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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

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  Knowing that someone else will clean up our work can drive bad behaviors.  In

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What Do We Owe Our Teams?

Mironov Consulting

Many of my discussions with product leaders (CPOs, VPs and others who manage teams of product folks) are about the substance of product management: portfolios, competing stakeholders, pricing & packaging, tarot cards as a revenue forecasting model.  Last Product fit will probably be catastrophic.  This

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Working Remotely as a Product Manager: It’s about trust.

Product Management Unpacked

Stereotypes about what kind of work can or cannot be done remotely lead to unrealistic expectations and underperforming programs. The job of a product manager has many elements, but at its core is a responsibility to build relationships, especially with development, engineering, sales and sales leadership, as well as executive management.

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Becoming a Product Leader: Leading Product Success in the First 100 Days

Product Management Unpacked

This is where you need to establish yourself, your leadership style and your presence. Build your trust bank account with small victories: Build alliances and make deposits in your “trust bank account,” where your small victories will contribute to the stability of your relationships. Strengths/Weaknesses).

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How to Prepare for an Engineering Manager Interview

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team? How do you handle poor performers? How would you describe your role in coaching and career development? Tell me about a few people on your team and the career development plans you created with them. How do you balance feature development and technical debt?

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How NOT to manage in a startup

The Product Coalition

How NOT to manage a Startup As a product manager, I led 2 teams in my recent startup gig with a lot of uncertainty, distractions and constant changes that impacted the engineers. A startup that is trying to scale, there are good and bad times. We had grown more than 30% without proper guard rails and senior leadership.

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Why data teams struggle with data validation (and how to change that)

Iteratively Blog

But how do you fix the garbage that is bad data management and quality? Especially if you don’t have control over the implementation of tracking code (as is the case with many data teams). Now, let’s look at why data teams struggle with this validation, and how they can overcome the challenges of it. Well, it’s tricky.