PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

Otherwise, highlight how you have helped those who are adjacent to PMs: product designers, tech sales, business operations, or product marketing. If you have advised any of these people with tasks like product growth, pricing strategy, or market sizing, be sure to note that on your resume! List of PM Behavioral Questions.

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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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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. John also hosts another podcast called Growth Marketing Today where he’s interviewed product and marketing leaders like Sean Ellis, April Dunford, and Hiten Shah. Plot summary.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It is this sphere that many people find more difficult to master, especially those of us from technical backgrounds. Product managers are the nexus in companies because they work at the intersection of many functions from engineering to marketing. million new technical grads coming out of universities around the world each year.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Others were consultative, or they advised about technical needs. They have a love of problem-solving and understanding processes so deeply that they can seek answers to issues at every level—talking to Product and Engineering, Sales and Marketing, or sitting with the CSM. In the beginning, CS Ops roles were in flux.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Clearly, companies are seeing the value in hiring product gurus who can oversee and guide a product’s life development from ideation to market, all while efficiently managing teams of drastically diverse backgrounds and developing a sound distribution plan. Speak to a Learning Advisor. Do Some Soul-Searching.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. The best product tour software on the market is Userpilot. Product marketers often find that a good product tour ensures that more new users activate. Instead, you should opt for an interactive walkthrough type of product tour. What are product tours?

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a product design consulting firm , we often get questions from our clients who look for reliable design, development, or marketing partners. As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Clearly, companies are seeing the value in hiring product gurus who can oversee and guide a product’s life development from ideation to market, all while efficiently managing teams of drastically diverse backgrounds and developing a sound distribution plan. PMs do best when the team they’re joining really wants them there.”.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

Coaching and mentorship play a significant part in the success of startups - it allows them to transform and excel in their market and industry. Product management is a job that encompasses elements of business strategy, engineering, marketing and market research. A Good CEO Knows When to Ask for Help.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. Hubert: Productboard is a project management system, it’s a system that helps product managers make better product decisions and figure out how to bring products to market faster.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 9, 2020

Yes Walk Away With: In-depth knowledge of JavaScript as well as agile methodology general development problem-solving. Plan for a 2-4 month application process - you'll take an 80-hour pre-course even after passing a technical interview. Beginners are advised to take Hack Reactors pre-bootcamp prep courses before applying.

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Barbara Nelson said in The Politics of Agile , “When product managers weren’t looking, the developers went agile.” ” Indeed, many Product Managers were taken by surprise at the speed of Agile’s adoption. Since the Agile process was created by tactical teams, it concentrates on development practices.

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 31, 2017

Your company will rely on you to be the most knowledgeable about your product so never take your eye off the market and establish an objective framework to guide your decisions. ” He highlights the role of product manager as knowledge repository about the product, customer, and market.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

The best walkthrough software on the market is Userpilot. That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. This allows for a lot of agility, leading to regular product experiments.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 31, 2020

This issue is not uncommon as more and more companies face digital transformation and a subscription services market. At an annual Autodesk engineering technical conference two years ago, Amy took the stage to address this very issue wearing a Peloton shirt and told the audience the story of the Peloton subscription experience.

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All About Product Management

MAY 13, 2008

It’s been over a year since the product management team went on a series of agile/scrum training courses. Product Management Prior to Scrum Before agile working practices where adopted the Product Managers role consisted of a lot of short term tactical wins coupled with continual fire fighting.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 21, 2019

While there are lots of content out there advising on this subject, I would just like to call out one thing which I believe has helped me time and again: having empathy towards my interviewer. While some encourage you to fake it till you make it, I would advise against it during the interview process. During the interview.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? I’ve been kind of actively running away from management roles, and mostly that’s just a factor of the things that I really wanna learn or I just really wanna learn how to be a really, like, kick-ass technical PM. So that’s me.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a project manager at an IT company working with many non-technical startup founders, our clients, I often get to resolve a variety of interesting issues that relate to technology and communication. They had spent a lot of time choosing the technological stack and discussing technical solutions with outside consultants. Let’s begin.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. However, in my experience, given proper support by the Scrum Master, even lawyers and marketers can get comfortable with the designation “developer” when utilizing Scrum for their purposes. Team leads?

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

For instance, in large companies like Google and Facebook, product managers collaborate with dedicated researchers, analysts, and marketers who assist them in different stages of the product lifecycle. Conduct market and competitive research. Work with marketing and sales. Monitor market trends and feedback.

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Atlassian

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We all know the feeling of ‘FOMO’ when it comes to working,” writes Jennifer Velázquez, Head of Marketing at Jexo. Whether you’re communicating via email, voicemail, chat, or conference call, Rose Eliff, Senior Technical Writer at Custom Business Solutions , reminds us employ the four 4 Cs: Clear – Avoid ambiguity. Turn FOMO into JOMO.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Environments which embrace Agile principles find an affinity with OKRs due to the way the methodology sets success criteria, emphasizes learning, and allows teams to establish solutions. The story begins with the struggling founders meeting with their top advisor and board member who recommends OKRs.

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ProductPlan

JULY 2, 2019

Ultimately, this results in better products for our email marketing customers.”. When your team can efficiently adjust and react to challenges, adopting agile methods becomes second nature. Jonathan Reilly , Technical Product Manager at OneMain Financial, advises building your emotional intelligence.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

We were Agile, with daily standups, two week sprints and detailed estimations. I’m not a technical Product Manager. We were doing Agile. Was the problem Agile? It’s easy to confuse the rituals of Agile with actually getting things done. Oh crap, no way we could deliver on time I thought to myself. What did we lack?

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Product Bookshelf

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

One of the rules, written by Lawley, advises to work on problems you are passionate about. A related rule “Differentiation isn’t enough, you have to be better” by Paul Alex Gray advises product managers to understand: 1) what customers want; 2) what you’re good at; and 3) where competitors are weak.

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