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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasizes that these activities vary based on context (large vs. small organizations, B2B vs. B2C, Agile vs. Waterfall). The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development. Why study the 19 key activities of software product managers?

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Driving Impact Through Influence and Experimentation: Key Insights from TPG Live

The Product Guy

Featuring an engaging discussion with Inis Hormann (Marketing Director Germany, Cepheid) and Steve Kury (Leadership Development Consultant, SHK Leadership Consulting), the session provided actionable insights for PMs at every level. Leverage Data: Use findings to guide decisions, reduce uncertainty, and inform future product iterations.

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Building an Effective Product Feedback Loop

The Product Guy

The objective is to receive feedback and prioritize it internally against (1) company objectives (2)customer pains/experience (3) Quarterly Product OKRs and ship out solutions. . A feedback loop is: part of a system in which some portion (or all) of the system’s output is used as input for future operations. Get Insights.

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513: What product leaders need to know about making new product development work – with Jack Hsieh

Product Innovation Educators

He shares practical insights from the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) framework and explains how product managers can use these principles to improve their product development process. Portfolio Management During our conversation, Jack shares valuable insights from managing product portfolios at Sony Ericsson.

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All Method, No Madness: Guiding Agile Teams Through Research

Speaker: Amanda Stockwell, President of Stockwell Strategy

Many Product Managers feel quality user research can't keep up with the fast-paced culture of agile teams. However, if you're willing to adapt the right way, you don't have to sacrifice agility or user insights. In this webinar, she'll make specific suggestions around: Team makeup. Setup and logistics.

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TPG Live Recap: Bridging Enterprise Customer Gaps & Leading Hybrid Product Teams

The Product Guy

At this months TPG Live , we explored two of the most persistent challenges in product leadership: How do you build trust and alignment between enterprise users and buyers? Customer advisory boards arent just for updates – they should be used to test ideas, validate direction, and catch misalignment early.

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How Agile Has Changed Product Management

Roman Pichler

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager. The Brave New Agile World.

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Data-Driven Performance Feedback Helps Teams Improve Customer Outcomes

Speaker: Mickey Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful Interactive Storybooks | Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Author, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

Teams and their leadership need to leverage data to achieve better customer outcomes. And in the era of agile, which recognizes that software development is a team sport, performance reviews need to use data for programmer growth and to give focus to business results. How data-driven performance reviews do that.

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Process, Product, and Profitability: Everything You Need to Know

Speaker: Michael Cardy - Red Hat Chief Strategist, Jason Tanner - CEO of Applied Frameworks, and Mike Mace - VP of Market Strategy at UserTesting

Companies have accomplished this through usability testing and real-time qualitative feedback from customers. However, most businesses struggle with formidable user testing and feedback processes. They will reveal trade secrets on: Turning customer feedback into actionable insights.

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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Customer representation has always been a key reason for success in product development. Despite this, those building the product itself are often detached from their customers, leading to a gap between vision and execution on the most practical metrics. Review customer feedback surveys. Revitalize QA as champions.

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The Product Corner: Maximizing Impact, Reducing Hours, and Accelerating Roadmaps with Data

Speaker: Edie Kirkman - VP, Digital at Focus Brands

To overcome this challenge, it is crucial to build core product and technology competencies that provide actionable insights through qualitative and quantitative data analysis. In this engaging webinar, we will explore how companies can become more efficient and effective in understanding customer interactions with their products.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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5 Key Considerations for Top-Notch Product Dashboards

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

How do you know what your customers want? Join Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, as he covers five key considerations for you to keep in mind when you’re updating your software or app to offer the latest in embedded dashboards. How to design your dashboard to solve your customers’ problems.

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The New Frontier: A Guide to Monetizing AI Offerings

Speaker: Michael Mansard and Katherine Shealy

But how do you monetize AI in a way that keeps your business sustainable and your customers engaged? You’ll walk away with the following insights: 🚀 GenAI as a Game Changer: Learn why GenAI is revolutionizing SaaS and how it opens new opportunities to innovate your business model.