The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 10, 2019
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.
Mironov Consulting
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. " Code creators own quality.* It’s turtles all the way down. So
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ProductPlan
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: So, what do you do? PO: I’m a product owner. Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: Me too! Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: Someone pays you to own products? Even the job title product manager, which is also misunderstood, is more intuitive. I mean, what do you do for a living?
Product Talk
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
If you’re a longtime Product Talk reader (or if you’ve read Continuous Discovery Habits), Lisa’s name might sound familiar. Lisa was a product manager we featured in a Product in Practice called Tackling Big Hairy Product Challenges with Continuous Discovery and in Chapter 13 of the book.
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 12, 2022
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. That was my first job in tech.
Mironov Consulting
AUGUST 8, 2017
As a product manager, I think it’s my obligation to bring clarity and precision to discussions… so talking generically about customers or users can be exasperating. If we work at an airline, our customers are the passengers who pay us to fly them home for Thanksgiving. See personas 4 and 7.” Wasted energy.
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
APRIL 19, 2020
Skills a Product Manager Need Analytical Skills In your current role as a consultant, you will have developed and honed your analytical skills. This is what you should frame your resume around as this is likely the closest experience you have to being a product manager. You can find additional technical questions here.
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