball, all those goals and resolutions we made way back in January likely didn’t take global pandemics, fluctuating economies, and social unrest into account. Every year is unpredictable, but 2020 has been truly outdoing itself. Take action. Expand your horizons.

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Bain Public

APRIL 12, 2021

Product management of course. Product Managers in the Tech Ecosystem. If there’s one thing that sticks out the most in Canadian startups, it’s the lack of product managers in the tech ecosystem — a major skill shortage that can cripple the chances of executing major outcomes. What is it, you ask?

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product manager courses are everywhere. Product management is one of the most diverse disciplines and requires an extremely broad set of skills. Additionally, the product manager role drastically changes with your seniority. Beginner product manager. Mid-career product manager.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Groupon and CarMax Discuss Mobile and Digital Product Strategy at the Open Mobile & Digital Experience Summit (Nov 7–8, San Francisco) In 2019, an exemplary customer experience strategy will be the difference between your brand and your closest competitor. How is Groupon differing their mobile experience for 2019?

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The more you know about a customer’s current emotional state, the more you can tailor your marketing campaigns to provide an engaging, helpful experience and adjust your product roadmap to meet customer needs faster. There was a 9% increase in the number of surveys sent in 2021 from 2020.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As a social entrepreneur with Full Time Lives and in my Product Management consulting work for Brainmates. How does this affect the world of Product Management? I think that as business and society is changing, our Products need to change too. It seems mission-driven Product Management is still being defined.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In this case study, Katerina Suchkova, Group Product Manager at 15Five, explains how she and her team devised a prioritisation formula to get them through the challenge of 2020. The post Building a Bespoke Prioritisation Framework: A Case Study appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

Most product managers know how to create a product vision, but that’s not the hard part. The extent to which stakeholders get behind your product vision has everything to do with how the product vision is articulated. What is a Product Vision? Why is a Product Vision Important?

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Bain Public

APRIL 13, 2020

According to Alpha’s 2020 Product Management Insights Report , product management has entered the c-suite. As product management influences more high-level decisions and business strategies, partner alignment/collaboration becomes key. This is unsurprising. I am there to learn.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 9, 2020

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that predicting the future is hard and in this episode, sponsored by Amplitude, we turn to Margaret Heffernan to learn how to do it better. The post Making Better Predictions – Margaret Heffernan on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Product Managers are often called “Product CEOs” or “Mini GMs”, but they rarely have direct control over the inputs that lead to successful products. Shipping product to real users. Product School's Product Management Certification Founded in 2014, Product School boasts a community of 1 million+.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 26, 2021

To give you a general idea of where the mobile playing field is today, here are a few 2020 stats from our friends at App Annie : App Annie’s State of Mobile report is a fantastic place to start when looking for a general lay of the land and high-level stats. Sound good? Every company says they’re “customer-centric,” but very few actually are.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 16, 2020

SplitShire-London-Collection-210062 When I work with companies on sharpening the value proposition and refining the product strategy, one of our information sources for the process is their existing customers. Who they are, why they chose to work with the company, what value they are getting out of the product, etc.

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Arpit Rai

MAY 31, 2020

I moved from Bombay to Bangalore in Feb 2020 to join ThoughtSpot. This post is about what one should do in the first 30–60–90 days of joining a new product management job. Have 1-on-1s with key members across different teams to help build a better understanding of the market, the product, the company culture etc.

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