Radical Product

MARCH 19, 2021

Photo by Alexas_Fotos on Unsplash Unpacking old myths about what makes a good vision so we can adopt a new, radical approach. We’ve learned that a good vision has to be a BHAG, i.e. a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. In setting a big vision, we set a high-level direction that no one would disagree with. it needs to be radical.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 25, 2024

Our next article in the prioritization series* tells about different types of business organizations. If you missed the previous articles: * Introduction to prioritization in product development * Review of Eisenhower Matrix as the most mainstream prioritization technique Imagine that your product is a tree.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn’t include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too. Regardless, the following articles are a must-read for anyone concerned with rolling out the best product in each iteration. Agile Died While You Were Doing Your Standup. 4 One Door at a Time.

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B2B Product Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Engineers as Product Managers Engineers bring many qualities to the table that can make them successful and effective product managers. Many products are now more technical in nature and require knowledge of engineering principles. So having a background in engineering helps become a good product manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 26, 2021

Are you thinking of becoming an engineering manager? That's why we wrote this article; to help candidates work through their process of writing an engineering manager's resume to impress all the hiring managers who see it. How Do Engineering Managers Define Their Role? They also represent engineering cross-functionally.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 31, 2023

Any vision one might have for the product will never lift off the ground unless the entire team buys in and signs off on it. In this article, here are three instances of stakeholder management experiences I have encountered over the years: 1. Engineers want to write code to the best of their abilities.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

In this article, we’re going to unpack what is product management , how it differs from traditional project management, the role it plays in building products that delight your users, and the skills a good product manager must demonstrate to succeed. The main difference between product management and project management is the focus.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They must also directly relate to your company’s mission and vision. The combination of vision, mission, and impactful action lies at the heart of this process, and with the guidance of effective tools like ProductPlan, navigating this journey becomes easier. There are two components to OKRs—objectives and key results.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2022

is a question my engineers have genuinely asked me more than once so far in my career. This is justified with the idea that PMs aren’t just “PMs” in such smaller teams — they’re a bit of everything (even software development if the skills are there). “What value do you folks even bring?”

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Source: [link] I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the writing of this article. More of my previous thoughts on the subject can be found in a previous article I wrote. Software developers usually don’t want to work in Microsoft Sharepoint. Why is that?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

A product manager that I hire needs to always keep in the mind the product vision and key success factors, and emphasize them through all of the discussions with company teams that seek to limit their own team's effort, expenditure, or risk, and will blindly limit the product's potential. Product vision statement 5. Product Vision 4.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? This is the main focus of the article. UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. To make the vision actionable, break it down into specific objectives and select corresponding success metrics.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. Low feature adoption is one of the symptoms of over-engineering. But worry not! Book the demo!

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Our teams across Intercom think and work holistically, so when we talk about Product, we mean engineering, design, product management, research and analytics. Our SF Product team is led by Ann Montgomery, leading product management & design, and Louis Bennett, leading engineering. Ann joined us this past May.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Dev months, typically a unit measured via number of months required for ONE developer to complete a work item, is just one of many ways to determine how long and how much a project will require. Ensuring the most important (P0) projects who have developers assigned to them are supported by efficient resources is obviously critical.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 11, 2022

To solve these problems and reduce deployment time, DevOps development companies involve MLOps specialists in their projects. In this article, we will tell you what MLOps is and why businesses need to implement machine learning solutions. The peculiarities of MLOps workflow The workflow is based on the development cycle of an ML model.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Aligning Product Vision and Strategy 2. Developing an innovation mindset 6. In earlier times, product managers were predominantly seen as technical overseers, primarily concerned with the nuts and bolts of product development. Quick Links The Evolving Role of Product Managers Six Essential Skills for Today’s Product Manager 1.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Look no further as this is exactly what this article covers! Product roadmaps provide a high-level view of all product development motions, including UX ones. A successful roadmap should include information on UX vision , strategy, goals, themes, milestones, and a timeline. Let’s dive in! improving retention). UX roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Plan your product: “story mapping” (Nielsen Norman Group) Often teams rely on lengthy requirements documents to move from a vision to a product. Launch: “The 18 Mistakes that Kill Startups” (Paul Graham) If you haven’t launched something you’re ashamed of yet, then read this article. ????? No one has the time to read them.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The degree of technical knowledge required for some production art work may be comparable to higher skilled engineering, especially with computers.” Being a Production Artist, while a commendable position in itself, when it comes to the Design Process it opens a series of questions which bleed off to the second point of this article.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2023

