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How (Industrial) Hardware Is Different from (B2B) Software

Mironov Consulting

Think about automotive assembly line infrastructure. We inevitably discover that the software team needs to grow , but our ROI arguments are very weak. ( “This UX redesign will boost customer satisfaction. Serious industrial companies build serious long-lived industrial equipment. Or elevators for high-rise office buildings.

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TEI 084: Product portfolio management – with Carrie Nauyalis - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Many of these questions deal with the need to have balance in a portfolio, for example, reasonable percentages of resources on breakthrough projects vs customer satisfaction projects. There are top-down portfolios with goals set by senior leadership. There are top-down portfolios with goals set by senior leadership.

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The Accidental Product Manager: From Cars To Games To Google

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

We talk to Sai Boddupalli , an Exponent alumnus, on his journey being a product manager across various, distinct industries spanning automotive, e-commerce, gaming, and payments. An example would be Amazon where you should have a resume that screams Leadership Principles. Q: How would you answer the “Tell me about yourself” question?