Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. To Collocate or Not.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. To Collocate or Not.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often people stumble into the Product Management career without any Technology background. I never had to deal with developers on a day to day basis?—?the the only ‘Technical’ person I spoke to was my content Producer. I had no idea what I was doing and how I could lead a dev team. Get to know your Tech Lead well.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    Lately, I’m calling this permission to stay focused.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. This is not agile.

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Ask Benny

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. The Agile Manifesto. Simplicity is essential.

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Modus Create

JUNE 1, 2020

But one thing technology leaders need to ask themselves is, “what are the threats we face?” The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

We manage everything from product launch, forecasting, planning to product marketing and sales and when things change drastically Product Managers are expected to be agile and stay on top of technology tools to save the day. Therefore, it is crucial for every product team to manage and deliver quality content in order to remain alive.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. In some jobs, you can get by with just Competence, but in the unkempt, fuzzy, team-oriented domain of Product Management, you need both. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? presence, awareness, state of mind) 5.

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The Product Bistro

JULY 17, 2018

The role of product manager is somewhat synonymous 1 with the agile concept of “product owner” where you are the representative of the “customer” to the development team. This is doubly true when the product manager is also the product owner in the scrum team. Lessons from the Trenches.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 1, 2019

Too many times people confuse agile and scrum. Agile is a concept with principles that helps us develop software better, validate it as soon as we can, and bring value to our customers faster. Scrum is a valid and very popular framework for agile development. Agile is just a means to an end.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. Let’s call it the software development deli counter problem. And they’re right.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Not only are there more technology companies than ever, and all these companies want and need product managers, but there is still so much mystique surrounding the role. Cold email your users to set up interviews, review survey data, listen in on sales calls, do product demos. Let’s be real for a second?—?digital

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

The speed at which the economic landscape shifts has been increasing since the industrial revolution and the emergence of consumer technology. In a free market, successful companies that become complacent or comfortable with their share of the market, who don’t carefully consider the needs of the customer, become less competitive over time.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. Inspired by Marty Cagan contains a little about everything in product management and is based on how the most successful tech companies in the world build products.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

But it can be hard to determine which one is the best web design company for your needs. UX studio is a web designing company founded by Dávid Pásztor in 2013. Our website design company also offers other digital services that can come in handy at every stage of the product lifecycle.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

But it can be hard to determine which one is the best web design company for your needs. Top 9 Web Design Companies UX studio Parachute Design Adchitects DD.NYC Embacy Bop Design League Design Agency Dotlogics 500 designs 1. UX studio is a web designing company founded by Dávid Pásztor in 2013.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 17, 2023

Companies have to think about what to do short-term to keep the lights on and what to do long-term for bolder innovations. Some companies will retreat and cut their spending by cutting bolder long-term innovations, and we saw in the recession around 2010 that was a bad strategy. We’re facing new uncertainty and risks.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

It’s all too tempting to fall back onto less skilful habits and become impatient, tense and stressed, say something we regret afterwards, or pass on the pressure to the development team. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. But that’s not all.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 18, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Meetup on Feb 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020?—?Reloaded.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the past 20 years, we have seen Digital and Agile Transformation Programs grow and swell to $1.3 Many companies miss a key component in their Transformation Program. Organisations arbitrarily issue new role titles such as Product Owner, Agile coaches are bussed in, and teams are organised in “squads”. trillion in 2020.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. Passengers are also able to view hotel information and use the devices to speak to the sales team of the hotel. The kiosks help thousands of customers by providing valuable information and generate a significant portion of the revenue for the company.

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BrainStation Product Management

JULY 20, 2018

As the name suggests, a Product Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing product development from conception to completion, and beyond. In terms of digital product management, PMs are the glue that holds together the user experience, the technical requirements, and the business requirements of a product. Erikkson, 2011.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

So, I’ll start with this: a little while ago, I was having a difficult video call with my tech lead. We had just hired a new VP of Product who was radically (and rapidly) changing our product development process, and our engineers – based remotely, in Argentina – were struggling to keep up. “To I furrow my brow incredulously.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

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BrainStation Product Management

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the name suggests, a Product Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing product development from conception to completion. In terms of digital product management, PMs are the glue that holds together the user experience, the technical requirements, and the business requirements of a product. Erikkson, 2011.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Another thing that is very important in Agile development practices is exploratory testing. Tests that should not be automated: Test cases that are newly designed and not executed manually at least one time, except when you have TDD or BDD styles. The main reason that we automate a test is repeatability.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We’ve written about the best conferences for product managers here —today let’s review the can’t miss conferences for product leaders (executives, C-Suite, and the like). The goal is to help product teams “rise above the day-to-day slog and truly think through what makes a successful Product and how to make it happen.”. SaaStr Annual.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 11, 2019

The problem with outcome-based roadmaps comes when the desired outcomes don’t actually accomplish what companies hoped they would achieve. While this can occasionally be blamed on poor execution, it is often simply a result of poor goal setting. Mapping the plan to KPIs and strategic milestones has good intentions.

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Usersnap

AUGUST 4, 2020

Since Atlassian, the vendor of Jira acquired Trello, both project management tools are coming from the same company. And if you’re here to find the best project management tool available, I have some bad news for you. Requirements differ from company to company, from team to team, and even from person to person.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 4, 2024

How would you approach working with new team members in a different country, specifically to grow empathy and connection, due to cultural differences? Even though it is a large enterprise, you can apply these tips within any size of company. As part of my work, I built the Future Technologies Champions community.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The developers will handle it. Users will always blame your company and not the cybercriminals or subcontractors who might ultimately be responsible. Most often, it won’t matter if it’s not intentional or was initiated by a bad actor from outside the company, If things go sideways, it could even result in a permanent shutdown.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They run from ill-suited personal traits and the pursuit of individual agendas to frustration with the team itself. Read on and learn in this post on Scrum anti-patterns how you can identify if your Scrum Master needs support from the team. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The team composition is wrong.

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