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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 discussion reveals how product management has evolved since 1931 and highlights the importance of clear role definition to prevent job frustration.

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

Product Innovation Educators

Through real examples from his work in consumer electronics and aerospace industries, Jack shows how PDMA’s body of knowledge helps create successful products while avoiding common pitfalls in portfolio management. For example, his business unit needed to coordinate holidays across three regions: Sweden, Taiwan, and Japan.

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Product in Practice: Mapping Business and Product Outcomes to Stand Out in the Job Search

Product Talk

“I soon noticed that while many companies have embraced agile execution, fewer have adopted a truly continuous approach to product discovery. While many companies have embraced agile execution, fewer have adopted a truly continuous approach to product discovery. I’ve always been fascinated by the discovery aspect of product management.

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Why Your User Stories Are Killing Product Usability

Product Management University

Here are two things you won’t find in any agile book or agile training course that’ll complete your user stories, simplify design and improve product usability. What’s Missing From the Textbook Agile User Story? Here’s the most common format for agile user stories, depending on which methodology you use.

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From Project to Product: Let’s Talk Funding

Speaker: Anne Steiner, Vice President of Product and Technology at Cprime

Why project-based funding models stifle agility. We share real life examples, provide guidance on how to approach this conversation with your finance department, and suggest a path to iteratively change funding models for your organization. The benefits of product-based funding models.

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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

This outcome-focused approach helps teams stay aligned on what truly matters while maintaining the agility to adjust their approach based on real results. For example, if a key result depends on both marketing and IT, assign two names to that key result. I asked Ben what reasons he has seen for this. .”

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The AI Fueled Product Manager – The Best Version of You

Product Management University

The pace of product management has accelerated exponentially in recent years because of agile development and the relentless focus on metrics. Agile is a great software development methodology but it has consumed product managers to the point where they have almost no capacity to do product management.