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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So Some of my concerns: This arrangement creates an incentive for 'core' Engineering teams to ignore issues or kick the can down the road.

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TEI 310: Product managers emerge stronger through adversity – with Joseph Michelli, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

Lessons on innovation and product management from the pandemic. Some product managers have responded to the challenge, making pivots and finding value where it had not previously existed. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:47] 8:58] What have you learned about managing uncertainty?

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How I got a $375K PM offer from Instagram

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Along the way, I’ve shipped hundreds of products, and managed other PMs. Distinguishing between bad vs. good vs. great answers is key , and seems like an underserved area Write down a framework for how you tackle these problems. Having a clear framework helped me develop an ok answer. Fast forward to 2020.

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4 tips to improve code quality

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. The estimated costs in damage of this downtime included $60 million in long-distance charges; 200,000 lost airline reservations; and 75 million missed phone calls. Development teams usually create a list of guidelines known as coding conventions.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Using the Lean Canvas is one tool I recommend to help product managers think through the business model while crafting new product concepts. good-products-bad-businesses/.

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Benn Stancil, founder of Mode, on how data science can help us make better decisions

Intercom, Inc.

I was the type of person whose job is to work with marketers, product managers, or operations folks to help them make decisions about which products to ship, which audiences to target, or if the business is performing well in certain areas and not well in others. However, we’ve had a great team. That was my first job in tech.

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How to Prepare Banks for Digital Transformation

The Product Coalition

Today, people want to be able to manage their finances entirely online, a feature not every bank is currently able to provide. For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. In-house resources were enough to develop and support these services. We execute.

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