Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

Product managers are rapidly advancing their skills, and as a result, the industry as a whole has had to level-up to compete as the world’s biggest brands continue to adopt a mobile-first approach. We’ve written a lot—and I mean A LOT—of content focused around mobile product management. What Is Mobile Product Management?

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. However, every manager's micromanagement pervades all levels. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 13, 2024

How product managers can master product portfolio management Watch on YouTube TLDR Portfolio management is a crucial aspect of product development that helps organizations strategically allocate resources, balance projects, and align their product innovation efforts with overall business goals.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2022

I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”?—?Robert Why is it important if I have a solid product management team?” The agile product life cycle started with ideation/discovery. On the flip side, product management is about creative execution. So what exactly is product strategy?

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. While salary increase is a complex subject with variables outside of our control, I believe that having a clear product roadmap and strategy is every Product Manager’s responsibility. Research article.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

For example, “Through an AI-powered ride-sharing platform that optimizes routes for reduced travel time and environmental impact.” For instance, “Enabling greener cities and reducing travel stress for millions of urban dwellers worldwide.” The Impact: Articulate the positive outcomes your product will bring to users or the market.

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The Basics of Product Management

APRIL 30, 2020

However, I consider Elon Musk to be a boss Product Manager. So, what makes him such a good Product Manager? An important thing to note is that whether you are a Product Manager or a Product Owner, Elon Musk’s techniques can easily be used by you. Elon Musk, The Product Manager. Relentless Innovation. Absolutely not.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2020

We had just signed up a travel brand that requires us to do something entirely different from what we’ve experienced with some of our real estate brand. After much deliberation, I was appointed as the product manager for the new project. Everything was fast, smooth, of course, stressful but I learnt a lot from the experience.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 6, 2022

Forecast when management can expect the team to finish some specific work. What management thinks they want. Too many managers want a “guarantee” of when the team will finish which features.). I suspect that's because we see integrated roadmaps all the time—for car travel. Or, to stick with the plan.

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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.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2020

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. When I travel, I use my laptop on my lap. When we maintain our sense of humor, we are more able to manage how we see our changes. (See Seth's Zoom & Skype call tips (the secrets of video conferences).).

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UX Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s the reason behind the success of Lean and Agile methodologies, both emphasize the importance of execution. Extend it to a day, still manageable. Stakeholders and managers are drawn to roadmaps because they need visibility and assurance. Don’t let bureaucracy delay action Managers often become gatekeepers to action.

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2014

One of the most frustrating things I’ve heard over my career is that “agile is something that software developers do.” It ignores all the success agile teams have had in software the past decade and in other industries including architecture, marketing, video production and even the auto industry. Before agile, this was very difficult.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Despite all the political, social and ecological upheavals in 2019, it’s been a busy and successful year for Mind the Product, not to mention the evolving product management community we aim to support. Here’s a look at some of our highlights and learnings of the past 12 months. Hitting New Locations.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 17, 2020

The Product Manager Job Description has a few things in common across companies. Essentially, the Product Manager is the CEO and the janitor of the product. A Product Manager is expected to be the liaison between the business teams and the development teams. Learn how to break into product management. Product Roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

The Hard Thing About Hard Things) At Latin American travel technology company Almundo , we believe that leaders are responsible for the people, whether that is via one-on-one meetings, career opportunities, company culture, or employee satisfaction. Product manager motto?—?Dan What do I mean by politics? Ben Horowitz?—?The

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Product Beautiful

MAY 28, 2014

Over the past decade, there has been a ton of ink spilled over Agile development. Much of the Agile narrative has focused on the pros of implementing Agile methodologies , such as better planning, faster feedback, and the ability to quickly pivot and make changes. Before we continue, I want to be clear: I love Agile.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2020

I’ve spent most of my career working in the travel industry. What I have learned is travel is a highly resilient sector?—?people first there has to be the ability to travel, but that is meaningless without the confidence to travel. This is not a time for layers of hierarchy and management. It’s hands-on.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 31, 2020

As a Product Manager, we don’t want our products to fail. The Kindle reader tablet took off because it managed to find a great market fit. It is very difficult to be able to manage wildly different products. Only a few Product Managers are able to do that. Travelling by a Segway was the future.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

At Latin American travel technology company Almundo , we believe that leaders are responsible for the people, whether that is via one-on-one meetings, career opportunities, company culture, or employee satisfaction. In order to set competencies, we needed to understand the role and responsibilities of a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2019

One of the product management principles is being nimble. In order to do this, you need teams who are familiar with methods like “agile “ , which facilitate collaborative teams and a quickfire approach to problem-solving. One fundamental aspect to remember is your special position as Product Manager.

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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. Sherif Mansour, Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian. Sherif Mansour, Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian. Product Leadership.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 12, 2018

Could you imagine a workplace with a bunch of product managers and no engineers? As product managers though, we are often included on the list of interviewers for engineers when they come in, but it can be difficult to figure out exactly what role we play in the process. A traveler came upon three men working.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 31, 2020

As a Product Manager, we don’t want our products to fail. Different management lessons will be discussed with each different example. The Kindle reader tablet took off because it managed to find a great market fit. It is very difficult to be able to manage wildly different products. Only Elon Musk comes to mind.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Becoming a director of product requires years of experience managing products and working with other product managers. That gives you the experience and expertise to get to the next level, where you start managing other product managers. A company may call its junior product managers associate product managers.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Eighteen months ago travel tech company Almundo started to refine its processes to become a product-driven company. Andrew Grove explained his methodology of “management by objectives” (MBO) in his book High Output Management in 1983: “The idea behind MBO is extremely simple: If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll not get there.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2020

We've all heard of big organizations where the top management said, “No need to ever be back in the office. ” And, the Wall Street Journal has this article, Business Travel Won’t Be Taking Off Soon Amid Coronavirus (you might need to subscribe to see the article). (I Work from home, as long as you want.”

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2020

The fox terrier travels everywhere with him – to London once a week, wherever it is, where Joe goes, he goes. Such challenges arise because the management structure has failed to keep pace with the speed at which tech has moved. I worked on the first ever agile project at moneysupermarket.com ,” he adds. “We

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Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While software development teams have been moving toward agile methods for years, many product managers are only now becoming aware of it. An agile approach applies collaborative and continuous improvement concepts to software development. There is no single, definitive “agile method.” What is a product owner?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There’s no better conference to attend if you’re working in product management, digital, or marketing in or near Manchester. Garry Prior has been in and around the technology industry for more than 20 years, largely in product management / product leadership roles. Additionally, she is a Product Management Trainer for Mind the Product.

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Centercode

JANUARY 16, 2020

” Today’s technology is evolving at lightspeed (though we’re still waiting on lightspeed travel), and development teams are moving just as quickly to deliver on rapidly expanding technological landscapes and increasing customer demands. Project Management. Master: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

the Scrum Master imposter: Secretly, the Scrum Master is convinced that this Scrum thingy is a fad, but recognizes that it is a well-paid one: “I will weather the decline in demand for project managers by getting a Scrum Master certificate. If the Scrum Team does not manage to turn its ship around the team will probably lose its Scrum Master.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 12, 2019

This was the path of the agile startup, midsize business, and the looking-to-feel-smaller enterprise for many years. Consider this first-hand experience shared by Shep , a corporate travel management solution: “Our standups were taking over 20 mins, and most importantly, oftentimes people would leave the meeting feeling misaligned.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader.

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