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Grounded: Product Management Lessons from the Southwest Airlines Fiasco

280 Group

As a product manager and trainer, the recent Southwest Airlines flight cancellations over the holidays hit close to home for my family and me. We were one of the many passengers stranded at the airport, and it got me thinking about the challenges that growing organizations face in the product management space.

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Rethinking Airline Strategies

Dear Strategy

On this episode of Dear Strategy, we analyze an airline story involving a cancelled flight, a premium seat, and a not so premium re-booking experience. But now, more than ever, airlines may need to start re-thinking their strategies – especially with respect to how they’ve been treating their customers. And boy was I right!

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Mistakes Made By The A380 Airbus Product Managers

The Accidental Product Manager

The A380 plane was a bad idea that saw the light of day Image Credit: Photo by Daniel Eledut on Unsplash If you were looking for an exciting product manager job, then being a product manager at the European aircraft company Airbus would probably be a safe bet. When they stop production, Airbus will have sold 251 aircraft.

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Boeing Product Managers Struggle To Come Back From The 737 MAX Disaster

The Accidental Product Manager

Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Right now, being the product manager at Boeing who is responsible for the 737 MAX jet would defiantly fall into the difficult category. Some are easy and some are hard.

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Airbus Product Managers Focus On New Smaller Airplanes

The Accidental Product Manager

So what’s a product manager supposed to do when your biggest product has been discontinued? This is the challenge that was facing the Airbus product managers. What they needed to do was figure out how Airbus could continue to grow and be successful when they no longer had their premier product to offer.

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16 Product Management Quotes to Leave You Inspired

Alchemer Mobile

Let’s be real: product management can be challenging. Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, and endless other activities, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle, bustle, and stress that is product management.

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Product Managers Prepare To Battle For The Inside Of Your Car

The Accidental Product Manager

However, even as you read this, product managers are scrambling to try to win over this one last remaining unclaimed screen. Some product managers envision a world where users could start watching a TV show at home, then with a voice command continue watching the same program in the car. Which screen is this you ask?