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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

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. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So

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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. Dr. Joseph Michelli is a returning guest, having previously brought us insights for creating incredible customer experiences with products and services in episodes 147 and 251. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:47]

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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. Another reminder why new products need a workable business model. Products (wrongly) get created this way – product first, customer second, revenue third.

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How I got a $375K PM offer from Instagram

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

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. I also explained how I would integrate with the airlines, so passengers could get an invite to begin their adventure the moment they landed. My only slip-up was on product sense.

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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.

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Let’s Abandon Customers and Users

Mironov Consulting

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. Being more specific also gives us an opportunity to connect our teams emotionally to our (ahem) users. Bonus points for clarity. Sound Byte. Clarity is free.

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Implement This Customer Engagement Strategy and Your Users Will Not Get Enough of Your Product

Userpilot

The metrics that a company will use depend on what the product does and what the customer needs and wants to achieve. You should be basing your customer engagement on that activity to gain insights and develop strategies to increase that engagement. Word of mouth in customer development calls. What do we measure at Userpilot?