In this article, we will explore the methods and data needed to predict ad creative performance prior to testing and how marketers can leverage AI-powered tools to optimize their ad campaigns and allocate their advertising budget more effectively. This is a much more comprehensive way to approach image and video analysis to find patterns.

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Usersnap

APRIL 29, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore what ChatGPT is and how it works. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI , built on a large language model. How is ChatGPT different from a search engine? The difference between ChatGPT and a search engine is based on how they function and the data they provide.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Low accountability Limited visions of the product by PMs. Devoting 4 hours a month in Customer Support for each member of the team (PMs, PDs, developers). As part of the Product and Engineering team our shared mission is to make Mr Jeff successful by making our end-customers, franchises, and internal stakeholders successful.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 14, 2019

Developing a long-term relationship with someone who can act as your mentor and provide advice and direction can help to get around this. Just as with a product, you should start with a vision. Once we’ve got our vision, we can begin to formulate a strategy that begins to bring this to life. Find a Mentor.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. Influence without authority is the skill of driving product development and ‘telling people what to do’ without formally being authorized to do so.

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Modus Create

MARCH 18, 2020

We wished it were possible to say: “According to my brand new crystal ball, we should start developing The-Perfect-Product in Q1 and launch in Q4. This article is going to find a correlation between social hype and market adoption by building an overlay of Gartner’s Hype Cycle and Moore’s Market Adoption Lifecycle.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this series of articles, I’m explaining how it helps companies at various stages since its role changes along the way even if the practice doesn’t. Many people confuse strategy with a general direction or vision. The product the founders had in mind was naturally a smart e-commerce search engine. You are not alone.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

In this article, We will tackle what goes wrong with today’s product roadmaps, and we will talk about how a fast-paced mid-size startup found exciting ways to create a roadmap that’s indeed achievable. The idea is to break it into smaller achievable parts so that the engineering team has tangible outputs. Engineering and design ?—?Any

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. Extensive market research is essential to assess the competitive landscape, identify opportunities, and shape the product vision. Book the demo! What’s the difference?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

These are the main questions we cover in this article. Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate. Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

In this article, we’ve outlined the major roles that move the needle in terms of product growth alongside their KPIs and current salary ranges. Engineering Manager: In charge of planning, designing, and overseeing projects. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Average salary: $196,172/yr.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Three essential factors that make or break software projects Unsplash.com Every second software project is doomed to fail Your development project has a 50% survival and success rate, according to Standing Group. Aim = Requirements Engineering Setting the right target means you decide and validate the project goal and vision.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. Clarity around the product vision, market opportunity, value to the user, how to win in the market, metrics, objectives, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and how the product delivers results for the organization. Michael Porter There I sat, facing a significant strategic choice.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Next, let’s talk development hours. If you’re a tech-savvy DIY enthusiast, you might spend less on development hours. However, if coding and blockchain sound like alien languages to you, hiring a professional developer is the way to go. Plus, if you’re tech-savvy, you can save on development costs.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 7, 2018

It is 5:00PM in the office, and a member of the engineering team stops by the Product team desk and expresses they want to build everything at once. When discussed, the head of engineering states that excessive rework undermines motivation. Rework could show problems in the requirements or the development processes.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

In addition to bringing engineering management strategies to help the internal team organize and execute, I also leveraged product management frameworks to drive alignment internally and externally. Coming from an engineering background, my team has a tendency to jump to solutions. This was the state of the team when I inherited it.

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