Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2019

What is Product Leadership?—?really? Photo by rob walsh on Unsplash With so many Product Management articles out there, let’s talk ‘Product Leadership’ for a change. It’s NOT about running a perfectly synchronized Agile process?—?Yes, Yes, Agile is a way of being more effective. What is Product Leadership?—?really?

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering to product management?”. What makes startups fail or succeed in their mission?”, I worked with the product leadership to plan out a product strategy. Who am I building for?, and so on.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2023

Product leader Liz Clow introduces an holistic approach to product leadership, covering strategy, customer centricity, agility, leadership, and execution Read more » The post Navigating different org sizes as a product leader appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 27, 2018

Has the spirit of being agile been lost behind a mountain of rules? Agile vs. Being Agile Agile became popular shortly after ‘The Agile Software Development Manifesto ’ was published in 2001. Companies who focused on being agile saw great success, and others wanted to follow suit.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Agile Movers & Shakers: Diana Larsen’s Questionnaire Please describe what you do in 280 characters : “On my best days, I contribute to the growing and strengthening the practices of agile coaches and teams through as many channels as possible.” What brought you to ‘agile?’ “In Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

Add to that the agile revolution, which yanked product managers deep into the execution ( preparing a sprint every other week requires a lot of work! ), and you’ll see why two decades later the focus of product management had shifted. My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2021

10 steps plan with workbook and cheat sheet for Marketing teams to get started now with Agile and make the most out of it. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Mind the Product

JULY 28, 2020

That’s another level of difficulty and in her new book, The Team That Managed Itself: A Story Of Leadership, Christina Wodtke does just that. That’s another level of difficulty and in her new book, The Team That Managed Itself: A Story Of Leadership, Christina Wodtke does just that. Drawing [.]. Using feedback effectively.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 25, 2021

In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents. The leadership team asked for a formal Market Requirements Document to help their decision process. That is the question. A recent project, a complete re-do of one of our flagship products was needed.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 6, 2019

Tim is Product Director at Iridion, a trainer and coach, a co-organiser of ProductTank Hamburg, a frequent speaker, and the author of Lateral Leadership. Links mentioned in this episode: The Agile Peer Canvas. Lateral Leadership – Buy the book now! Links mentioned in this episode: * The Agile Peer Canvas.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Holding regular Agile retrospectives can be very useful in this regard and allow a safer communication to happen within the team. A new leadership role is also a good opportunity to assess and evaluate whether you have the right skill sets and resource capacity in your team. The Scrum ceremonies (Sprint planning, Standups, etc.)

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

The competitive landscape is fiercer With nimble startups and tech-savvy competitors emerging constantly, maintaining a competitive edge is crucial. Agility and adaptability are paramount The business landscape is constantly evolving, and trends can shift rapidly.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2019

Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay “We are not agile enough”, she told me. If you work at a large company, or in a relatively traditional industry, you probably know the feeling: You are a big believer in agile and lean. I’ve seen even the smallest startups who are not as lean and agile in their approach as you would think.

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Nulab

APRIL 3, 2019

This time, our meetup theme was “Product Management, Strategy & Leadership” and it was a great pleasure for us to host our invited speakers: Jay Fong, Product Strategy Lead ( honestbee Singapore ). Giom Duquesnay, Enterprise Agile Coach ( Giom Consulting ). Mike Dickinson, Chief Product Officer ( Xendit ).

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

David Bland is the CEO and Founder of Precoil, an author, and a long-time practitioner of agile and lean startup. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

I’d worked for a startup in Hyderabad, India where everyone had to wear different hats,“ recalls Debashish. “I I had a strong tech background, so I wanted to dive into the business and design side of product management and hone my leadership skills. It makes him more agile and flexible, he definitely stands out,” concludes Curtis.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 8, 2019

publication Shape Up – Stop Running In Circles and Ship Work That Matters , Head of Strategy Ryan Singer shares an approach that challenges most of the orthodoxy around Agile (as a framework) but retains all of the spirit of agile (as a philosophy). The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. What we’ve noticed instead in the startup world, is a lot of people become product managers by default rather than design. What Is Product Management Consulting?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If you’ve got a background in waterfall processes, it can seem as if agile techniques are just about making it up as you go along. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 8, 2017

At ProductTank London, Lean & Agile Enterprise Coach Debbie Wren shares insights into successfully scaling autonomous teams. Agile Isn’t Something you do, it’s Something you are. Rather than a process which you follow, agility is the beliefs, values and principles with which your team or organisation operates.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Roman Pichler Roman has his own website which is well known within the product and agile development communities, but he still has a decent amount of content on Medium. Roman Pichler - Medium Rich Mironov Rich’s content is primarily focussed on product leadership and how to set up your teams to be successful. Don’t believe me?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’?—?including work in a fast-growing startup. Participation is free.)

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Startup product managers will learn a lot from the Review – blog from the First Round. The Reforge blog helps product managers with topics like analytics , team management and development, product leadership , or product strategy. OpenView Venture Partners’ blog offers insights into the financial side of running a startup.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. He co-founded a Machine Learning technology startup and served as CPO / VP of Product at intu plc (FTSE 100), Selligent Marketing Cloud, Epica.ai and Automata Robotics over the last decade.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Product Club

JUNE 10, 2017

Across the globe, companies are investing in Agile transformations primarily for two reasons — to increase speed, and improve the quality of their technical product delivery. We’ve all been sold “Agile” for over 10 years, told to treat “waterfall” as a curse word to be uttered with disgust in boardrooms.

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Mind the Product

MAY 8, 2019

So when we got her on the line, we covered everything… including Japanese deployment strategies, Marmite and peanut butter, product leadership and team organisation, how companies scale, how to pick the right environment for you, and even her new book, Escaping the Build Trap. Quotes of the Episode. This place is a mess.

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Oren Steinberg

JULY 13, 2018

The biggest asset any startup has is the time of its entrepreneurs and key talents. The success or failure of the startup often hinges on their ability to focus their efforts on the critical path at any given time. As the startup grows and faces scalability and growth challenges the issue of focus becomes even more challenging.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me. The Product Backlog is Too Big.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys. Product Leadership.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Jeff sat down with our hosts for a rare in-person conversation during Scotland’s Turing Festival to chat about effecting change, focusing on outcomes, using lean and agile principles in his own life, and the value of training. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Marty labels this inefficiency the “theater” of product management, where “fake” product managers engage in non-essential activities, often under titles like Agile coaches, product owners, product operations, or business analysts.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Building products for big corporates, small startups and scale-ups. What I have seen, is that both startups and big corporates have issues in understanding how to be more product-led without the right mindset and framework. Design, UX, Agile Have Already Done the Hard Work. I have worked with in product for most of my career.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

A story of love, hate, oppression and triumph I’ll admit, I’ve started to fall out of love with agile over the past year or so?—?don’t I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Enter agile.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Agile Leadership Summit. This event may have gotten its start as an ancillary part of the Agile+DevOps Leadership Summit, but for Agile product leaders, this is the main event. Agile in practice has its own share of ups and downs, and this event confronts the truths about what works and what doesn’t.

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